\n To make 2025 even sweeter for Cooper, his pro debut bout in Leeds in October described by his coach, York\u2019s Henry Wharton, as ‘one of the best I\u2019ve ever seen.’\n<\/p>\n
\n Cooper finished the year with his second victory paid ranks victory over Doncaster\u2019s Sam Kirk in the latter\u2019s hometown.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It\u2019s been wonderful, amazing, fantastic, whatever word you want to use,” said super welterweight Cooper.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I\u2019m 18. I\u2019ve achieved my ambition to become one of the youngest professional boxers on the scene.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I enjoyed the amateurs and now I\u2019ve launched my professional career.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I came to my second bout fresh from a five-day training camp at a high-quality gym in Madrid, where even in a short time I made some good friends.\n<\/p>\n
\n “In 2026 I want to gain as much experience as possible. When my coach decides the time is right, I\u2019ll be going for titles.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The future is bright.”\n<\/p>\n
\n “Henri\u2019s first two professional wins come after an excellent amateur career which saw him win major amateur competitions such as London\u2019s Haringey box cup, and he travelled with us to Denmark and Portugal winning gold and silver respectively,” continued Wharton.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We expect great things from him. Henri\u2019s a very young man at just eighteen and he has the time fully to realise his potential.\n<\/p>\n
\n “His future\u2019s exciting.”\n<\/p>\n
\n “My life has revolved around boxing for so long although I also enjoyed playing competitive football when younger,” added Cooper.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I sold an average of 140 tickets to each of my bouts.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I\u2019m beyond grateful to everyone who came to support. I need to keep moving forward and develop my fanbase as an entertaining and exciting boxer who showcases technical skills but also knows how to fight.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Cooper appreciates the ‘extensive support of many local businesses, so many thanks to York Brickwork, Southbank Homes, Platinum Plastering, Edge Windows, On Top Roofing, Knavesmire Butchers, Vine House Construction, D&D windows, Bromwich Family Butchers, Nunthorpe Services, York Windows Manufacturing, Morgan Medley, Catlane Vans, Only Vans, House of Piccadilly and Woodstone1.’\n<\/p>\n
\n Future potential sponsors should contact Cooper directly via Instagram @henricooper1.\n<\/p>\n
\n Cooper made his October debut on Mark Bateson\u2019s Elland Road show themed as Doomsday.\n<\/p>\n
\n His second bout at Doncaster Dome and themed as Dust Up was also promoted by Mark Bateson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To make 2025 even sweeter for Cooper, his pro debut bout in Leeds in October described by his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-337059","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}