I was working at a place called kings wood golf club in Surrey in 08/09 after moving to England from South Africa and there was a charity event held there and Sir Henry cooper walked in and asked for a pint. I said the pint is free as long as I get to shake the hand that knocked Ali down. Legendary man. Signed a piece of paper for me that I still have.
He could have been knocked out by Dempsey Marciano louis and Johnson ali fooled around too much a joe Frazier was a average fighter and still beat him even kenny nobody norton beat him
That left from Cooper that knocked down Ali was spectacular! Ali was lucky he got his legs back right when the 5th round started to do what he did best, finish it. Great fighters, both of them! RIP to them both!
@@tottenhamhotspurish Yeah but but ali's prime weight (215lbs) is still alot heavier than even todays middleweights. Ali would still be a succesful heavyweight even today
He Ali was JUST So Lucky That he get up ( Then they gave him 20 miutes to recover ! ( cause he had the fight against Liston and the curupted box industri could not have him to loose - the other "great luck for me Big Mouth was that Cooper had his bleeding eye - well
@@anderlundberg9297 Ali didn’t just get the 20 sec? So did Henry. If anything Henry was in a better condition 20 sec ago he should’ve won the fight but nah.. injured Ali lit his ass up
60000 fans was at this fight back in the 60s , ali was my favorite fighters but i cant remember anyone hitting ali that hard, if it wasnt for those ropes ali would have been in the 3rd row...ali and cooper became best of friends, ali visited cooper a few times in the uk, when they were much older they were in a parade together in london...the uk liked ali.
Cooper's left was fast as lightning--being able to catch Ali with it when Ali was so young proves it. Ali could slip punches from anyone when he was young.
Cooper is very underrated, one of the best left hooks in the history of boxing. I’d say even better than Joe Frazier’s. He really used to dig that thing in hard and fast, it was a thing of beauty. He had one problem though… his eyes used to cut really easily and most of his losses were due to doctor stoppages because of cuts. If he would’ve knocked down Ali just a little earlier he would’ve won. Ali only comes back around just in time for the next round and Angelo Dundee even tried to cut the gloves to get more time, if it happened in the middle of the round Ali would’ve been finished and he might never have become known as “the greatest”.
ALI WAS NOT TAKING COOPER SERIOUSLY AT THE BEGINNING ...,,until he was “floored “down !! THEN LOOK HIS RIGHT jab !!! Meant to destroy cooper left eye .. , RIP BOTH CHAMPIONS. !!
He may have lost to the best, but that left hook, & his likeable personality, made Henry a massive star to the British public, for the rest of his life!
@@yishakweldemariamweldesila13 Several boxers over the last ten years would beat him. He wasn't big enough, strong enough, or conditioned enough to fight today's best heavyweights.
@@Hume2012 what do you mean?!! He's not accounable for what happened after his era. Btw, to let you know. I am trading as zero and trashing your comment!!!
I remember as a child, watching this live on tv, I think the whole country was tuned in to watch the fight. Henry was a full time greengrocer (a term you rarely hear today), but also a decent boxer. His downfall was getting cut just above his eyes, it happened in many fights, and his corner just couldn't stop the bloodflow.
@@DavidJsmith-dk5tf Thanks for that information. Yes, he did indeed carry on his business as a greengrocer, both during and after his boxing career. it was a different generation then back in the 60's.
@@pauldg837 Yes Paul, a different generation in 1960's and a slower life I think then. If I ever find a time machine, then I shall select "Reverse" and stop in the 1960's. LOL and best wishes to you and yours.
@@DavidJsmith-dk5tf If you ever get your hands on that time machine David, let me know. As I know so many people who like us would love to revisit that time again. Thanks for all your great comments and the best of luck to you and your family.
He tried to stand after about 10 and fell back to his seat. And he got extra time after that break to cut off the part of his glove that cut Coopers eye. Ali's corner knew what they were doing.
Wow! This dude was game! He landed that left hook almost at will and the shot that floored ali was one of the 2 or 3 hardest he ever received. Had the bell not rung, history may have been significantly different. Give these guys 3 fights and i see cooper taking away at least one W.
Little bit dodgy though. He got extra time after that knockdown round break to fix his gloves. Ali's corner had to cut off the loose part of the glove that cut Coopers eye.
This was the Cassius Clay v Henry Cooper fight in June 1963, before Clay won the title and then changed his name. The second fight with Cooper was in May 1966 by which time Clay had won the heavyweight title and changed his name to Mohammed Ali.
