On May 20th 1985 two British fighters laid down the foundations to becoming British icons. Duke McKenzie beat Charlie Magri in a classic cross roads match. But on the undercard a young unbeaten prospect Michael Watson learnt a hard lesson, and became a much better fighter for it, when he dropped a decision to James Cook. At his best, Cook really could compete with the Watson's of this world. In the years to come, I think Micheal beats Cook, but not without a battle. This period of Cook's career, was a Journeyman phrase, Cook would become even better, when he put on 8lbs and for a brief period (89-91) was the best Europe had to offer at Super Middleweight, and would of been perfectly capable of winning a world title, if he had the right connections. The victory over Winterstein was huge, Cook was not far off a Honeyghanesque underdog going in...
watched him fight herol graham but come up short, and saw him on the secret millionaire where he works with youths in hackney, a true gentleman and legend.
Very good Fighter was James, wasnt a Ticket sellar but had the connections with Duff. Could Have been, never got pushed when it mattered Nice guy