Could Henry Cooper have fought at LHW?

[Spicoli]

Cooper did well to come back bigger off losses but in hypothetical vs lt hvy the punches come quicker at fresher weight, you'll find no Ali event and Cooper had more slices than a Domino's . That said he flattens Stevenson.

[Freedom]

Yes. He would probably drain down to 175 nowadays.

[Mark TKO]

Let's be honest Our Enry was no world beater and struggled big time against the ranked guys.

Had he fought today he'd have disappeared into obscurity - I remember checking his record a couple of years back and he had lost something like 5 of his first 15 odd fights.

But he was the nation's darling and no one will ever forget the punch he landed on Ali. The only time for me Ali looked properly hurt in his career and had it been thirty seconds earlier I'm sure he would have beaten him.

Having never seen him fight though, for me his career peaked with the moment below