Blackpool Gazette . "It must be so sad for them because he will have made a massive impact in their lives. He was so well liked in the town and he was still out and about. "I remember seeing him not so long ago walking around the park.
He just never stopped. “It’s a shame Blackpool has lost him. ”London, born Brian Sydney Harper, went on to win the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles but lost his second and third fights with Cooper.
His fight with Ali, in which he was stopped in the third round, was his only challenge for a world title and he later admitted: '[Ali was] big, fast and he could punch, whereas I was smaller, fatter and couldn't punch. "He stopped me in three rounds and that was it, I don't think I hit him.
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