When Muhammad Ali travelled to England to face Henry Cooper for the first time in 1963, he was still a world champion in the making. It was a time when he was still known as Cassius Clay.

Blow by blow, Sportsmail relives the night that Henry Cooper introduced Cassius Clay to his sledgehammer left hook. ORIGINAL FIGHT REPORT BY JACK WOOD: Cassius Clay, the fighting prophet from ...

He was a tramp, a bum and a cripple, Cassius allowed, not worth the sweat of the training ring. “After five rounds,” said Clay, “Henry Cooper will think his name is Gordon Cooper ...

British boxing legend Henry Cooper is still remembered for it ... the potent left hook he landed to the jaw of 21-year-old Cassius Clay. And they talk about what might have been ...

Cassius Clay faces Henry Copper in London some 50 years ago. Half a century may have passed since Henry Cooper threw the most famous punch of his heavyweight career but that left hook remains ...

A 21-year-old Cassius Clay was completely unaware of the danger ... a half-hearted punch over the head of British champ Henry Cooper and left himself open. A sitting duck, he was caught on ...

LONDON – Former heavyweight boxer Henry Cooper, one of Britain‘s most popular sportsmen who was best known for knocking down Muhammad Ali while he was still known as Cassius Clay, died Sunday.

Former heavyweight boxer Henry Cooper, one of Britain’s most popular sportsmen who was best known for knocking down a 21-year-old American fighter named Cassius Clay, died May 1 in the southern ...