Highly touted prospect, Errol Christie was stopped in the fifth round of a scheduled eight at the York Hall, Bethnal Green in January 1989, and just under a year later Cook travelled to Belfast to become British super-middleweight champion halting local man Sam Storey in the tenth round.

The court heard that when it became clear Ms Baitup was not going to leave the club, Cook returned and demanded she handed over her house key so he could get out of the rain. There was a boxing club in almost every community in the city and it kept me out of trouble and many others like me." Tunde has said to me, ‘yeah this is what we’ve been missing’. I give him the highest respect and praise. He’s very happy with the things I’ve said and put in place. The following morning when Cook strolled casually through the door of the London Ex Boxers’ Association meeting, the sincere congratulations soon gave way to jovial suggestions that the highly popular former British and European super-middleweight champion should now be known as James ‘The Difference’ Cook, which rapidly became abbreviated to simply ‘The Difference’ – for example, “Hey, ‘The Difference’, do you fancy another pint of Guiness?” When quizzed as to how he felt about his newfound status, Jamaican-born Cook cheerfully replied, “So long as they’re gonna buy me a pint of Guiness, they can call me whatever they want!” Cook argues that the criticism hurled in Yarde and Ajayi’s direction in the wake of those contests has been unjust.The council recognised people's concerns but felt that the facilities on offer at the new library would be a vast improvement on what was available now. Cook also admitted a charge under the Protection from Harassment Act after the court heard he sent Ms Baitup dozens of text messages on the evening of May 24 while she was on a night out with her friends, despite Ms Baitup texting him that she wanted to enjoy her night out in peace and that their relationship was over. I’ll be honest with you – there’s little things he needs to work on, but this boy has got so much power, he can hit, he can fight and he’s smart. He excites me. I tell people: not a lot of fighters excite me but this kid excites me because he’s got it all. James Cook MBE stands outside Pedro Club with his autobiography aptly titled Guardian Of The Streets. Picture: Razvan Pestean (Image: Razvan Pestean) The spaces will be for users of a new library, which will be in a new building alongside the Triple Triangle Club.

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is James Cook worth at the age of 64 years old? James Cook’s income source is mostly from being a successful Boxer. He is from Jamaica. We have estimatedWe would ask anyone who wishes to reproduce these records elsewhere to respect the hard work that has gone into their compilation. Failure to credit us in the requested manner may mean that we do not publish further records. James began running the club in the 1990s while working as an outreach worker in Clapton - an area dubbed “murder mile” at the time due to its high murder rate.

Cook’s passionate belief in building a better society and helping to mould youngsters into good citizens and role models like Anthony Yarde underpins everything he does. Indeed, such has been the impact of Cook’s youth work that he was rewarded with an MBE in 2007. The 29-year-old Yarde is now 20-2 (19 KOs), having been stopped in 11 in a gallant challenge for Sergey Kovalev’s WBO light-heavyweight title in August 2019. He then dropped a split decision to Lyndon Arthur in December for the Commonwealth title. Cook admitted he had been drinking heavily earlier that day, but said the effects were wearing off when he walked up to The Middle club during the evening of May 24. Still, boxing is at the heart of Pedro and many young people come to train with James and speak to him about their lives.Cook insists his remit includes a full licence to speak his mind and say what he sees. “When they spoke to me I said if I am not that then I won’t be here. Anthony is his own man and I am the older man, so if I don’t speak the truth this is never going to work. I am here to make sure the truth is spoken. TALENT: Anthony Yarde (left) in action As a kid, James Cook grew up with his grandparents on the streets of Jamaica, until his parents brought him to London as a 9 year old and his whole world changed. One the main reasons Cook is willing to work with Yarde is his positive view of ‘The Beast’s personality. It was time to move on and Cook signed up with Midlands born John Smith as his new manager. Their partnership was not that successful, winning just three fights and losing five.

He says there is enough parking provision in the area and a boxing club would get teenagers off the streets and unite the community.

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The bulk of the research behind these records has been conducted by Miles, but for the last five years Richard has made weekly trips to the British Newspaper Library at Colindale and unearthed thousands of extra bouts that have been added to Miles's records. Therefore each record is attributed to Miles and Richard. Cook’s voice softened considerably as he spared a thought for Lyndon Arthur. “I understand the way Lyndon is feeling, because Lyndon now is probably thinking he’s let his people down and he’s let his camp down, just like how I felt when I went to Shefield to fight Herol ‘Bomber’ Graham. I felt that I didn’t perform and I felt rotten. But, as you go along experiencing boxing, you realise this is boxing. So Lyndon shouldn’t beat up himself about what Anthony done. To me, Lyndon is like a quiet James Cook. There’s no hype about him. He’s just calm and relaxed. But sometimes you have to make noise and, when you fight, you’ve got to fight rugged. My personal opinion of Lyndon is that he is a nice, pleasant young man and he’ll come again. Believe me, he’ll definitely come again.” He text you, ‘Don’t come to the funeral.’ Do you know whose funeral?” prosecutor Nia James asked Ms Baitup, an insurance worker from Caerau, near Maesteg. Although he was by now in the twilight of his career Cook won the vacant British super-middleweight title narrowly outscoring Fidel Castro Smith in south east London in September 1993.