Gerry Cooney
81″ reach · +3.84% reach advantage · 47th percentile
Gerry Cooney has a reach of 81″ against a height of 78″ — a reach advantage of +3.84%, average for heavyweight boxing and the 47th percentile of the 317 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+3.84%
81″ reach on a 78″ frame
Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.
| Reach | 81″ (205.7 cm) | 77th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 78″ (198.1 cm) | 90th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1980s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
28–3
31 bouts on record
Finish rate
86%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 86th percentile
The career, bout by bout
34 recorded bouts from 1977 to 1990. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
14y
1977–1990
Longest unbeaten run
25
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1978
8 bouts
Recorded bouts
34
33 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | L | George Foreman | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1987 | L | Michael Spinks | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1986 | W | Eddie Gregg | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1984 | W | George Chaplin | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1984 | W | Philipp Brown | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1983 | W | Boone Kirkman | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1982 | L | Larry Holmes | KO/TKO | 13 |
| 1982 | ? | Harold Rice | — | 4 |
| 1981 | W | Ken Norton | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1980 | W | Ron Lyle | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1980 | W | Jimmy Young | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1979 | W | Leroy Boone | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1979 | W | John Dino Denis | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1979 | W | Malik Dozier | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1979 | W | Broderick Mason | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1979 | W | Tom Prater | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1979 | W | Charlie Johnson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1979 | W | Eddie Lopez | Decision | 8 |
| 1978 | W | Grady Daniels | — | 5 |
| 1978 | W | Sam McGill | — | 8 |
| 1978 | W | Charley Polite | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1978 | W | G. G. Maldonado | — | 8 |
| 1978 | W | S. T. Gordon | — | 4 |
| 1978 | W | Gary Bates | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1978 | W | Austin Johnson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1978 | W | Terry Lee Kidd | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1977 | W | Jimmie Sykes | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1977 | W | Quinnie Locklear | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1977 | W | Joe Maye | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1977 | W | Matt Robinson | — | 4 |
| 1977 | W | Jose Rosario | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1977 | W | Jimmy Robertson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1977 | W | Bill Jackson | — | 1 |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
7 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Alex Leapai+3.83% 74.8″ reach · 47th pct
- Jean-Marc Mormeck+3.87% 74″ reach · 47th pct
- Jorge Luis González+3.79% 82″ reach · 46th pct
- Leroy Jones+3.89% 80″ reach · 48th pct
- Attila Levin+3.89% 80″ reach · 48th pct
- Tyrell Biggs+3.89% 80″ reach · 48th pct
- Charles Martin+3.89% 80″ reach · 48th pct
- Marco Huck+3.72% 76.8″ reach · 46th pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 317 heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Gerry Cooney on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.