Ron Cooper - Revision history

Michael at 01:05, 25 August 2011

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	*London Ex-Boxers Association page: [http://www.londonexboxers.org.uk/boxing_lives_detail.php?boxer_ID=24]		*London Ex-Boxers Association page: [http://www.londonexboxers.org.uk/boxing_lives_detail.php?boxer_ID=24]

Michael at 01:04, 25 August 2011

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2011-03-11T15:50:38Z

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			*London Ex-Boxers Association page: [http://www.londonexboxers.org.uk/boxing_lives_detail.php?boxer_ID=24]
	~~== Biography ==~~
	~~One the finest amateur boxers of his generation, '''Ron Cooper''' was the 1948~~ [~~[ABA]] lightweight champion while in the Royal Navy, earning him a place on the 1948 Olympic Games Team~~. ~~Shortly after the Olympics, his father died, leaving Cooper to support his mother by turning professional~~.

	~~Although his professional career got off to bad start in August 1948, losing by a first-round knockout to Ted Ansell, Cooper soon got into his stride and remained unbeaten in his next 15 contests~~. ~~His 17th contest was against the former British Featherweight Champion [[Al Phillips]] at the Empress Hall in December 1950~~. Phillips won by KO in the 4th round. Cooper continued boxing for another eighteen months, during which he had a further six contests, winning three and losing two. His last contest was at the Mile End Arena in June 1950, beating [[Ricky McCulloch]~~] on points after six rounds.~~

	~~Cooper trains youngsters these days.~~

	== Olympic Games results ==		== Olympic Games results ==
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	*Lost to [[Maxie McCullagh]] (Ireland) PTS		*Lost to [[Maxie McCullagh]] (Ireland) PTS
	== Related Video ==		== Related Video ==
	~~{{#ev:youtube\|70qWXUKBSCc\|375\|right}}~~		*Ron Cooper at the 1948 London Olympics: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70qWXUKBSCc]
	*Ron Cooper at the 1948 London Olympics
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	[[Category:1948 Olympians]]		[[Category:1948 Olympians]]
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Fasan at 17:27, 5 March 2011

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	*Defeated [[Jan Remie]] (Netherlands) PTS		*Defeated [[Jan Remie]] (Netherlands) PTS
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			== Related Video ==
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			*Ron Cooper at the 1948 London Olympics
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2011-03-05T16:21:41Z

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	~~'''Ron Cooper''' was the 1948 [[ABA]] lightweight champion while in the Royal Navy.~~

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	One the finest amateur boxers of his generation~~. Winning~~ the ABA ~~light-weight title~~ in ~~1948 earned~~ him a place in the 1948 Olympic ~~team~~. Shortly after the Olympics ~~Ron's~~ father died leaving ~~him with the task~~ to support his mother~~. The best way Ron could do was~~ by turning professional. Although his professional career got off to bad start, losing to Ted Ansell in Birkenhead to a first round KO in August 1948, he soon got into his stride and remained unbeaten in his next 15 contests. His 17th contest was against the former British Featherweight Champion [[Al Phillips]] at the Empress Hall in December 1950. Phillips KO Ron in the 4th round. Ron continued boxing for another eighteen months during which time he had a further six contests, winning three and losing 2. His last contest was at the Mile End Arena on June 1950 against Ricky McCulloch whom he beat on points over six rounds. Ron is still associated with boxing training youngsters at the ...		One the finest amateur boxers of his generation, '''Ron Cooper''' was the 1948 [[ABA]] lightweight champion while in the Royal Navy, earning him a place on the 1948 Olympic Games Team. Shortly after the Olympics, his father died, leaving Cooper to support his mother by turning professional.

	== Olympic ~~games~~ results ==		Although his professional career got off to bad start in August 1948, losing by a first-round knockout to Ted Ansell, Cooper soon got into his stride and remained unbeaten in his next 15 contests. His 17th contest was against the former British Featherweight Champion [[Al Phillips]] at the Empress Hall in December 1950. Phillips won by KO in the 4th round. Cooper continued boxing for another eighteen months, during which he had a further six contests, winning three and losing two. His last contest was at the Mile End Arena in June 1950, beating [[Ricky McCulloch]] on points after six rounds.

			Cooper trains youngsters these days.

			== Olympic Games results ==
	'''1948''' (as a lightweight)		'''1948''' (as a lightweight)
	*Defeated [[Jan Remie]] (Netherlands) PTS		*Defeated [[Jan Remie]] (Netherlands) PTS

Fasan at 16:03, 5 March 2011

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	*Lost to [[Maxie McCullagh]] (Ireland) PTS		*Lost to [[Maxie McCullagh]] (Ireland) PTS


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Fasan at 15:57, 5 March 2011

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	'''Ron Cooper''' was the 1948 [[ABA]] lightweight champion while in the Royal Navy.		'''Ron Cooper''' was the 1948 [[ABA]] lightweight champion while in the Royal Navy.

			== Biography ==
			One the finest amateur boxers of his generation. Winning the ABA light-weight title in 1948 earned him a place in the 1948 Olympic team. Shortly after the Olympics Ron's father died leaving him with the task to support his mother. The best way Ron could do was by turning professional. Although his professional career got off to bad start, losing to Ted Ansell in Birkenhead to a first round KO in August 1948, he soon got into his stride and remained unbeaten in his next 15 contests. His 17th contest was against the former British Featherweight Champion [[Al Phillips]] at the Empress Hall in December 1950. Phillips KO Ron in the 4th round. Ron continued boxing for another eighteen months during which time he had a further six contests, winning three and losing 2. His last contest was at the Mile End Arena on June 1950 against Ricky McCulloch whom he beat on points over six rounds. Ron is still associated with boxing training youngsters at the ...

	== Olympic games results ==		== Olympic games results ==

Fasan at 15:52, 5 March 2011

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Fasan at 15:50, 5 March 2011

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	'''Ron Cooper''' was the 1948 [[ABA]] lightweight champion while in the Royal Navy.		'''Ron Cooper''' was the 1948 [[ABA]] lightweight champion while in the Royal Navy.

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	1948 [[ABA]] lightweight champion while in the Royal Navy.		'''Ron Cooper''' was the 1948 [[ABA]] lightweight champion while in the Royal Navy.

	== Olympic games results ==		== Olympic games results ==