Johnny Cooke
Johnny Cooke | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 17 December 1934 Bootle, England | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
| Other names | Cookie | ||||||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | lightweight light welterweight welterweight light middleweight middleweight | ||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 93 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 52 (KO 5) | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 34 (KO 8) | ||||||||||||||
| Draws | 7 | ||||||||||||||
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John 'Johnny' Cooke (born 17 December 1934 in Bootle) is a former English amateur lightweight and professional light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight boxer.
Amateur career
He 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.
He represented England and won a bronze medal in the -60 Kg division at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[2][3] He only lost 16 of 368 recorded contests as an amateur.[4]
Professional career
He made his professional debut on 28 June 1960[5] and fought in 6 fights until 1963.[6]
As a professional he won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Central Area lightweight title, beating his cousin Dave Coventry[1], 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.[7] Johnny Cooke was managed by Johnny Campbell (circa-1905 — 2 May 1994).[8]
References
- ^ "1958 71st ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Johnny Cooke". Merseyside Former Boxers Association.
- ^ "Profile". BoxRec.
- ^ "Profile". Boxing History.
- ^ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "Johnny Campbell - The man who put Birkenhead on the map". boxingbiographies.com. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
External links
- Boxing record for Johnny Cooke from BoxRec (registration required)
- Image - Johnny Cooke
- 1934 births
- English male boxers
- Middleweight boxers
- Lightweight boxers
- Light-middleweight boxers
- Light-welterweight boxers
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bootle
- Boxers from Liverpool
- Welterweight boxers
- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Boxers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games