I used to know his brothers Son, Alan and there was two things I remember him for, one he had Yamaha FS-1-E and the other was he went for a fight with someone on my behalf. I do not understand why we never became good friends but I still think about him to this day, we lived in the same Drive and Henry lived in a Road that the Drive came out of. Its weird trying to remember these things today but they were fond times. I suspect Henry and his Brother are on the other side now and I hope Alan is well.
Yes. The movie Rocky was based loosely on the Chuck Wepner Ali fight but I think the Cooper Ali fight was more accurately portrayed by Rocky. Wepnet was a brave warrior but Cooper came closer to winning
Angelo Dundee cheated, split the glove AND used smelling salts which was illegal in European boxing. I dont get why its seen as disgusting when other fighters cheat, but then they're fine with Ali cheating and this had prevented Henry Cooper from getting a title shot
@@rfj1156 I'm not very knowledgeable about boxing. I listened to the fight 2 more times but could not hear when the commentator mentioned the split glove. Sorry. Do you have a time mark for that comment? Is splitting the glove an old trick? Seems like boxing has more than its fair share of reprobates
Ali gave Henry Cooper credit when he said after this fight, “Henry Cooper hit me so hard it jarred my kinfolk back in Africa!” Cassius/Ali was shocked into taking Cooper VERY seriously after experiencing “Henry’s Hammer”. He really gets down to business in that last round!
Yeah after angelo dundee bought him ALOT of time to recover in the corner ali was the greatest but he was lucky he had such a crafty cornerman on this night
Wow Cooper was quite good! His punches packed some power. If he was a better defender who knows. Ali though, still the greatest. He fought the best and beat the best. Age and Parkinson's was Ali's biggest opponent. Ali was a great man after he retired. Much respect!
You know Cooper had a good left hook when he could knock down prime Ali, something that Sonny Liston, Earnie Shavers, Larry Holmes and George Foreman couldn't do to Ali when he was an older man
Even when Ali wasnt in his prime anymore, he could make Frazier go blind with his jab. Imagine it happens on Cooper eyes. Ali's jab was fast like sting of bee, just see the damage because of it. What a speed. RIP champ.
If there's a minute left in the round, Ali (Clay then) wouldn't of took much more, he didn't know what day it was!!! Smelling salts, ice cubes down his trunks got his faculties back. Enry's Hammer was some punch! He also slid down the ropes breaking his fall dramatically. Good fighter Sir Henry Cooper but he cut too easy. Also, the famous Dundee glove episode bought Ali 6 seconds at the most. RIP 🙏 both brave fellas 🙏
One side of Muhammad Ali you might not have known.. Ali: “My intention is never to hurt an opponent. l've seen opponents in physical unconsciousness on their feet and saw chances to really hurt them to the extent where it was possible to have a brain concussion, and I knew I was winning, and the fight was just about over, so I backed off.” “Henry Cooper was an example. He bleeds easy. Whenever he gets cut, blood gushes, and as soon as I saw that, I lost all my fighting instinct and backed off, hoping the referee would stop it. I don't like really hurting someone for the pleasure of a bloodthirsty audience.” “These other people in other sports, they're out to kill each other. Professional football players go out on the field to hurt somebody. But not me, I'm a classy boxer. I don't want to kill nobody. I'm out there to box. All I want to do is make points.”
Robert Smilanich Well sorry but I do not consider Cassius Clay as being the greatest boxer, no I do not ! Besides he was a fucking clown always doing stupid mimics with his big mouth, he was rude and a bloody racist.
Sonny Banks in 1962 hit Ali with a good left hook and dropped him. Joe Frazier also plastered Ali with a left hook in the 15th round of their 1971 "Fight of The Century".
The only boxer who bring down Muhammad Ali while he was in his full strength and in the prime of his power in two matches is Henry Cooper, and had it not been for the round bell, Muhammad Ali would have lost this fight. All respect to these two boxers
Next to Joe Frazier Coop had the nastiest left hook in pro boxing and it was quick and powerful. He gained Ali attention with that punch and Ali adapted quickly.
You can see Cooper saw the opening as he was rolling up off Ali's punches . Hook was impeccably. Timed. A great fighter(Ali) vs a very very good one in Cooper.
Cooper wasn't caught up in the Ali hype and legend. Mostly because it didn't yet exist at this point. Angelo Dundee ripped Ali's glove which bought an extra 5 minutes to "retrieve another glove" AKA give his fighter (Ali) more recovery time. Left hooks were definitely Ali's weak points (one of a few).
