Angie Dundee said that the glove problem was noticed early on but he never mentioned it because Ali was doing quite well. But Dundee claims he only increased the tear to show the Ref. I watched an ESPN program with Angelo Dundee discussing his years with Muhammad and he admitted bot assisting Ali to the corner (illegal) and also giving him a whiff of the salts as well. Neither of these disqualifying moves was mentioned at the time and after a futile trip to the dressing room for another glove, the fight went on.

As some others have noted, Cooper was a good fighter with a cut problem. A great man in many respects, his career as a boxer was hindered by genetics. Ali called him on the 40th anniversary of their fight. Both respected the other as was obvious from Cooper on the same ESPN program as above.


Spaw