European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes Friday february 28, 1986cooper feels All was t so Tough by  Cruger . Bureau High Wycombe As England although he twice lost to Muhammad am a Man he ranks among the five top heavy weights of All Lime. Henry Cooper does t regard am As a Tough Man to fight. Guys like Joe i a Sonny Lisbon or Rocky Marciano. Guys who keep coming Forward with dangerous punches giving you no setup brushing your Best shots aside wearing you Down for the killer blow those arc the kinds of Guys who arc the toughest to fight Cooper said. A Well he would come in and hit me and then Back off and dance around for is seconds or so while i rested and got set up explained Cooper prior to appearing As the guest commentator at n sellout Anglo american get together featuring two hours of boxing films. Cooper a former British Empire and european heavyweight Champion who \9 limes contended for lilies fought All twice in the 1960s, once in 1966 for the world championship. In their first mulch a non title bout fought in London on june 8, 1963, Cooper smashed All in the head and floored him with four seconds to go in the fourth round. Many thought Cooper won the fight then and there because even though the Bell momentarily saved Ali he was clearly Hurt As his seconds frantically worked on him Between rounds. It appeared Likely Ali would be in no condition to answer the Ell. To Ali s Rescue came his manager the Crafty Anglo Dundee who managed to prolong the interval Between rounds until Ali was fit to fight again. How did he do it Angela told me some years later Dun dec admitted it in writing in 1983 hut he had looked Down and noticed that one of Ali s gloves was wearing along the seam. So. He stuck a pair of scissors in and ripped it open. That stopped the fight Long enough for Ali to recover said Cooper. Was Cooper angry with Dundee for doing that no that s what any Good manager should have done for his fighter. And if my manager would t have been Able to think a something like that to save me when i was in trouble i would have gone looking for a new manager he said. Us Bolo by go Saku Ellair former heavyweight contender Henry Cooper. Once nearly put away world Champion Muhammad Ali just How hard did Cooper who had been knocked Down Only once before by Joe Frazier hit Ali in that tight Ali appearing a couple of years ago on a London to show marking Cooper s Soth birthday was asked what he most remembered about Cooper. He hits hard. I Tell people it s a funny thing but Henry hit me so hard he jarred my Kinfolk in Africa. I was really so Lucky because As soon As he hit me the Bell rang and i had time to recuperate Ali said. Otherwise the to Host asked him. What would have happened otherwise Ali took a dive sideways into the Arm of the sofa Zzz Ali went on to Cut Cooper so badly in the next round that the fight was stopped with Cooper pouring blood from a Cut above an Eye. Ali was awarded a fifth round to. Cooper was handicapped by tissue paper skin and High prominent Cheek Bones that made him vulnerable to Cut Ting. Who else besides Ali whom Cooper includes because of his Speed and All around skills makes Cooper s list of the top. Five All time greats in the heavyweight division Jack Johnson Jack Dempsey Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano. Who would have come out on top out of those five i Don t know. It s pure speculation said Cooper. My idol was Joe Louis when i was a kid. He had a great economical style in the ring. If Louis had the most economical style in the ring Ali had the most expensive. I mean Ali was jumping around the ring burning up Energy doing his dancing. They called Louis Shufflin Joe but he always looked  Ali said a few weeks Back that what the heavyweight game needs to revive the pub Lic s interest is a great White Hope. Coop or 51, does t agree with that. What we need is someone with Charisma and there does t seem to be anyone exciting around these Days he said. Other divisions have fighters with Char isma according to Cooper and he reckons that americans marvelous Marvin Hagler and Don Curry arc the two Best fighters in the world today. Cooper who fought professionally for 17 years and retired Al 37, thinks that one of the up and coming heavyweights to watch is Britain s Frank Bruno. The 24 year old Bruno is one of the hardest punchers in the division and has lost Only one of 24 fights while stopping All but one of his opponents. Bruno will meet South Africa s former Aba Champion Gerric cock acc March 4 at London s Wembley Arena. The fight a sellout is considered the biggest heavy weight attraction to be staged in Britain in20 years. Cooper who retired from the ring in 1971, believes Bruno May not yet have the savvy to become Champion. Bruno is big enough and Strong enough. I just Hope he has the boxing know How. Well have to see if he can Stop Coetzee. I have reservations about whether Bruno can do it. He does t yet know what to do when he gets in trouble and he s going to have to learn that to  what has Cooper been doing since he Hung up his gloves he invested his purses wisely and thus has no financial worries. Additionally he has worked As a front Man for one of the big perfume companies is big in the insurance Industry hosts to shows appears frequently in pro am golfing events opens supermarkets runs his own Amateur Box ing championships for youngsters and is a Busy Chanty organizer. A member of the order of the British Empire he says he has t a single regret about his Long ring career. I m Busy 12 months of the year. I be got a great life. No grumbles. I m very Lucky. I had a marvelous life a marvelous career in boxing. 