The twins in boxing are quite infrequent, and yet in recent years two pairs, Galaxy and Charlo Brothers, have won the main lanes at the world level. Over 100 years ago, in the States, Mike and Jack Sullivan were world -class operators, with the previous attachment of the world -class weight title in 1907. In Great Britain, there are few successful twins, although on many boxes. In the 1950s and 1960s, two sets of twins are wavy in heavier divisions on the home. Johnny Ould from Bermondsey was a representative of GB on the weights of lithe at the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960. He avoided the final winner, Cassius Clay, due to the happiness of the draw. Johnny was the champion of ABA of this weight in 1959 and twice unsuccessfully boxed the title of the southern area as a professional. His twin brother, Dave, though less successful as an amateur, won the heavyweight title in the southern area in 1964 after defeating Len Hobbs at points at the 10-Runder at Cafe Royal. I remember how many years ago I met them in Leba and although Dave is no longer with us, you can see him in many films, including Długi Good Friday.
Of course, the most notable couple were Henry and Jim Cooper. Henry fought Muhammad Ali twice, and also boxed Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson. Only Tommy Farr, who lit Joe Louis, Max Baer and Jimmy Braddock, can also apply for a distinction between being a British warrior, who in the preceding days became stupid with many titles.
But what about Jim Cooper? His real name is George I, like Dave OFF, had to endure his twin master ABA, as well as an Olympic representative, while his own amateur career was much less successful. While Henry became a home brand in Great Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, few knew about George and his own professional career, and yet he was a very decent hefty weight and was once assessed as the fifth best weight in the country behind his brother, Dick Richardson, Brian London and Joe Erskine.
He made his debut against Dick Richardson George in a professional debut and from the very beginning Jim Cooper was. During the concert in Elderly Harrinringay, Arena from 1954 beat Richardson at points in six rounds after he was dressed twice in an opening round. He came back extremely well to come back from such a needy beginning to win the fight. Henry also became a professional on the same bill, dropping Harry Painter in one round. After winning the next competition in one round at Manor Place Baths, Jim returned to Harringay to be stopped in 55 seconds by Bob Gardner. The reason for this shameful failure was a badly cut eye. This type of injury harasses Jim’s career, as, unfortunately for Henry.
In 1957, Jim had to be in despair, despite winning five of his first seven competitions, he was then battered by Brian London in four rounds, he was disqualified against Albert Finch and lost another three stripes because of the cut -out eye. As a result, in 1958. In 1958. In 1958, when he returned in 1959, it was the same senior story in which he was detained again with cuts against Nigeria, Sammy Langford. In the sixties he fought back to the fight against the victory over Johnny Prescott, Ray Shiel and Peter Bates.
Jim was never as good as his brother, but he was a very talented hefty weight at a time when the division was affluent in home talent and deserves well to emerge from the shadows and remember independently.
Marco Antonio Barrera in MD 12 Erik Morales November 27, 2004; MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV Mexican warriors Barrera and Morales ended their epic trilogy in a properly urgent style, creating another unforgettable war. Entering in the start, in the case of the Super Feather WBC Morales belt, the series stood with one winner per item. Morales won the initial meeting in Super-Bantam in 2000, and Barrera secured the creation of a rematch in 2002 in a featherweight-the decisions were questioned. Accordingly, the verdict in the rubber match also caused a debate. As in the previous two meetings, bitter enemies got involved in a furious fight, and the electrifying 11 round turned out to be particularly cruel. Ultimately, Barrera went to the top and adapted Morales’s achievement, becoming the three world letter.
Do you know? At that time, WBO Feather Highland Scott Harrison was interested in an observer in Ringside. He hoped to catch the winner.
Watch out for: In the middle of nine, the fighters are involved in the clinch, and Barrera is bursting morale at the back of the head with a legal apparatus. Uninvited by his opponent, Morales refuses to touch Barrera gloves when the judge was asked.
