A Couple Years Back, REED Asked Fightbeat to Assist w/the Search of a Fight Btwn John Conteh and Joe Cokes (Younger Brother of Curtis)… The Fight Itself Never Materialized, But Fightbeat DID Conjure Up Weigh-In Footage of the Bout, Which Made Joe ECSTATIC, to Say the Least… REED Has a New Request and Figured He’d Start a Thread for Anyone Else Looking for Old/Rare Fights… Michael Moorer vs Roderick Willis, 10/31/2007, Puerto Rico… “Big Rod”, as he’s Known in Dallas, Has (Nicely) HOUNDED REED to Track Down a Copy of This Bout Almost Since it Took Place…If Fightbeat Could Help REED In Locating This Fight, It’d Be Greatly Appreciated… Obviously, REED’ll Cover ANY Expenses for Purchase, Shipping, etc… Feel Free to Use This Thread for Your Own Fight Searches… REED
I'm convinced that the guy I ordered from for almost 20 years had the biggest fight collection of anyone. His name was Brian Cooper, and sadly he died of a heart attack about 7 years ago. He had EVERRRYYY fight in history it seemed like. Haven't found anyone like him since.
What’s Also Sad is His Collection is Likely BOXED UP, Collecting Dust in the Garage or Closet of One of His OffSpring… Completely Unbeknownst to the TREASURE In Their Possession… REED
I owe a lot of my boxing knowledge to Brian. I was able to see fights that otherwise I could have never viewed in the pre-YouTube era. But Cooper had fights that honestly I have yet to see uploaded to YT. I have a lot of them, but they're in storage and it would take forever to find them and restore them.
I use to buy stuff from Brian too. I would get DVDs of fights from other sellers, but when I looked for the rare stuff, I bought from him.
He had to this day the biggest collection I've seen, and trust me, I've searched. He was also a super nice guy.
looks like that was on the undercard of a Juan Manuel Lopez fight. so top rank must have the moorer fight. you should tell willis to contact them and ask
The main fight I wanna see is a full version of Vincente Saldivar vs Sugar Ramos. YouTube only has parts of it. About 6 years ago, I remember there WAS a full version of it on YT, but whomever upload it took it down, and I haven't been able to find a full version since.