Ali took many hits during his career, and no, he didn't come close to being defeated. He got up and tore up his opponent. Just like he did during the rematch.
@@hislord1 He certainly did come close to being defeated that day. We'll never know what might have happened had the bell not rung to end the round but it did so that part's a bit irrelevant. But what we do know and what is relevant is that Ali's trainer Angelo Dundee knew he was in trouble and groggy on the stool so gave him smelling salts and admitted tampering with his gloves to buy more time to allow Ali to recover.
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Henry was a gentleman outside of the ring. That’s why he was admired by his opponents including Ali. He had a powerfull left, anry’s hammer. He lacked the stamina to make him a champ.
Why is nobody talking about the fact that Ali’s corner slashed his glove at the end of the round so that it needed replacing hence giving him more time to recover? Thats what really happened!!
Too bad you have this insipid song that we’ve all heard 6 million times- looped no less- over an historic fight with a great announcer and crowd reactions.
Ali didn’t want to open up because of coopers eye, that shows you how great he was, Taking nothing away from cooper....... Most boxers would have deliberately targeted his eye, It went against Ali physiologically thats why he played around, but after knockdown, the penny drops for Ali...... and I’m British.
Dangerous game by Ali. He could have finished Cooper in four rounds if he wanted. Instead he played around and was knocked down seriously. Mercy is not a good advice in boxing.
He, Cooper, was rushing in, in the end, he knew it was going to be stopped, would have been very interesting to see how it could have turned out, otherwise, a pity
So respect great fighter both .but mohammad Ali was super star legend strong fighter in world Allah bless him and place him in jannet ameen. ..Rip. .but Cooper is from my home town bradford. So respect for him ..from uk 30.5.2020.
@@luetrevino7584 Right on. If it werent for Dundee cheating by using smelling salts (which Dundee later admitted to doing!), Clay wouldn't have been ready to start the 5th round!!!
@@luetrevino7584 He blind sided ali with a dirty cheap shot seconds before the bell. No way that would've happened earlier in the round. It probably took them both by surprise.
Americans need to understand the huge affection we have in Britain for dear old Henry Cooper. Talented fighter sure, who never beat Ali, but came damn close. We brits love a trier, a gallant loser. Americans only care about winners. But we love a plucky underdog. Nobody in their right mind would say Henry was as talented as Ali, but for us, he won just by getting in the ring. RiP Mr Cooper. U will always hold a place 8n every british heart.
The bell saved Ali in that fight. So did Angelo Dundee by splitting Ali’s glove. Dundee knew if Ali came out straight away for the next round Cooper would have finished him. Good old Henry’s Hammer. 👍👍👍
I was working at a place called kings wood golf club in Surrey in 08/09 after moving to England from South Africa and there was a charity event held there and Sir Henry cooper walked in and asked for a pint. I said the pint is free as long as I get to shake the hand that knocked Ali down. Legendary man. Signed a piece of paper for me that I still have.
aha i go there sometimes, small world, cool story!
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Great story
What a fighter, and a gentleman, Rip Henry and his twin brother George. 🏴😁🇬🇧
Well said and remembered brother.
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee there will never ever be another Muhammad Ali !RIP two great men !
One big fix they slit his glove with a razer blade to keep Ali in the fight
@@christoperrees2521 shut up you mug
@John Olson cooper is no were in ali league come on
He could have been knocked out by Dempsey Marciano louis and Johnson ali fooled around too much a joe Frazier was a average fighter and still beat him even kenny nobody norton beat him
Ali was maybe second or third of all times Marciano old and retired plummeting ali in there computer fight and he was retired for ten years
That left from Cooper that knocked down Ali was spectacular! Ali was lucky he got his legs back right when the 5th round started to do what he did best, finish it. Great fighters, both of them! RIP to them both!
He got his legs back because Angelo Dundee cut his glove in the corner so delaying the start of the next round.
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@@scotto7924 true story as well
@@scotto7924 AND used illegal smelling salts!!!
Ali once said it was the "finest punch anyone ever hit me with".
Imagine feeling the need to add that music to the video.
The music could be from an amateur porn movie or what you might hear going up an elevator in a department store.
@@teknotony I'll be around by the Spinners.Ali loved the Spinners .
Probably to avoid triggering copyright algorithm
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That punch was aimed to send someone straight to the stars. Ali must have definitely seen jupiter and saturn both before his eyes.
