Johnny Cooke

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
NationalityEnglish
Born (1934-12-17) 17 December 1934
Bootle, England
Boxing record
Total fights93
Wins52 (KO 5)
Losses34 (KO 8)
Draws7
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
  1. "1958 71st ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. "1958 Athletes". Team England.
  4. "Johnny Cooke". Merseyside Former Boxers Association.
  5. "Profile". BoxRec.
  6. "Profile". Boxing History.
  7. "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  8. "Johnny Campbell - The man who put Birkenhead on the map". boxingbiographies.com. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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