Johnny Cooke

Johnny Cooke ( (1934-12-17) 17 December 1934) born in Bootle is an English amateur lightweight and professional light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who as an amateur was runner-up for the 1958 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) featherweight title, against Richard McTaggart (Royal Air Force),^[1] boxing out of Maple Leaf ABC, and as a professional won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Central Area lightweight title, beating his cousin Dave Coventry, BBBofC Central Area welterweight title, BBBofC British welterweight title, and Commonwealth welterweight title, and was a challenger for the European Boxing Union (EBU) welterweight title against Carmelo Bossi, his professional fighting weight varied from 133 ³⁄₄ lb (60.7 kg; 9 st 7.8 lb), i.e. light welterweight to 157 ¹⁄₄ lb (71.3 kg; 11 st 3.3 lb), i.e. middleweight.^[2] Johnny Cooke was managed by Johnny Campbell (circa-1905 — 2 May 1994 (aged 89)).^[3] Sadly too handy with his fists outside of the ring.

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External links

• Professional boxing record for Johnny Cooke from BoxRec
• Image - Johnny Cooke