Tags: Boxer.
Johnny Cooke ( (1934-12-17) 17 December 1934) born in Bootle is an English amateur lightweight and professional light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1950s ’60s and ’70s who as an amateur was runner-up for the 1958 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) featherweight title against Richard McTaggart (Royal Air Force) boxing out of Maple Leaf ABC and as a professional won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Central Area lightweight title beating his cousin Dave Coventry[1] 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.