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Heavyweight Boxing

George Foreman vs Gerry Cooney

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

George Foreman and Gerry Cooney met once (1990). George Foreman won in 1990 by ko.

Side by side

George ForemanGerry Cooney
Reach81″ (205.7 cm)
75″ (190.5 cm)Height78″ (198.1 cm)
Reach advantage+3.84%
76–5Record28–3
89%Finish rate86%
39Longest unbeaten run25
86Recorded bouts34
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 3. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentGeorge ForemanGerry Cooney
Ken Norton W W
Ron Lyle W W
Jimmy Young L W

Careers side by side

George Foreman

1970 1980 1990 win vs Gary Hobo Wiler (1969)win vs Levi Forte (1969)win vs Bob Hazelton (1969)win vs Max Martinez (1969)win vs Leo Peterson (1969)win vs Roberto Davila (1969)win vs Vernon Clay (1969)win vs Roy Wallace (1969)win vs Johnny Carroll (1969)win vs Chuck Wepner (1969)win vs Sylvester Dullaire (1969)win vs Fred Askew (1969)win vs Donald Walheim (1969)win vs Mel Turnbow (1970)win vs Boone Kirkman (1970)win vs Lou Bailey (1970)win vs George Chuvalo (1970)win vs Roger Russell (1970)win vs George Johnson (1970)win vs Aaron Eastling (1970)win vs James J. Woody (1970)win vs Rufus Brassell (1970)win vs Gregorio Peralta (1970)win vs Jack O'Halloran (1970)win vs Charley Polite (1970)win vs Luis Faustino Pires (1971)win vs Ollie Wilson (1971)win vs Leroy Caldwell (1971)win vs Vic Scott (1971)win vs Gregorio Peralta (1971)win vs Stamford Harris (1971)win vs Charlie Boston (1971)win vs Terry Sorrell (1972)win vs Miguel Angel Paez (1972)win vs Ted Gullick (1972)win vs Clarence Boone (1972)win vs Joe Murphy Goodwin (1972)win vs José Roman (1973)win vs Joe Frazier (1973)loss vs Muhammad Ali (1974)win vs Ken Norton (1974)? vs Boone Kirkman (1975)? vs Charlie Polite (1975)win vs Terry Daniels (1975)win vs Jerry Judge (1975)win vs Alonzo Johnson (1975)win vs John "Dino" Denis (1976)win vs Scott LeDoux (1976)win vs Joe Frazier (1976)win vs Ron Lyle (1976)loss vs Jimmy Young (1977)win vs Pedro Agosto (1977)win vs Rocky Sekorski (1987)win vs Tim Anderson (1987)win vs Bobby Crabtree (1987)win vs Charles Hostetter (1987)win vs Steve Zouski (1987)win vs David Jaco (1988)win vs Tony Fulilangi (1988)win vs Bobby Hitz (1988)win vs Ladislao Mijangos (1988)win vs Carlos Hernández (1988)win vs Frank Lux (1988)win vs Dwight Muhammad Qawi (1988)win vs Guido Trane (1988)win vs Tom Trimm (1988)win vs Everett Martin (1989)win vs Bert Cooper (1989)win vs J. B. Williamson (1989)win vs Manoel De Almeida (1989)win vs Mark Young (1989)win vs Terry Anderson (1990)win vs Ken Lakusta (1990)win vs Adilson Rodrigues (1990)win vs Mike Jameson (1990)win vs Gerry Cooney (1990)win vs Jimmy K. Ellis (1991)loss vs Evander Holyfield (1991)win vs Alex Stewart (1992)loss vs Tommy Morrison (1993)win vs Pierre Coetzer (1993)win vs Michael Moorer (1994)win vs Axel Schulz (1995)win vs Crawford Grimsley (1996)loss vs Shannon Briggs (1997)win vs Lou Savarese (1997)
winlossdraw / NC1969–1997

Gerry Cooney

1980 1990 win vs Jimmie Sykes (1977)win vs Quinnie Locklear (1977)win vs Joe Maye (1977)win vs Matt Robinson (1977)win vs Jose Rosario (1977)win vs Jimmy Robertson (1977)win vs Bill Jackson (1977)win vs Grady Daniels (1978)win vs Sam McGill (1978)win vs Charley Polite (1978)win vs G. G. Maldonado (1978)win vs S. T. Gordon (1978)win vs Gary Bates (1978)win vs Austin Johnson (1978)win vs Terry Lee Kidd (1978)win vs Leroy Boone (1979)win vs John Dino Denis (1979)win vs Malik Dozier (1979)win vs Broderick Mason (1979)win vs Tom Prater (1979)win vs Charlie Johnson (1979)win vs Eddie Lopez (1979)win vs Ron Lyle (1980)win vs Jimmy Young (1980)win vs Ken Norton (1981)loss vs Larry Holmes (1982)? vs Harold Rice (1982)win vs Boone Kirkman (1983)win vs George Chaplin (1984)win vs Philipp Brown (1984)win vs Eddie Gregg (1986)loss vs Michael Spinks (1987)loss vs George Foreman (1990)
winlossdraw / NC1977–1990

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