Havent read through the thread, but I'm sure Flea Man is splurtting absolute nonsense, and of course backing Cooper to beat Haye.
Let's look at The Ring rankings from the 'Golden era' that can never be matched. The Ring ranking's. 1960 Floyd Patterson, Champion Sonny Liston Ingemar Johansson Eddie Machen Zora Folley Henry Cooper Mike DeJohn Robert Cleroux Alex Miteff Dick Richardson Joe Erskine 1961 Floyd Patterson, Champion Sonny Liston Eddie Machen Zora Folley Alejandro Lavorante Robert Cleroux Ingemar Johansson Cleveland Williams Henry Cooper Cassius Clay George Logan 1962 Sonny Liston, Champion Floyd Patterson Cassius Clay Doug Jones Ingemar Johansson Zora Folley Cleveland Williams Robert Cleroux Billy Daniels Archie Moore Henry Cooper 1970 Joe Frazier, Champion Muhammad Ali George Foreman Oscar Bonavena Jerry Quarry Mac Foster Henry Cooper George Chuvalo Sonny Liston Jose Ibar Urtain Jose Luis Garcia Clearly back in the day during 'The golden era' Haye would have had zero chance of cracking the top 10.
Flea man youre right.Apart from Ali,johannson and Patterson who Cooper lost to,he won and lost to Zora Folley,who imo was far better than Monte Barrett.David may have beaten Karl Mildenberger,but it wouldnt have been easy,and Henry wouldve been easily capable of winning the cruiserweight title