Sonny Liston son William Wingate KO Bert Cooper

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  1. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Apparently, Liston son knocked out Bert Cooper in a street fight back in the 1990s. Hit him so hard they needed ammonia capsules to wake him up. Liston's son was a well known bouncer in Philadelphia back then too. Here he is at the Nevada boxing Hall of Fame accepting an award on his father's behalf.
    http://www.boxing.com/son_of_a_champion.html

    He says he became a grandfather a few years back so that would mean Sonny Liston would be a great grandfather.
     
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    unitas Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Streetfights are for ***gots. they dont mean ****.
     
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    Which is totally outside the intent of the thread. The guy did his job and protected himself as well - rather impressively it seems. No-ones putting him #5 on the top ten list of all time heavyweights.

    Very interesting thread, i have never come across this information. The son is/was a talented sportsman too it seems.
     
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  4. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Great story. This is the 1st I've read of this.
     
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    I guess the apple didn't fall too far from the tree!
     
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    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    Maybe Bill is Listons son but I would like to hear what Burt Cooper has to say about their street encounter before accepting it.

    This after all is a piece written Paul gallender.. the guy who interviewed Sonny via a séance.
     
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    manbearpig A Scottish Noob Full Member

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    Good post
     
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    I agree. Cooper has probably had some "down" times because of his substance abuse issues, but I can't remember him being knocked out cold in a boxing match. It's hard to believe that a "bouncer" could do what Foreman, Holyfield, and others didn't. I'm with choklab, I'd like to hear Bert Cooper's side of this story, IF there even is a story.
     
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  9. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Bert was a Crackhead at one point.
     
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    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    But the guy who wrote that article, Gallender, is a nut job right now. He's a crank.
     
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    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    I'm not familir with him
     
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  12. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    I've read an outside account verifying it. I'll do my best to find it and post it here.
     
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    Bonecrusher Lineal Champion Full Member

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    Very good read, thanks!!
     
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    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    He's on YouTube promoting a book about Sonny. But he's in love with the guy. Every theory he has is a fact. His partner speaks to spirits and they both feel Sonnys presence...and together they take down an interview with the ghost of Sonny to reveal what really happened in Maine..etc etc.
     
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