Joe Cooper

THIS year's 164-page Boxing News Annual will relive boxing's greatest nights through the eyes of the triumphant fighters. The likes of Ricky Hatton, Joe Calzaghe, Evander Holyfield, Henry Cooper, Barry McGuigan, Marvin Hagler and many more will take…

They are presented alphabetically, but it is only right that the first is perhaps the biggest name in boxing, Muhammad Ali. It continues with old-timers like Jake Lamotta and Briton Henry Cooper, to more modern pugilists like Roy Jones Jr., Joe…

But when a doyen of the noble art warns darkly of a low ebb in heavyweight boxing, the fight business needs to listen. By any yardstick, it has been a dreadful 12 months for the blue riband division. We have lost Sir Henry Cooper, Joe Frazier and,…

Bolton boxer Khan lost his WBA and IBF light welterweight titles on a split decision to hometown fighter Peterson in Washington on 10 December. And weeks after accusing referee Joe Cooper of "home cooking" - making a biased decision in favour of…