Split ‘Muhammad Ali glove’ used to defeat Henry Cooper to be sold at auction

Somerset auctioneer who says he has genuine left boxing glove from 1963 fight hopes to fetch up to £500,000

An auctioneer from Somerset is selling what he claims is one of the most famous pieces of sporting memorabilia – the split boxing glove from Muhammad Ali’s 1963 fight with Henry Cooper.

The left glove has gone down in boxing history because Ali’s trainer, Angelo Dundee, is said to have widened a rip in it to buy some time for his man, then fighting under the name Cassius Clay, after he had been floored by Cooper.