Leonard Cook

Rusty Cook
Statistics
Real name Arthur Leonard Cook
Nickname(s) Rusty
Nationality Australian
Born New South Wales, Australia[1]

Arthur Leonard "Rusty" Cook (born 20 April 1912, date of death unknown) was an Australian boxer. Cook won Australia's first ever Empire/Commonwealth Games boxing Gold Medal in the 1934 British Empire Games in London, after defeating Welshman Frank Taylor in the final of the Lightweight division. [2] He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, [3][4][5][6] but was eliminated in the second round of the welterweight class after losing his fight to the Finnish fighter Sten Suvio, the eventual Gold Medallist.

In July of 1938 Cook announced he was going professional. He had 3 professional fights in Queensland for 3 wins before taking on the seasoned N.S.W fighter Alan Westbury in Brisbane on 27th January 1939 for the vacant Australian Welterweight title. However Westbury knocked Cook out in the 3rd Round to win the title. [7] Cook had one further bout on 3rd March 1939 against Bobby Arlene, recording a 12th Round KO victory. He had agreed to fight Ron McLachlan in May, but at the beginning of that month made the abrupt decision to retire from boxing at the age of 27 due to competing business interests. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Rusty Cook Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. ↑ "Les Cook, the Queenslander Won the Lightweight Boxing Title For Australia at the Empire Games". trove.nla.gov.au. 16 August 1934.
  3. ↑ "RUSTY COOK AT HIS BEST". trove.nla.gov.au. 12 March 1936.
  4. ↑ "Rusty" Cook To Turn Professional". 30 July 1938. p. 1 – via Trove.
  5. ↑ "Australian Olympic Committee: Rusty Cook". corporate.olympics.com.au.
  6. ↑ "BoxRec". boxrec.com.
  7. ↑ "Alan Westbury V Rusty Cook". boxrec.com. 27 January 1939.
  8. ↑ ""RUSTY" COOK RETIRES FROM BOXING". trove.nla.gov.au. 4 May 1939.
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