About Nicky Cook
| Birth Date | 13 September 1979 | |
| Nationality | United Kingdom | |
| Residence | Dagenham, Essex, UK birth place Stepney, England |
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| Alias | Cookie | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Height | 5′ 6" | |
| Division | Super Featherweight |
Nicky Cook is an English professional boxer who fights at Super featherweight he has won British, Commonwealth, European Featherweight Belts and a WBO World Super Featherweight Title .
Cook turned professional in December 1998 in Hertfordshire, England. In his debut Cook defeated English journeyman Sean Grant with a first round knockout.
After fifteen fights unbeaten, Cook beat Argentinian Marcelo Gabriel Ackermann for the vacant WBF Intercontinental Super Featherweight title in December 2001.
In February 2003 Cook fought the Zimbabwaen Meshack Kondwani for the vacant Commonwealth belt. He defended twice against Africans David Kiilu and Anyetie Laryea before taking on Cyril Thomas for the European belt also at featherweight. He won the fight with a 9th round knockout, he made one defence before taking on British champion Dazzo Williams in June 2005. The fight took place at the Goresbrook Leisure Center in Dagenham and was significant because it meant the British, Commonwealth and European titles were all on the line in a winner take all contest. Cook stopped Williams in the 2nd round thus holding all three belts at the same time.
World title fights
Cook defended his European title once more beating Yuri Voronin on points over 12 rounds again in Dagenham. After that he decided to concentrate on his ambition to win a real ‘world’ title and set his sights on current holder of the WBO Featherweight belt Scott Harrison. The fight was set for December 2006 in what would have been an England vs Scotland clash for a world belt, it never happened however as Harrison pulled out and decided to vacate the title citing difficulties making the weight. It hadn’t helped that Harrison had also spent 13 weeks in a Spanish prison prior to the bout and had only been released in November. It led to a frustrating two year’s for Nicky with just Three fights and his first loss for the WBO World title, making the featherweight limit was taking it’s toll.
Cookie got to fight for a world Title in September 2008 when he decided to move up a weight division and challenge Alex Arthur for the WBO Super-Featherweight title. Finally the public got to see an England-Scotland match up for a world belt that they were denied when Harrison vacated. The fight took place at the MEN Arena in manchester and was the main event with Amir Khan’s ill-fated match up with Colombian Breidis Prescott when he was knocked out within a minute on the undercard. Cook beat Arthur over 12 rounds to win a unanimous decision. The parallels were striking between the fighters as Arthur was also a former British, Commonwealth and European champion at the higher weight.
