Henry Cooper

Sir Henry Cooper OBE KSG was an English heavyweight boxer known for the effectiveness of his left hook Enrys Ammer and his knockdown of the young Muhammad Ali Cooper held the British Commonwealth and European heavyweight titles several times throughout his career and unsuccessfully challenged Ali for the world heavyweight championship in 1966 Following his retirement from the sport Cooper continued his career as a television and radio personality and was enormously popular in Britain he was the first and is today one of just three people to twice win the public vote for BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award