Henry Cooper, one of my Dad's favourite boxers. A legend and always seemed like a nice man too.
Sometimes you forget Ali was a heavyweight.
He fights like a middleweight with his great hands speed.
He was light for a heavyweight compared to today’s heavyweights
@@tottenhamhotspurish Yeah but but ali's prime weight (215lbs) is still alot heavier than even todays middleweights. Ali would still be a succesful heavyweight even today
@Jojo Cat Nope
Cooper looks like one .
And he got beat by a light-heavyweight here...
The man to put Ali down yet soo humble Rest in peace Champ Sir Cooper u wil be missed and Sir Ali ....as wel
As soon as Ali felt that left hook he started getting serious
He Ali was JUST So Lucky That he get up ( Then they gave him 20 miutes to recover ! ( cause he had the fight against Liston and the curupted box industri could not have him to loose - the other "great luck for me Big Mouth was that Cooper had his bleeding eye - well
@@anderlundberg9297 Ali didn’t just get the 20 sec? So did Henry. If anything Henry was in a better condition 20 sec ago he should’ve won the fight but nah.. injured Ali lit his ass up
Amazing performance from both of those guys!!! 👍
Henry Cooper was an excellent fighter!!!
He never backed down with Ali.
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60000 fans was at this fight back in the 60s , ali was my favorite fighters but i cant remember anyone hitting ali that hard, if it wasnt for those ropes ali would have been in the 3rd row...ali and cooper became best of friends, ali visited cooper a few times in the uk, when they were much older they were in a parade together in london...the uk liked ali.
Ivan Lanha , Thank you, I’m glad someone brought up the fact about the glove, which Angelo Dundee, made worse in the corner.
An excellent tune -- up for the much superior Ali.
Cooper's left was fast as lightning--being able to catch Ali with it when Ali was so young proves it. Ali could slip punches from anyone when he was young.
Yes ‘Ali’ could... Cassius clay couldn’t 😂
Bloody oath. Super fast and hard jabs.
This proves Ali can't play his games with cooper's power and speed.
The reason why Ali got hit with that hook was because he was playing with Cooper. Did he knock Ali down in there second meeting
@@dennishala487 Look man I like Ali but why can't his fans give credit to his opponents...
Cooper is very underrated, one of the best left hooks in the history of boxing. I’d say even better than Joe Frazier’s. He really used to dig that thing in hard and fast, it was a thing of beauty.
He had one problem though… his eyes used to cut really easily and most of his losses were due to doctor stoppages because of cuts.
If he would’ve knocked down Ali just a little earlier he would’ve won. Ali only comes back around just in time for the next round and Angelo Dundee even tried to cut the gloves to get more time, if it happened in the middle of the round Ali would’ve been finished and he might never have become known as “the greatest”.
Anyhow and any which way Ali was the Greatest.
ALI WAS NOT TAKING COOPER SERIOUSLY AT THE BEGINNING ...,,until he was “floored “down !! THEN LOOK HIS RIGHT jab !!! Meant to destroy cooper left eye .. , RIP BOTH CHAMPIONS. !!
He didn't have a right jab. You clearly don't know boxing.
Wtf is Ali's right jab anyway??
Just like ryan garcia wasn’t taking luke campbell serious and he got knocked down but he still won
@@YouAintGotNoTegridyBoi i think he want to say right cross
@Stealth Rider no he didn't, you only jab with your lead hand. Learn some boxing terminology before pretending to be an expert.
That’s my great great uncle, when I found out he went up again Muhammad Ali I was shocked! He did very well
i think u should go up against Ali's granddaughter. would make a great match :)
I met your great grear uncle at collectamania and still have his autograph it;s very special to me, he was a very nice man .
Stop lying
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Cooper had great left hook!
Judge Nutmeg I thought it was Henry’s Hammer . 🤷🏻♂️
Judge Nutmeg it was called Henry’s Hammer
Scott Knode Henry’s trowel
Scott Knode Henry’s rake
@@judgenutmeg6935 enerys (h)ammer
He may have lost to the best, but that left hook, & his likeable personality, made Henry a massive star to the British public, for the rest of his life!
Alis corner man admitted years later that they cut his glove to buy him time to recover
M Ali, the greatest eye hunter that hus enemies did not know! M Ali the greatest of all time. Even not Floyd M Mayweather can not
@@yishakweldemariamweldesila13 Several boxers over the last ten years would beat him. He wasn't big enough, strong enough, or conditioned enough to fight today's best heavyweights.
