The cooper fight proved profitable
and so promoters were keen to have Muhammad Ali back, even
if the best opponent they could find was Brian London, another
veteran heavyweight known as the Blackpool tower.
London’s record was unimpressive. Henry cooper had
beaten him three times, Floyd Patterson had stopped him and
Ingemar Johannson said that London would have struggled to
beat his sister. Earls court was only half full and not even
Ali could make London look a worthy opponent. Instead he fooled
around for a couple of rounds before jabbing the Briton into
unconsciousness at Angelo Dundee’s insistence.
