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Anthony Cooks vs David Tua — record, stats and common opponents compared

Anthony Cooks

🇼🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

David Tua

Anthony Cooks (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and David Tua (52-5-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Cooks

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Tua

52

Wins43 KO · 83%

5

Losses

2

Draws59 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Tua leads 1–0

Anthony Cooks and David Tua have met 1 time; Tua leads 1–0.

Anthony Cooks and David Tua have met 1 time; Tua leads 1–0.
Met1996Jul 21Series
Anthony CooksFighter ALLost0–1W–L
David TuaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Cooks 0 · Tua 4 of 4 measurable rows
CooksTua
Record†
0-152-5-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
89.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 43
0
43 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—82.69%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—83%
Times stopped‡max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 59
1
59

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Anthony Cooks: No height on file
David Tua: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Anthony Cooks: No reach on file
David Tua: 70″
Agenot held
Anthony Cooks: No date of birth
David Tua: 53
Stance
Anthony Cooks: Not recorded
David Tua: Orthodox

Anthony Cooks left, David Tua right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Anthony Cooks0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Anthony Cooks: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cooks yet.

David Tua52 wins · from 59 tracked bouts

David Tua: 52 tracked wins — 43 by KO/TKO (83%) and 9 on the cards (17%). Counted from 59 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

43 by KO/TKO 83%9 on the cards 17%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Anthony Cooks 1, David Tua 59 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Anthony Cooks last boxed on Jul 21, 1996 — 11,052 days ago. Cooks had lost the most recent, to David Tua.L

Tua Jul 1996

David Tua last boxed on Nov 16, 2013 — 4,725 days ago. Tua had lost two straight, after one straight win.WDWLL

Ahunanya Mar 2010Barrett Jul 2010King Mar 2011Barrett Aug 2011Ustinov Nov 20132.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Anthony Cooks and David Tua ever fought each other?
Yes. Anthony Cooks and David Tua met once on July 21, 1996, and David Tua won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LJul 21, 1996 · Tua · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cooks or Tua?
Anthony Cooks is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and David Tua is 52-5-2. David Tua has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cooks0–10%

Tua52–5–289.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cooks or Tua?
Anthony Cooks has 0 knockout wins and David Tua has 43. David Tua has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cooks0

Tua4382.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cooks and Tua have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Anthony Cooks and David Tua have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cooks and Tua?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Anthony Cooks and 59 bouts tracked for David Tua. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cooks1bout

Tua59bouts

How They Win ↓

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