@@Hume2012 what do you mean?!!
He's not accounable for what happened after his era. Btw, to let you know. I am trading as zero and trashing your comment!!!
What you said doesn’t make any sense the heavyweights here are far tougher than the ones today, Henry would beat usyk
Great fight. Cooper was a real noble and worthy opponent....and if he hadn’t been cut so bad, Ali might have been in for a potential loss!
I remember as a child, watching this live on tv, I think the whole country was tuned in to watch the fight. Henry was a full time greengrocer (a term you rarely hear today), but also a decent boxer. His downfall was getting cut just above his eyes, it happened in many fights, and his corner just couldn't stop the bloodflow.
@@DavidJsmith-dk5tf Thanks for that information. Yes, he did indeed carry on his business as a greengrocer, both during and after his boxing career. it was a different generation then back in the 60's.
@@pauldg837 Yes Paul, a different generation in 1960's and a slower life I think then.
If I ever find a time machine, then I shall select "Reverse" and stop in the 1960's.
LOL and best wishes to you and yours.
@@DavidJsmith-dk5tf If you ever get your hands on that time machine David, let me know. As I know so many people who like us would love to revisit that time again. Thanks for all your great comments and the best of luck to you and your family.
@@pauldg837 Rocky Marciano, Jack Dempsey had a restaurant.
@@maituraray9066 Lots of boxers end up owning businesses. My point was that Henry was a greengrocer. You rarely hear the term greengrocer anymore.
3:45 Holy shit! Ali got saved by the bell and ropes 😂!!! That was a vicious left hook!!!
It's not ali's fault 😂😂
saved by the bell? he was up at 3 and responsive at 5
Ali later said on a talk show Henry's punch was one of the hardest punches he took.
He tried to stand after about 10 and fell back to his seat. And he got extra time after that break to cut off the part of his glove that cut Coopers eye. Ali's corner knew what they were doing.
@@hughesey009lol you literally just gonna lie..
Saved by the bell! Good old Henry, history could’ve been so different.
Wow! This dude was game! He landed that left hook almost at will and the shot that floored ali was one of the 2 or 3 hardest he ever received. Had the bell not rung, history may have been significantly different. Give these guys 3 fights and i see cooper taking away at least one W.
Ali’s recovery was just absolutely amazing
Little bit dodgy though. He got extra time after that knockdown round break to fix his gloves. Ali's corner had to cut off the loose part of the glove that cut Coopers eye.
A few drugs can do wonders.
@@Jlipnicki yep
He's really mad in the 5th
Talented fighters, more excitement than many modern matches.
This was the Cassius Clay v Henry Cooper fight in June 1963, before Clay won the title and then changed his name. The second fight with Cooper was in May 1966 by which time Clay had won the heavyweight title and changed his name to Mohammed Ali.
Cooper hell of a boxer, that knockdown was insane.
That music really fits in...good work there
I used to know his brothers Son, Alan and there was two things I remember him for, one he had Yamaha FS-1-E and the other was he went for a fight with someone on my behalf. I do not understand why we never became good friends but I still think about him to this day, we lived in the same Drive and Henry lived in a Road that the Drive came out of. Its weird trying to remember these things today but they were fond times. I suspect Henry and his Brother are on the other side now and I hope Alan is well.
Cooper was tough as nails
So his face
I've watched all Ali's fights and cooper was the most dangerous one
Ali was playing about underrated his opponent, nearly paid the price.
Yes. The movie Rocky was based loosely on the Chuck Wepner Ali fight but I think the Cooper Ali fight was more accurately portrayed by Rocky. Wepnet was a brave warrior but Cooper came closer to winning
Angelo Dundee cheated, split the glove AND used smelling salts which was illegal in European boxing. I dont get why its seen as disgusting when other fighters cheat, but then they're fine with Ali cheating and this had prevented Henry Cooper from getting a title shot
@@rfj1156 just curious, what is your source?
@@beehead5661 Look at when his trainer puts something up to his nose, and the commentator clearly says there is a torn glove
@@rfj1156 I'm not very knowledgeable about boxing. I listened to the fight 2 more times but could not hear when the commentator mentioned the split glove. Sorry. Do you have a time mark for that comment? Is splitting the glove an old trick? Seems like boxing has more than its fair share of reprobates
Both great fighters, I always heard Ali was saved by the bell in this fight and looks like he was.
He was saved by his corner cutting his glove.
