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John 'Johnny' Cooke (born 17 December 1934 in Bootle) is a former English amateur lightweight and professional light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight boxer.

Johnny Cooke
Statistics
Nickname(s)	Cookie
Weight(s)	lightweight light welterweight welterweight light middleweight middleweight
Nationality	English
Born	(1934-12-17) 17 December 1934 (age 87) Bootle, England
Boxing record
Total fights	93
Wins	52 (KO 5)
Losses	34 (KO 8)
Draws	7
Medal record Boxing Representing  England British Empire & Commonwealth Games 1958 Cardiff -60 kg

Amateur career

He 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.

He represented England and won a bronze medal in the -60 Kg division at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[2][3] He only lost 16 of 368 recorded contests as an amateur.[4]

Professional career

He made his professional debut on 28 June 1960[5] and fought in 6 fights until 1963.[6]

As a professional he 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+3⁄4 lb (60.7 kg; 9 st 7.8 lb), i.e. light welterweight to 157+1⁄4 lb (71.3 kg; 11 st 3.3 lb), i.e. middleweight.[7] Johnny Cooke was managed by Johnny Campbell (circa-1905 — 2 May 1994).[8]

References

External links

• Boxing record for Johnny Cooke from BoxRec (registration required)
• Image - Johnny Cooke

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