James Cook was born in 1728 at Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England. In 1746 he moved to the port of Whitby, where he was apprenticed to a shipowner and coal shipper. As a sailor in the North Sea coal trade the young Cook familiarised himself with the type of vessel which, years later, he would employ on his epic voyages of discovery. Mark Kaylor was halted in six rounds in Cook’s first European title defence at the York Hall in June 1991. There was a boxing club in almost every community in the city and it kept me out of trouble and many others like me." The building, a former senior citizens' club, is now used as a temporary library but the city council is demolishing it on November 5 to make way for a car park.

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James formed a management committee in the 1990s and has been fighting to keep the club open ever since. Picture: Razvan Pestean (Image: Razvan Pestean) The 1970s and 1980s lightweight boxer, who represented England, is now leading a campaign to set up a boxing club for youngsters in Tile Hill. 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. He says there is enough parking provision in the area and a boxing club would get teenagers off the streets and unite the community. Instead of finding a great land mass to balance those of the northern hemisphere, Cook initiated the first Māori-European interaction since Abel Tasman’s brief encounter in 1642. In his remarkably accurate charting of New Zealand and his dealings with Māori, Cook displayed his excellence as a navigator and his essential humanity.

You can read James story in his wonderful autobiography written with his good friend Melanie Lloyd, but in the meantime why not listen to this really engaging charming chat with James right here. This is Your London Legacy 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. Young people keeping fit and healthy at Pedro Club. Picture: Razvan Pestean (Image: Razvan Pestean) Tireless, principled and relentlessly optimistic, in James Cook, Anthony Yarde couldn’t have anyone better in his corner.At 64 years old, James Cook height not available right now. We will update James Cook's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible. Mural of American, world heavyweight champion boxer Muhammad Ali at Pedro Club. Picture: Razvan Pestean (Image: Razvan Pestean) In pursuit of these extra fights they have accessed over 350 regional British newspapers. Take a look at the record for Tommy Barrett of Penzance to see just how many of his contests were not reported in Boxing News and only appeared in Cornwall and Devon newspapers. Miles has worked closely with most of the leading historians of the last 40 years and he has named them as the source where results were obtained directly from them. In 1755 Cook took the unusual step of volunteering for the navy as an able seaman. He served 10 years on the North American station, where he developed skills in marine surveying and navigation. In 1768 he was appointed to command a scientific expedition to the Pacific Ocean. His primary objective on this voyage was to observe the transit of Venus across the disc of the sun in Tahiti, while his secondary objective was to search for the fabled great southern continent. Significant reductions in funding for youth services has meant many young people have nowhere to go after school ends. Picture: Razvan Pestean (Image: Razvan Pestean)

Smith decided to take his new charge “on the road in Europe”, never an easy undertaking and losses were incurred in Germany, Netherlands, France and Finland. Last weekend Yarde turned in a career-best performance to comprehensively turn the tables on Arthur in their Commonwealth title rematch, stopping the Mancunian in four rounds. Definitely, because when you get that close to a fighter you can get caught up in it and not see things. I am here to guard against that because I have been there and I can look for things that maybe they are not looking for. Now the 62-year-old is relishing a new mission – having been invited to join light-heavyweight contender Anthony Yarde’s team, alongside manager and trainer Tunde Ajayi.In 2007 James was deservedly awarded the MBE by the Queen, and his life ethos is knowing how to share, how to give and how to love, lessons his granny taught him as a young boy. Still, boxing is at the heart of Pedro and many young people come to train with James and speak to him about their lives. I’ve known him since he was an amateur and he’s always been a pleasant young man,” Cook says. “He is so clever, so good at what he does. People look up to this guy because he carries himself and holds himself together so well. At the press conference when Lyndon Arthur was saying things he didn’t react – I was thinking if that had been me as a fighter I probably would have reacted. He’s such a humble young man and someone people can really look up to.” James Cook MBE stands outside Pedro Club with his autobiography aptly titled Guardian Of The Streets. Picture: Razvan Pestean (Image: Razvan Pestean) 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.