Ali gave Henry Cooper credit when he said after this fight, “Henry Cooper hit me so hard it jarred my kinfolk back in Africa!”
Cassius/Ali was shocked into taking Cooper VERY seriously after experiencing “Henry’s Hammer”. He really gets down to business in that last round!
Yeah after angelo dundee bought him ALOT of time to recover in the corner ali was the greatest but he was lucky he had such a crafty cornerman on this night
Poor Ali, all them type of blows over his long and illustrious career added up.
Yea by cutting his eye with a split glove...
that saying is said about ten different boxers.
@@MegaCokamo oh shut up ,ya fat tub of lard!
Wow Cooper was quite good! His punches packed some power. If he was a better defender who knows.
Ali though, still the greatest. He fought the best and beat the best. Age and Parkinson's was Ali's biggest opponent. Ali was a great man after he retired. Much respect!
You know Cooper had a good left hook when he could knock down prime Ali, something that Sonny Liston, Earnie Shavers, Larry Holmes and George Foreman couldn't do to Ali when he was an older man
Shavers and Foreman gave Ali permanent damage...
Even when Ali wasnt in his prime anymore, he could make Frazier go blind with his jab. Imagine it happens on Cooper eyes. Ali's jab was fast like sting of bee, just see the damage because of it. What a speed. RIP champ.
If there's a minute left in the round, Ali (Clay then) wouldn't of took much more, he didn't know what day it was!!! Smelling salts, ice cubes down his trunks got his faculties back. Enry's Hammer was some punch! He also slid down the ropes breaking his fall dramatically. Good fighter Sir Henry Cooper but he cut too easy. Also, the famous Dundee glove episode bought Ali 6 seconds at the most. RIP 🙏 both brave fellas 🙏
One side of Muhammad Ali you might not have known..
Ali: “My intention is never to hurt an opponent. l've seen opponents in physical unconsciousness on their feet and saw chances to really hurt them to the extent where it was possible to have a brain concussion, and I knew I was winning, and the fight was just about over, so I backed off.”
“Henry Cooper was an example. He bleeds easy. Whenever he gets cut, blood gushes, and as soon as I saw that, I lost all my fighting instinct and backed off, hoping the referee would stop it. I don't like really hurting someone for the pleasure of a bloodthirsty audience.”
“These other people in other sports, they're out to kill each other. Professional football players go out on the field to hurt somebody. But not me, I'm a classy boxer. I don't want to kill nobody. I'm out there to box. All I want to do is make points.”
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Beautiful left hook.
I was really surprised when Ali got floored by Cooper. Ali had a great chin. Cooper must have had a great left.
Cooper was probably left handed in disguise.
But Ali still won both fights.
@@norsekey4168 Obviously.
Ali rarely got hit in the face in the 60s, so this must have been a huge shock to him
Cooper has one of the greatest left hooks i have ever seen.
GUYS HENRY COOPER WAS A FREAKING BEAST BUT WE HAVE TO ADMIT ALI WAS THE GREATEST
Robert Smilanich
Well sorry but I do not consider Cassius Clay as being the greatest boxer, no I do not ! Besides he was a fucking clown always doing stupid mimics with his big mouth, he was rude and a bloody racist.
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@@Heimrik01
Gibberish 😆
Really funny
At ur part aswell !!
Yea but there was a rumor that says Ali use drugs to won the first fight
Ali makes great boxing look easy so effortlessly. In his prime no fighter could live with him in the ring.
You don't fight Ali, You survive Ali.
Ali was always susceptible to a left hook.🥊
Correct,, you can see it thru the frazier's bout with Ali
@@hassananas4944Sonny banks too…knocked his ass down with a left hook lol
Great punch by Henry to put down the arrogance.. floated like butterfly..got squatted like a fly.😃
Love em both great boxers
Henry Cooper was one tough customer!The left hook was something!Never seen Ali floored like that!
Sonny Banks in 1962 hit Ali with a good left hook and dropped him.
Joe Frazier also plastered Ali with a left hook in the 15th round of their 1971 "Fight of The Century".
@@ereztree lol down but never out mate...and that's the story of the Greatest!
Cooper had killer hooks!
im actually related to him on my dads side i think my dads nans cousin
Henry Cooper firstmen to put ali down Cooper made history.
Anything can happen when you have a hammer like henry had !
Greatest Muhammad Ali was a king of boxing. From Dhubri, Assam India.
The only boxer who bring down Muhammad Ali while he was in his full strength and in the prime of his power in two matches is Henry Cooper, and had it not been for the round bell, Muhammad Ali would have lost this fight.
