Johnny Cooke ( (1934-12-17) 17 December 1934 ) born in Bootle is an English amateur lightweight and professional light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who as an amateur was runner-up for the 1958 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) featherweight title, against Richard McTaggart (Royal Air Force), boxing out of Maple Leaf ABC, and as a professional won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Central Area lightweight title, beating his cousin Dave Coventry[1], BBBofC Central Area welterweight title, BBBofC British welterweight title, and Commonwealth welterweight title, and was a challenger for the European Boxing Union (EBU) welterweight title against Carmelo Bossi, his professional fighting weight varied from 133 3⁄4 lb (60.7 kg; 9 st 7.8 lb), i.e. light welterweight to 157 1⁄4 lb (71.3 kg; 11 st 3.3 lb), i.e. middleweight. Johnny Cooke was managed by Johnny Campbell (circa-1905 — 2 May 1994 (aged 89)).