Did Bert Cooper have the potential to be one of boxing's greats?

[BigNuts]

I'm watching his fight against holyfield and he him in serious trouble in that fight. He had him in a lot more trouble then Tyson ever had him in.

Don't know much about him other then that fight. Watched the intro of the cooper/holyfield fight and it was stated cooper was just a nobody, yet he ended up giving holyfield a decent run for his money.

Going to watch more of his fights.

Did he have the potential to become one of the greats?

[Sugar Adam Ali]

No,,, he was just a rugged fighter... Nothing special, just a rugged fighter

[Eff Pandas]

Idk about one of the greats, but if he hadn't had all the outside the ring issues he had idk how he couldn't have achieved more. But the best possible Cooper in ever fight doesn't get him to all time great status.

[ИATAS]

Probably not a great but he could have been better, his stamina was pretty poor. He had a drug and alcohol problem during his career, if he was more dedicated surely would have been better.

But he had some awesome fights as it was! Obviously Evander fight was awesome, the Michael Moore fight was an absolute classic.

[LA_2_Vegas]

His fight with Michael Moore was also a good one

[low blows]

Early on in his career he had a few upsets at cruiserweight and heavyweight. Without the crazyness in his life maybe he could have won a splintered title at some point, but he was very limited, watch his beating at the hands of Carl Williams and you will see that his lack of size coupled with poor defense made him a sitting duck against taller longer opponents.

[lefthook2daliva]

I'm watching his fight against holyfield and he him in serious trouble in that fight. He had him in a lot more trouble then Tyson ever had him in.

Don't know much about him other then that fight. Watched the intro of the cooper/holyfield fight and it was stated cooper was just a nobody, yet he ended up giving holyfield a decent run for his money.

Going to watch more of his fights.

Did he have the potential to become one of the greats?

That was a great night for "Smokin'" Bert Cooper. Iirc, Holyfield wanted a showcase for his home town fans and Bert was having none of it.

Great fight.

[Dolezal]

It's a shame the way he went out. ATG.



RIP

[SN!PER]

Bernard Hopkins: "This fight with Joe is gonna be a remake of Muhammad Ali vs. Bert Cooper."

Joe Calzaghe: "Henry Cooper?"

Bernard Hopkins: "Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper. But he'll look like Bert Cooper by the time I'm done with him."

[BigNuts]

Bernard Hopkins: "This fight with Joe is gonna be a remake of Muhammad Ali vs. Bert Cooper."

Joe Calzaghe: "Henry Cooper?"

Bernard Hopkins: "Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper. But he'll look like Bert Cooper by the time I'm done with him."

lol.............