Boxing HEAVY-WEIGHT CONTEST
Cooper Defending Championship
(N Z .-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON. March 25.
Henry Cooper will defend his British Empire heavy-weight boxing titles against the former European champion, Dick Richardson, of Wales, at Wembley
tomorrow night. Cooper, who has held the titles for three years, is slight favourite. Both boxers are 29. When they Last met four and a half years ago. Cooper was decliaired the winner in the fifth round, after the referee stopped the fight to save Richardson from further punishment.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30091, 27 March 1963, Page 21
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