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Henry Cooper Boxing Glove Autograph
An Everlast Boxing Glove Autograph from British
Boxing Legend the one and only Sir Henry Cooper. Famed for
his famous left hook know as Enery's Hammer we have ten
left handed boxing gloves signed by Henry Cooper that will
add to anybodys boxing collection.
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Henry Cooper
£75.00
This great Boxing Glove come with a
photograph of Henry Cooper Signing this great Everlast Boxing
Glove!
It was on 18 June 1963 that Henry Cooper's
left hand sent a young and up-and-coming boxer called Cassius
Clay flat on his back in front of a packed Wembley Stadium.
It looked like Our 'Enry's 'Ammer had totalled
the soon-to-become 'greatest heavyweight of all time' Muhammed
Ali and the bout was as good as over.
But Cooper's punch had come in the dying seconds
of the fourth round and Clay was literally 'saved by the
bell.'
There is still a vivid picture in Cooper's
mind of that tense moment.
"I remember the punch. I knew when I
hit him he was in trouble, but unfortunately it was too
late in the round," he recalls.
If that was all there was to the story, Cooper
could have few complaints about his subsequent defeat in
the next round, but what followed was one of the most glaring
controversies ever seen in boxing.
With Clay safely in the corner, trainer Angelo
Dundee informed the referee of a mysterious split that had
appeared in Clay's glove.
Dundee was ordered to get another pair from
the dressing room, leaving his fighter a precious few extra
minutes to recover before the fifth round started.
For Cooper it was a confusing turn of events.
He admits: "My eye was badly gashed and
I knew I was sitting in the corner for more than a minute,
but we really didn't know what was going on."
Of course, years later, the truth came out
that Dundee had slashed the glove to give Clay more time.
As Clay regained his senses and came out to
fight in the fifth round, it was clear that Cooper's chance
had passed.
Clay saw the gash on Cooper's eye and set
to work on it, cutting it until Cooper could fight no longer
and was awarded a TKO.
