Overview

• Cook turned professional in 1982 and captured British and European super-middleweight titles before retiring in 1994 following a defeat to Cornelius Carr.
• He was diagnosed with bladder cancer earlier this year and died on June 7 at a London hospital at age 66.
• Promoter Frank Warren praised Cook as a “true gentleman” whose contributions to youth boxing in East London will live on.
• Eddie Hearn and Dillian Whyte shared tributes underscoring Cook’s selflessness, mentorship and personal influence on their careers.
• Cook used his own resources to revive Hackney’s Pedro Youth Club, earning an MBE in 2007 for services to youth justice after transforming a crime-ridden neighbourhood.