Henry Cooper: The Authorised Biography of Britain's Greatest Boxing Hero

by Robert Edwards

Henry Cooper is much loved by the British public as boxing's "gentle giant". He captured the British and Empire heavyweight titles from Brian London in his youth, yet the act of felling Cassius Clay with his famous left hook is more often recalled, despite the fact he lost the fight overall.

Hardcover

First published October 17, 2002

Reviews

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

only thing I knew about Cooper was he knocked down Ali, but I like books on boxers. there's a lot of pre-story including the origins of boxing and the Marquis of Queensbury rules which made the book slow to get into but is important cause its basically the rules of modern day boxing.

as I read the book got more interesting to me, as I began to recognize his opponents and potential opponents besides Ali, Zora Folley, Floyd Patterson, as well as bouts that didn't occur with igamr Jonasson and Sonny Liston.

Cooper actually went thru a four fight losing streak but he hung in there and developed a killer left hook that made him dangerous to anyone. But the strength of the book is Henrys character, not an all time great but a true gentleman, not a show off or boastful but a man the working class brits could look up, the only boxer who was knighted, the peoples champ.

[Janette Charman · Rating 4 out of 5]

A detailed account of the boxing career of Henry Cooper.

[Chris Bosworth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Most enjoyable like all the boxing autobiographies and biographies I have read. Good ole ‘Enry !!!