All respect to these two boxers
If you wanna see Prime Ali, watch his second fight vs Cooper, not the first one.
Ya know I usually don’t like music over vids but this was nice
3:44 something you won't see often...props to Cooper..
Worst thing he could do, Ali done him for it.
Cracking hook tho.
Next to Joe Frazier Coop had the nastiest left hook in pro boxing and it was quick and powerful. He gained Ali attention with that punch and Ali adapted quickly.
For the love of god why the music
Who is the Greatest, the Stronger, the most Beautiful? ALI! RIP grandfather
Both great fighters! RIP
You can see Cooper saw the opening as he was rolling up off Ali's punches . Hook was impeccably. Timed. A great fighter(Ali) vs a very very good one in Cooper.
Cooper wasn't caught up in the Ali hype and legend. Mostly because it didn't yet exist at this point.
Angelo Dundee ripped Ali's glove which bought an extra 5 minutes to "retrieve another glove" AKA give his fighter (Ali) more recovery time.
Left hooks were definitely Ali's weak points (one of a few).
That left from Cooper rocked Ali's world!
He took two great left hooks in close succession... The second one put him down.
Cassius Clay came near to being defeated on this night.
If would find pride calling him like that to his face, he would smash yours. Muhammad Ali, say his name!!!
@@Tourarounwarsaw He was still named Cassius Clay during his fight with Cooper.
Ali took many hits during his career, and no, he didn't come close to being defeated. He got up and tore up his opponent. Just like he did during the rematch.
@@hislord1 He certainly did come close to being defeated that day. We'll never know what might have happened had the bell not rung to end the round but it did so that part's a bit irrelevant. But what we do know and what is relevant is that Ali's trainer Angelo Dundee knew he was in trouble and groggy on the stool so gave him smelling salts and admitted tampering with his gloves to buy more time to allow Ali to recover.
Where I grew up, there was a simple rule: if you cheat you lose. I haven't seen a reason to abandon that way of thinking.
Wauuuu , saludos cordiales desde mi pequeña isla de 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 Bendiciones 🙏 En está pelea Muhammad Ali, demostró que era muy bueno, Henry Cooper le dió buenos golpes, y en el 5 asalto, le contestó muy bien a Muhammad Ali, lo derribo muy bien, pero si se fijan, imetiatamente Muhammad Ali, cambio su estilo de pelea, fue más agresivo después de esa caída, y que pasó, Muhammad Ali lo dominó de hay a delante, eso demuestra que Muhammad Ali, podía pelear de diferentes formas, y tener éxito como sea, que descanse en paz el gran Campeón Muhammad Ali, para mí, el mejor de todos los tiempos, no solo como peleador, luchó por los derechos de la raza negra, y trajo los millones al 🥊 boxeo 🥊🙏 Bendiciones 🙏
Atte 🇵🇷🇵🇷 Albert Colon Lee 🇵🇷🇵🇷
If it wasn’t for Henry coopers history of getting cut very easily he’d been a lot of a bigger name then he is now
If he had beat Ali on this night which was very possible and became top contender, Liston would have made mince meat of him anyway
Well, Sir Henry Cooper still remains a pretty big name in British boxing history, thank you very much...
Great fight with much respect from both boxers
Viva Henry Cooper! Henry Cooper Viva!
Golden years of boxing!
New generation here: does anyone know Henry Cooper's character or his style? He looks like he has a fighter's spirit
Henry was a gentleman outside of the ring. That’s why he was admired by his opponents including Ali. He had a powerfull left, anry’s hammer. He lacked the stamina to make him a champ.
Cuts was Henry downfall unfortunately
Shut up snowflake, aren't you busy Snapping/Instagramming, playing video games, whinging about the environment or your 'mental health'?
I've just seen someone else's post bless you both Henry & George I am sure both of you well look down upon us and Peace be with you both.
henry cooper is an amazing fighter. look at his footwork and reaction speed...
Why is nobody talking about the fact that Ali’s corner slashed his glove at the end of the round so that it needed replacing hence giving him more time to recover? Thats what really happened!!
Evidence? Because I don’t see any slashing of the gloves in any videos of this fight.
Muhammed Ali the best FİGHTER All Times
This is what you call boxing. Not those rigged RUclipsr fights. Nowadays boxing isn’t the same as it once used to be.
Too bad you have this insipid song that we’ve all heard 6 million times- looped no less- over an historic fight with a great announcer and crowd reactions.
