Send in your light heavyweight to beat Henry Cooper

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  1. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Many..Tommy Loughlin too. Throw in Greb.
     
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    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  3. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Holyfield only had 1 pro fight at light heavyweight so I wouldn't classify him as such.
     
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  4. Pedro_El_Chef

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    KasimirKid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    My mistake, I thought I'd heard he was a light-heavyweight champion, but I guess he was a cruiserweight titleholder for a while.
     
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    KernowWarrior Bob Fitzsimmons much bigger brother. Full Member

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    Cooper - 191, Schoeppner - 176
     
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    Moore
    Johnson H
    Spinks
    Lewis
     
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    Michael Spinksy jinxys unique style, that would have Cooper frustrated and hurt.
    He'd cut up Enery s face imo.
     
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    HomicideHank I believe in the transmigration of souls Full Member

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  10. TED 822

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    Good list. All beat Henry bar Rosenbloom and Pastrano.
    Foster knocks him out. Battle of the left hooks.
     
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  11. Flash24

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    Many in my opinion at Lt.heavy.
    J.Bivins, J.Maxim, L.Marshall, B.Conn, A. Moore, H.Johnson, J.Torres, B.Foster, M.Spinks, V.Hill. RJJ. D. Qawi, J.Toney, T.Hearns , D.Tiger both the Muhammeds ( Matthew Saad and Eddie Mustafa)
    Now of course , Cooper could ko almost all the fighters I wrote with the exception of Toney , if he he landed that left hook cleanly. but unlike a young Ali, none of the fighters I mentioned would try and carry Cooper to a predicted round.
    So they would be deadly serious.
     
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    Ok so he was only 1lb over the light heavyweight limit and while I don’t know the details of the DQ he still got the win.
     
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    Tommy Loughran?
     
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  14. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    I guess Cooper wasn't unbeatable to light heavyweights like Mike Tyson was.
     
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    John Conteh.
     
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