Glove story that lingered

ANGELO Dundee will also be remembered in Britain for his role in Ali’s defeat of our own heavyweight icon Henry Cooper at Wembley in 1963.

Cooper floored Ali – then still using his birth name of Cassius Clay – at the end of the fourth round in London with a trademark left hook “’Enry’s ’Ammer” which scrambled the American’s senses.

Ali was saved first by the bell, however, and then by Dundee, who breached the rules by helping him to the corner.

Dundee then illegally used smelling salts to help his fighter regain his senses and made a small tear in one of Ali’s gloves, forcing a welcome delay while a new pair were sought.

Ali, having been given time to recover, went out and beat Cooper on a cuts stoppage in the very next round.