Joe Bugner British and British Commonwealth heavyweight titles and was a three-time European heavyweight champion. He was ranked among the world's top ten heavyweights in the 1970s, fighting such opponents as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Ron Lyle, Jimmy Ellis, Manuel Ramos, Chuck Wepner, Earnie Shavers, Henry Cooper, Brian London, Mac Foster, Rudie Lubbers, Eduardo Corletti, Jurgen Blin and George Johnson. He fought for the world heavyweight championship in 1975, losing on points in a second bout with Ali. Bugner retired from boxing in 1976, but over the next two decades he made sporadic comebacks with varying success. He moved to Australia in
Henry Cooper three of the Cooper brothers excelled in sport, with George and Henry exercising talents particularly in football and also cricket. George Cooper, Henry's twin, who boxed as Jim Cooper, died on 11 April 2010 at the age of 75. Henry Cooper served his National Service in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps as Private #22486464, where he was recruited for his boxing ability. Cooper died on 1 May 2011 at his son's house near the border of Limpsfield and Oxted, Surrey, after a long illness, 2 days before his 77th birthday. Although Cooper was left-handed, he used the "orthodox" stance, with