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Gerry Cooney
Cooney (right) in 2011
Born
Gerald Arthur Cooney
(1956-08-24) August 24, 1956 (age 67)
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality
American
Other names
Gentleman
Statistics
Weight(s)
Heavyweight
Height
6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Reach
81 in (206 cm)
Stance
Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights
31
Wins
28
Wins by KO
24
Losses
3
Gerald Arthur Cooney[1] (born August 24, 1956) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1990. He challenged twice for world heavyweight titles in 1982 and 1987. He is widely regarded as one of the hardest punchers in heavyweight history.[2][3][4]He beat Champions Ken Norton and S. T. Gordon as well as top contenders Ron Lyle and Jimmy Young. He boasts an impressive 85.7% knockout to win percentage.
^"Cooney Has Bright New Visions Says Bad times Behind Him as He Gears up to Fight Spinks". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
^"Ranking the 10 Most Powerful Punchers in Boxing History". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
^"The Top 12 Hardest Hitting Heavyweights: Some Very Dangerous Men". The Fight City. 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
^Morilla, Diego (2022-08-04). "Born on this day: Gerry Cooney". The Ring. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
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top contender GerryCooney, who, like Cobb, was undefeated entering the fight. Very early in the fight Norton was buckled by Cooney's punches. Norton...
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preferences in boxing, and was inspired by Larry Holmes's 1982 fight with GerryCooney (who was known as "The Great White Hope") and Mike Tyson's 1995 return...
prominent figures as Oscar De La Hoya, Sonny Liston, Miguel Angel Cotto, GerryCooney, Mike Tyson, Sean Strickland, Michael Bisping, Renan Barao, and Marco...
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Tony Tucker, and accepting a higher offer to fight GerryCooney instead. Spinks knocked out Cooney in five rounds, and after Mike Tyson had unified the...
respectively. Holmes sued King over the accounting and auditing for the GerryCooney fight, charging that he was underpaid by $2 to $3 million. Holmes sued...
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