What is Curtis Cokes?
[[File:Curtis Cokes.jpg|right|200px]] '''Curtis Cokes''' (June 15, 1937 – May 29, 2020) was an American [[Boxing|boxer]]. He was born in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. Cokes was the World Welterweight Champion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/welter.htm|title=The Lineal Welterweight Champs|publisher=Cyber Boxing Zone|access-date=2020-05-31|archive-date=2009-06-15|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5hYqUZkyn?url=http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/welter.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2003, Cokes was added into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]]. Cokes died on May 29, 2020 of [[heart failure]] in Dallas, aged 82.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sherrington |first1=Kevin |title=‘... I think I’ve put up a good fight’: Dallas boxing icon Curtis Cokes dies at 82 |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/other-sports/2020/05/29/i-think-ive-put-up-a-good-fight-dallas-boxing-icon-curtis-cokes-dies-at-82/ |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cokes, Curtis}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:American boxers]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Dallas]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}