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Heavyweight Boxing

Gerry Cooney vs Michael Spinks

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

Gerry Cooney and Michael Spinks met once (1987). Michael Spinks won in 1987 by ko.

Side by side

Gerry CooneyMichael Spinks
81″ (205.7 cm)Reach76″ (193 cm)
78″ (198.1 cm)Height74″ (188 cm)
+3.84%Reach advantage+2.66%
28–3Record31–1
86%Finish rate68%
25Longest unbeaten run31
34Recorded bouts32
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox

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

Common opponents

Both fought these 2. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentGerry CooneyMichael Spinks
Larry Holmes L W
Larry Holmes L W

Careers side by side

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

Michael Spinks

1980 win vs Gary Summerhays (1977)win vs Ray Elson (1977)win vs Jasper Brisbane (1977)win vs Joe Borden (1977)win vs Luis Rodriguez (1977)win vs Eddie Benson (1977)win vs Eddie Phillips (1978)win vs Tom Bethea (1978)win vs Marc Hans (1979)win vs Yaqui Lopez (1980)win vs David Conteh (1980)win vs Murray Sutherland (1980)win vs Ramon Ranquello (1980)win vs Johnny Wilburn (1980)win vs Vonzell Johnson (1981)win vs Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (1981)win vs Marvin Johnson (1981)win vs Willie Taylor (1981)win vs Johnny Davis (1982)win vs Jerry Celestine (1982)win vs Murray Sutherland (1982)win vs Mustafa Wassaja (1982)win vs Oscar Rivadeneyra (1983)win vs Dwight Muhammad Qawi (1983)win vs Eddie Davis (1984)win vs Larry Holmes (1985)win vs Jim MacDonald (1985)win vs David Sears (1985)win vs Steffen Tangstad (1986)win vs Larry Holmes (1986)win vs Gerry Cooney (1987)loss vs Mike Tyson (1988)
winlossdraw / NC1977–1988

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