Felix Trinidad in RSF 12 Fernando Vargas December 2, 2000; Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV A lot was expected about the battle of unification of power between Trinidad and Vargas and, fortunately, did not disappoint. Trinidad, who defended his title WBA, jumped out of the blocks and twice started in the opener twice. Vargas returned a favor in the fourth round, sending Trinidad to a mat. Even worse for Felix, he was also deducted to a low blow. The same violation meant that the next point was taken from Trinidad in seventh place, before Vargas lost the point after a closer south of the border in 10. Constant violence with the view lasted to 12., in which the trio knocking up from Trinidad finally ended to a perfectly exhilarating competition.
Do you know? Former victim of Trinidad, Kevin Lueshing, called Boxing news Offices to discuss a brutal conclusion to fight. He said: “It caused a terrible memory of how he finished me.”
Watch out for: The complete HBO Pay-Per-View transmission is available to watch on YouTube. In Undercard he presents himself like Christa Martin, William Joppy and Ricardo Lopez.
This is the latest in the occasional series about the heavyweight champions of the world and their visits to Great Britain. In previous articles I wrote about Primo Carner and Langford himself, and this week I will look at Jacek Johnson and his British concert tour of 1908. Jackjohnson came to Great Britain on Monday, April 27 from the States, when the German steamer, Kronprinz Wilhelm, did in Plymouth. He was accompanied by his manager, Fitzpatrick himself, and two men immediately followed the train from Plymouth to the Paddington station in London, checked in at the Adelphi Hotel, and in the evening he visited the British Botker, in the field of eight circles, to see 20 rounds.
Johnson was in Great Britain to hunt Tommy Burns, also visiting London, to force him to defend the title, which, as we know, took place in Sydney eight months later. Two men exchanged words in Sporting Press and Burns, who stayed in Jacek’s Castle, in a pub in Hampstead, immediately published 1000 pounds from The Sporting Life, stating that if the Johnson camp was fitting to this amount, the fight was turned on. Fitzpatrick opposed the terms for which Burns insisted on the proposed match and refused to cover money. Johnson challenged the shooting moir, but it was rejected when Moir drew a color line and refused to meet the American.
Johnson spent the majority of this summer, appearing in various music rooms in Great Britain, boxing at exhibitions with a wide British heavyweight, including Jewey Smith, Jam Styles and Fred Drummond. In those days it was quite lucrative for the highest level boxers. Then he was tailored to Ben Taylor (Woolwich) to a 20-round competition in Plymouth. Jack trained on a fight at Regent’s Park and at the Junior High School at the National Sporting Club. He left the Waterloo station on July 30 to go to Plymouth for a fight, which was to take place the next day in Cosmopolitan Gymnasium, Mill Street. A vast contingent of fans welcomed him in the city of Devon, which at that time was the center of the fight of the great importance.
Jack Johnson had to chase his fight with Tommy Burns
The competition, as you can expect, turned out to be one -sided when Johnson defeated Taylor with ease, raising him 11 times in front of a judge called Halt in the eighth round. After the duel, Johnson praised Taylor at his break, stating that he never met a player during his entire career. Later that night at the Mount Pleasant Hotel gathered at the Mount Pleasant Hotel, near the cosmopolitan, where Taylor founded his training camp, and Jack appeared to give Taylor again congratulations to Taylor for organizing such a good competition.
Johnson took part in a series of exhibitions in Dublin, and then in Bristol, where he participated in the Bristol City Vs Everton football match in Ashton Gate – his first experience in sport. Until September 7, he returned to London and announced that in October he was adapted to Box Mike Schreck at the National Sporting Club. On September 14, Schreck manager Jimmy Kelly was announced that the fight was not turned off because Schreck could not be relied to get to a decent condition for the fight.
Together with Burns in Australia, Johnson remained high and desiccated, without a significant fight, so the National Sports Club organized a competition against Sam Langford, which took place at the club on November 9. What would be a coup d’état – a match between the two best bulky scales in the world – but unfortunately this did not happen. On Monday, September 21, Johnson left the Charing Cross Station on the planned Łódź train at 13.20 to France to start a long journey to Australia, where he finally met and defeated Tommy Burns three months later.
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