Johnny Cooke

Johnny Cooke
Statistics
Rated at lightweight, and light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight
Nationality English
Born (1934-12-17) 17 December 1934
Bootle, England
Boxing record
Total fights 93
Wins 52 (KO 5)
Losses 34 (KO 8)
Draws 7

Johnny Cooke (17 December 1934) born in Bootle is an English amateur lightweight and professional light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who as an amateur was runner-up for the 1958 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) featherweight title, against Richard McTaggart (Royal Air Force),[1] boxing out of Maple Leaf ABC, and as a professional won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Central Area lightweight title, beating his cousin Dave Coventry, BBBofC Central Area welterweight title, BBBofC British welterweight title, and Commonwealth welterweight title, and was a challenger for the European Boxing Union (EBU) welterweight title against Carmelo Bossi, his professional fighting weight varied from 133 34 lb (60.7 kg; 9 st 7.8 lb), i.e. light welterweight to 157 14 lb (71.3 kg; 11 st 3.3 lb), i.e. middleweight.[2] Johnny Cooke was managed by Johnny Campbell (circa-1905 — 2 May 1994 (aged 89)).[3]

References

  1. "1958 71st ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. "Johnny Campbell - The man who put Birkenhead on the map". boxingbiographies.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.


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