Muhammad Ali and British boxer Henry Cooper weigh-in on the stage of the Palladium for their heavyweight match at Wembley Stadium, London. Their father, a tram driver, was an amateur boxer while their grandfather had been a bare-knuckle fighter. Mourners lined the streets of Oxted, in Surrey, where Sir Henry died at his son's house on 1 May aged 76. Sir Henry Cooper OBE KSG (3 May 1934 – 1 May 2011) was a British heavyweight boxer. Sir Henry Cooper OBE KSG KB (3 May 1934–1 May 2011) was an English heavyweight boxer known for the power of his left hook. Sir Henry Cooper was known affectionately to his fans as "Our 'Enry". Henry Cooper was born in Westminster, London, on May 3 1934. He unsuccessfully challenged Ali for the world heavyweight championship in 1966. People called it "Enry's 'Ammer" (Henry's hammer). … Joe Bygraves (26 May 1931 – 16 January 2012) was a British heavyweight boxer.Bygraves turned professional in 1953, and after an impressive early career he successfully challenged Kitione Lave for the vacant Commonwealth Heavyweight belt in 1956. British boxer Henry Cooper , with his wife Albina and son Henry Marco, after receiving his OBE at Buckingham Palace, London, 11th February 1969. Henry Cooper (AP Photo) LONDON (AP) - British media say Henry Cooper, the heavyweight boxer who once knocked down Muhammad Ali, has died. Britain's Press Association says Cooper … Mourners lined the streets of Oxted, in Surrey, where Sir Henry … The semi-derelict South London pub, where champion heavyweight boxer and local lad Sir Henry Cooper lived and trained ahead of his 1963 fight with Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay), is to be revived and made sustainable thanks to £4million from the Heritage Lottery Fund’s (HLF) Heritage Enterprise programme. Bertram Cooper (January 10, 1966 – May 10, 2019), nicknamed Smokin' Bert Cooper, was an American professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2012. Cooper later fought the former heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson, but was knocked out in the fourth round. He fought Evander Holyfield, George Foreman, Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, Chris Byrd, Ray Mercer, and Corrie Sanders, among others.Cooper challenged three times for a world title, and was known for being in several wild fights … He was 20 minutes older than his twin brother, George. He knocked down Muhammad Ali early in Ali's career. Hundreds of fans have paid their last respects to heavyweight boxing legend Sir Henry Cooper. GEORGE COOPER George Cooper, the twin brother of Commonwealth heavyweight champion Henry Cooper, died on 11 April, 2010, aged 75.As well as having a boxing career of his own, Mr Cooper helped his brother’s career as a coach and confidant.The Cooper twins were born on 3 May, 1934, and grew up on a council estate in South East London. Cooper held the British, Commonwealth and European heavyweight titles several times. He was 76.