Henry Cooper vs. Roy Harris

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Henry Cooper 185 lbs beat Roy Harris 191 lbs by PTS in round 10 of 10

  • Date: 1960-09-13
  • Location: Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom
  • Referee: Jack Hart

AP Newspaper Article, September 12, 1960 [1]

"British and Empire heavyweight champion Henry Cooper used a jabbing left to score an easy 10 round decision over Cut and Shoot, Texas, visitor Roy Harris before a crowd of 10,000 at Wembley's Empire Pool Tuesday night. Cooper, who was cut over both eyes by Harris, weighed 185 1/2. Harris tipped the scales at 190 3/4. The only knockdown of the fight came in the 7th, when Harris was downed for six by a left hook to the jaw and a right to the body. Cooper piled up points with his left throughout the 10 rounder, but never really opened up unless his American opponent did so first." -United Press International

  • The AP report on this same fight stated that Cooper dropped him in the 8th round and it was a right hand that turned the trick.