Cooper Beats Erskine (1962)

Title reads: “Cooper Beats Erskine“. Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Heavyweight boxing title. Various shots boxing match between Henry Cooper and army boxer Joe Erskine. C/U boxing promoter Reg King in audience. More shots fight. Intercut with people in audience reacting to fight. A cut above Erskine’s left eye opens, his support team work hard to stop the bleeding but referee Frank Wilson decides to stop the fight. Cooper is declared Heavyweight Champion and is presented with Lonsdale belt. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as we