James Cook (boxer)
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James Cook Script error: No such module "If empty". (17 May 1959 – 7 June 2025) was a Jamaican-born European and British super middleweight boxing champion.
Biography
Cook was born on 17 May 1959.[1] In the 2007 Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Youth Justice in Hackney, London.[2] Boxing Monthly noted the award came following "his outstanding work with the young people of Hackney's notorious Murder Mile".[3] He also previously featured on the show The Secret Millionaire.
He was the uncle of professional footballers Anthony Cook, Reice Charles-Cook, Roman Charles-Cook, and Regan Charles-Cook.[4][5]
Cook died of bladder cancer in London, on 7 June 2025, at the age of 66.[6]
References
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External links
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