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Sunday, May 1, 2011

JUST IN...Boxing legend Sir Henry Cooper dies aged 76

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Sir Henry Cooper Cooper fought Muhammad Ali twice
Boxing legend Sir Henry Cooper has passed away at the age of 76 at his son's house at Oxted in Surrey.
The former English, Commonwealth and European heavyweight champion fought 55 times and is revered for his knockdown of Muhammad Ali in 1963.
London-born Cooper, who won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year twice, was knighted in 2000.
Alongside Frank Bruno, Tommy Farr and Lennox Lewis, Cooper is regarded one of the best all-time British heavyweights.
Cooper, won the British, European and Commonwealth titles but never won a world title and retired in 1971 after losing to Joe Bugner.
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