On Sky they replayed the programme he did did with Dickie Davis. Cooper said that if he had landed the punch a little away from the ropes that helped break Ali's fall then he thinks the result may have been different.
Henry Cooper came across as an engaging, intelligent and caring person, which is I guess why so many people loved him.
As John Rawling wrote...."when asked to explain Henry's enduring popularity, I would explain that if he were to be offered £10,000 to make an after-dinner speech, and it clashed with an unpaid appearance at a boys' club when he had given his word that he would attend, Henry would unhesitatingly refuse the fat cheque and be there for the youngsters. He was a good boxer, but an outstanding man."