Joe Erskine

He was sure rugged as hell, wasn't he?

 

Joe had absolutely no luck with Henry Cooper, did he?

 

My Mother actually attended the Erskine-Cooper fight at Haringey ('58?), the one which ended with Erskine drap ed over the bottom rope...she said seeing it live it was a shocking knockout...it looks bad enough on film!

 

Well he won the first two , but lost the next three.

 

1959-11-17

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Henry Cooper

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Earls Court Arena, Kensington, London, United Kingdom L TKO 12 15x3
BBBofC British heavyweight title
Commonwealth (British Empire) heavyweight title
"Cooper had floored Erskine twice with terrific left hooks and Erskine was hanging almost unconscious over the lower rope" when the refere stopped the bout. (New York Times

 

There was a boxing program years ago...it was shown at 11:30 at night, called "Knockout"...and one evening it featured the Cooper-Erskine bout that you mention...the program ends with Erskine d****d over the ropes...a quintessentially conclusive knockout...very impressive it was. i must have been 13 or 1 at the time. A highlight reel accomplishment for Cooper...alongside that other accomplishment everybody knows about.

 

Isn't it ridiculous...clownish almost, that the next four letters after the "d" get the asterix treatment. This is the kind of pc garbage that I hope one day will be obsolete. It reflects so badly on our so called advanced civilization that such childish, liberal **** continues. Just an aside.

 

I wouldn't call a site being afraid of getting in bother from sponsors etc "liberal"

it is weak as hell though, whatever the reason.

 

The moronic censorship is more offensive and often more racist than the behavior it purports to avoid.

 

McV - Earls Court/Haringey...

Time plays tricks on the memory!!!

 

This fight :

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