Farewell our 'enry

[ACS]

I met Henry when I was just a lad 8 or 9. As he approached I said "Hello 'enry", which got me a playful cuff to the head and "its Mr Cooper to you son." He then spent a good 10 minutes chatting to us. A gentleman.

RIP Mr Cooper.

 

[Archie_tect]

.... got me a playful cuff to the the head...

That explains a lot...

 

[ACS]

That explains a lot...

 

[Over The Hill]

Yes very sad, true great Brit.


I saw an interview with him a few years back and he used to box at well under the required weight for heavyweight catagory and put some lead weights in his pants for the weigh-in before a fight.

Then looking back on clips you can see he is well under the weight of his opponent.

So not sure why he did not box in the weight below heavyweight?

 

[3narf]

That's a shame. He'll be missed.

 

[Fnaar]

I didn't know he was an identical twin... brother George apparently died last year...

 

[661-Pete]

I didn't know he was an identical twin... brother George apparently died last year...

Yes, George was an accomplished boxer in his own right, though not quite to Henry's level! He was often to be seen at the ringside during the big fights, serving as Henry's second.

 

[Fnaar]

You could get the Proclaimers to play them in a biographic film...

[edit: :they might have to take their glasses off, though ]

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The one of the Cooper twins is a great pic, Fnaar.

 

[Fnaar]

The one of the Cooper twins is a great pic, Fnaar.

It was on the beeb slideshow of 'Enery's life
http://news.bbc.co.u...ing/8182447.stm

When you get to image 12, try not to have "cor...Suzi Quattro" thoughts about Princess Anne