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Jim Cooper, however, never reached his brother's abilities or popularity and retired in 1964 with a 16-14-1 record. Henry on the other hand, went on to dominate the European scene for 15 straight years.

Before the ascent of Lennox Lewis in the 1990s, Henry Cooper was considered the greatest heavyweight boxer in modern British history. Friendly, polite, well-mannered, and always a "good sport", he and his twin brother George Cooper (he fought as Jim Cooper) embarked on colorful professional boxing careers together.

In 1970, at the advanced age of 36, he scored the biggest win of his career by destroying the myth of invincibility surrounding Spain's Jose Manuel Urtain, who had a 34-1 record with 33 knockouts. Cooper boxed him beautifully and stopped him in 9 rounds to capture the European crown. Previously, he had regained the British titles with an upset victory over the much younger Jack Bodell. Seemingly on the verge of another title shot, he lost a highly controversial and disputed 15 round decision to 21 year old Joe Bugner to lose all three of his boxing championships.

He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1967 Queen's Honours List before being awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's 2000 Millennium Honours List for his services to Boxing.

He fought Muhammad Ali for the championship in 1966, only to be brutally battered and bloodied.

He is most noted for knocking down a young Cassius Clay (later to become Muhammad Ali) in their 1963 elimination bout.

He captured the British Commonwealth Heavyweight Title in 1957 and held the crown no less than 4 times till 1972. He was also a multiple European Heavyweight Champion.