Don Cockell
Just watched his fight with Rocky Marciano, what a fighter - this guy had as much heart and balls as you are ever likely to see in a fighter.
The eighth round is pure brutality, Marciano just bounces power shots off his chin for the whole three minutes and Cockell stays upright. Unbelievable.
I'll tell you something, people make jokes about British heavyweights but Cockell is one that, although he never became champ, people of Britain should be very proud of indeed. His effort in that Marciano fight should be celebrated as one of the best examples of courage ever seen in the ring.
"I take good care of my people. I like to inflict permanent psychological damage."
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