Word
I had to mute it, which is a shame.
@@DiogenesOfCa I did exactly that too
Yep 👍🏻
Ali was Very Lucky Coopers left hook came at the end of the round or the fight may have went the other way👍👍👍
G.O.A.T. RIP
The Man who knocked the GOAT down is no small Man. Earned my respect
Ali didn’t want to open up because of coopers eye, that shows you how great he was, Taking nothing away from cooper.......
Most boxers would have deliberately targeted his eye, It went against Ali physiologically thats why he played around, but after knockdown, the penny drops for Ali...... and I’m British.
Noo Hall but not joe.
I hope you are kidding, "didn't open up because of coopers eye". Give me a break.
@@lujitsu1251 Ali showed mercy on Coppers eye until he got knock down.... play time was over after that.
Dangerous game by Ali. He could have finished Cooper in four rounds if he wanted. Instead he played around and was knocked down seriously.
Mercy is not a good advice in boxing.
Noo Hall what are you talking about? He opened up his eye with a split glove. That glove was never changed but it bought Ali time after that knockdown
Rest in peace, both of you !
I don't know, man. If Cooper hadn't been such a "bleeder,"
he would have given Ali a real RUN for his money.
He, Cooper, was rushing in, in the end, he knew it was going to be stopped, would have been very interesting to see how it could have turned out, otherwise, a pity
@@Charlie_Crown Precisely. Cooper was giving Ali ALL he
could handle.
@@raygsbrelcik5578 he definitely underestimated him, that's for certain
i dont think so
There's always some excuse. Cooper turned into a bleeder because Ali punished him.
Cooper had serious power in that left hook, some of those which didn't land looked deadly!
After clay decided to get serious it was whup-ass time. Those were some powerful overhand rights at the end.
Muhammad Ali com consciência de classe é vídeo revolucionário.
À Luta!
Henry Cooper as tough as they come
So respect great fighter both .but mohammad Ali was super star legend strong fighter in world Allah bless him and place him in jannet ameen. ..Rip. .but Cooper is from my home town bradford. So respect for him ..from uk 30.5.2020.
🎩BOTH LEGEND STAR OF THAT TIMES🎩
RiP : AMEEM
Good old Henry..... He is as traditional as roasted beef on Sunday.... And is Brits LOVE HIM ..
Saved by the Bell!!
Absolutely. Cooper realistically won that, Ali’s corner bought time for a split glove, never switched it then opened coopers eye with it
Had to add this to my play list. That left hook to end the 4th round.
Ali was mad after he got knocked down at the end of round 4 😂
He wasn't mad, he barely knew where the hell he was lol, luckily it ended the round because if it was early, we'd be telling a very different story
@@luetrevino7584 Right on. If it werent for Dundee cheating by using smelling salts (which Dundee later admitted to doing!), Clay wouldn't have been ready to start the 5th round!!!
@@luetrevino7584 that's true
@@luetrevino7584 Huh? either way Ali won and was going to continue to tear him apart until the ref called the fight which i was surprised
@@luetrevino7584 He blind sided ali with a dirty cheap shot seconds before the bell. No way that would've happened earlier in the round. It probably took them both by surprise.
Americans need to understand the huge affection we have in Britain for dear old Henry Cooper. Talented fighter sure, who never beat Ali, but came damn close. We brits love a trier, a gallant loser. Americans only care about winners. But we love a plucky underdog. Nobody in their right mind would say Henry was as talented as Ali, but for us, he won just by getting in the ring. RiP Mr Cooper. U will always hold a place 8n every british heart.
The bell saved Ali in that fight. So did Angelo Dundee by splitting Ali’s glove. Dundee knew if Ali came out straight away for the next round Cooper would have finished him. Good old Henry’s Hammer. 👍👍👍
I lover of
Mohammed ali ❤😢😢❤😢
i think ali dodged a bullet on this one
Sure you do. Wishful thinking.
@Nakia Irvin I am not white or jealous. Henry Cooper is a good fighter that's pretty much all I'm saying.
Nakia Irvin how is that white jealousy you fucking racist piece of shit
Lol ali won
@David Brenton Mur lol u tripping
Thanks for posting, but the music was a bit much.
the taurus is a born fighter guide leader trail blazer but I love M-Ail for his heart overall.
Cooper was a damn good boxer
Wow Ali was showing Henry zero respect. Fighting down to him. Could have got clobbered a few times.
Cooper is mad underrated
Rip Ali 😥