1 earned a lot of Money had a lot of laughs had a Good time met alot of Nice people. Yeah i d do it All Over  Mcaa official favors excluding outsiders recruiting problems remain exec says by Herschel Nissenson a football writer Kansas City to. Recruiting is the Only thing wrong with College sports and alumni and boosters must be disassociated from athletic programs Mcaa executive director Walter Byers said tuesday. There s nothing wrong with intercollegiate athletics except the recruiting process. The Only weakness we have is in the area of recruiting Byers told a group of sports writers and coaches who attended the Mcaa s annual College football preview. The contest As i see it is essentially whether the presi dents and chancellors uphold the stewardship of higher Edu cation and set the policy for College athletics or whether a minority of unscrupulous coaches and inflamed immature boosters and alumni Are going to set the  Byers threw his support behind a Southwest Confer ence amendment proposed and then withdrawn at last month s Mcaa convention that would have limited All recruiting contacts to a school s staff members. Current rules prohibit what the Mcaa terms representatives of an institution s athletic interests i.e., alumni boosters from any off Campus recruiting. Byers called the action of the Mcaa presidents com Mission in pushing through tougher penalties for major rules violations at a special convention a Good first  but he said the Mcaa needs help from its members in cleaning up violations which he conceded will never Rity. Majority of coaches would like to reach 100 percent purity i think the vast Maji take control of their own programs he said. It is absolutely a fact of life that the Mcaa with its 12 investigators cannot adequately police College athletics by itself. Unless institutions have the desire and will to enforce the rules at the local level then that process will sorely need the support of the conference commissioners. The next step is to embrace at least the concept of the Southwest conference proposal and remove outsiders boosters non staff members from the recruiting  coach Grant Teaff of Baylor University said the Sec legislation was withdrawn for Lack of support but would be resubmitted at the 1987 convention after considerable reworking. I m for it in principle Teaff said but for example 90 95 percent of our players get their summer jobs through alumni. That s one of the things that has to be  Byers did not condemn All alumni who Are involved with athletic programs pointing out that they have contributed Large sums of Money to build facilities endow scholarships Etc. He said the sincere and dedicated alumnus and Booster is not particularly interested in participating in the recruiting  but he blasted boosters with Large egos and retarded maturity who get their kicks out of bribing 18-year-Olds to come and play for their  Byers also suggested the american football coaches association consider developing a management Institute to teach the expanded responsibilities that go with a head coaching Job at a major University not Only in the Public relations area but in the management area controls knowing the rules spotting the dangers ahead of  in a question and answer session Byers touched on number of other topics. He called the recent trial in which a former University of Georgia instructor who said she was fired for protesting preferential treatment for athletes was awarded $2.57 Mil lion highly unfortunate certainly not a Good Day for inter collegiate athletics or the University of  but he said he did t think it was typical of most athletic programs and pointed out that developmental studies or remedial learning programs were not conceived by athletic  he called the drug testing program adopted at last month s convention for bowl games and Mcaa championship events the most direct and affirmative attack upon one of society s and athletics serious problems by any professional sports  he said there is a possibility of Legal challenges to legislation adopted last month requiring a freshman to have minimum sat and act test scores plus a 2.0 Grade Point average in an 11-course High school Cor curriculum to be eligible for athletics. The policy making Mcaa Council will determine at us april meeting whether such freshmen non qualifiers Are eligible for tutorial services and other academic help supplied by athletic departments. He called the controversial no pass no play Texas High school Rule an excellent move and said it is time for High school coaches to Wake up to what s Hap pening in society at