Our 'Enry, RIP
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I don't think anyone ever had a bad word to say about Sir Henry Cooper, OBE. A man of immense charm and good humour, an asset to the mood of the country, accolades one would be hard-pressed to use with many boxers. America has Mohammed Ali, we had 'Enry, both worth listening to.
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I second everything you said, spot
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A sad, sad, day. He's not been seen much of recent years but he was one of the greats.
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His killer left hook and knocking down Ali was a bit of a highlight of his career. RIP
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fuzzywuzzy;1358582 wrote: His killer left hook and knocking down Ali was a bit of a highlight of his career. RIP
Of his boxing career maybe but his fame and reputation went far beyond that - when most world champions would have been forgotten he still held the hearts of a nation.
Of his boxing career maybe but his fame and reputation went far beyond that - when most world champions would have been forgotten he still held the hearts of a nation.
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Only knew of him as purely a boxer ....can't talk about anything else of him . 
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fuzzywuzzy;1358590 wrote: Only knew of him as purely a boxer ....can't talk about anything else of him .
Well for one thing, he and Barry Sheen were the "great smell of Bruit" :yh_rotfl
Well for one thing, he and Barry Sheen were the "great smell of Bruit" :yh_rotfl
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I think he must have had a rule that he'd only do an advert if it had comic potential.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left. ... Hold no regard for unsupported opinion.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware. Écrasez l'infâme! When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware. Écrasez l'infâme! When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.