James Cook (boxer)

James Cook MBE (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.

Cook died of bladder cancer in London, on 7 June 2025, at the age of 66.^[6]

^ "Boxing record". Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
^ United Kingdom list: "No. 58358". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 15 June 2007. p. 15.
^ "Boxing Monthly". Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
^ "ClaretArmy Q&A with Anthony Cook". Claret Army. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^ "Shakers sign a Gunner". Bury F.C. 13 July 2013. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
^ James Cook MBE dies after struggle with cancer

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