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Austin Johnson vs Gerry Cooney — record, stats and common opponents compared

Austin Johnson

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Gerry Cooney

Austin Johnson (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Gerry Cooney (28-3) 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.

Johnson

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Cooney

28

Wins24 KO · 86%

3

Losses

0

Draws31 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

Cooney leads 1–0

Austin Johnson and Gerry Cooney have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.

Austin Johnson and Gerry Cooney have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.
Met1978Jan 27Series
Austin JohnsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Gerry CooneyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Johnson 1 · Cooney 4 of 5 measurable rows
JohnsonCooney
Record†
0-328-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
90.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
0
24 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—85.71%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—86%
Times stopped‡max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.4
0.1
2.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 31
3
31

† 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
Austin Johnson: No height on file
Gerry Cooney: 6′6″
Reachnot held
Austin Johnson: No reach on file
Gerry Cooney: 81″
Agenot held
Austin Johnson: No date of birth
Gerry Cooney: 70
Stance
Austin Johnson: Not recorded
Gerry Cooney: Orthodox

Austin Johnson left, Gerry Cooney right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Austin Johnson0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Austin Johnson: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Johnson yet.

Gerry Cooney28 wins · from 31 tracked bouts

Gerry Cooney: 28 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (86%), 3 on the cards (11%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 31 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 86%3 on the cards 11%1 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Austin Johnson 3, Gerry Cooney 31 — 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

Austin Johnson last boxed on Dec 12, 1980 — 16,749 days ago. Johnson had lost three straight.LLL

Walcott Feb 1945Cooney Jan 1978Tillery Dec 19800.1 tracked bouts per year

Gerry Cooney last boxed on Jan 15, 1990 — 13,428 days ago. Cooney had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Brown Sep 1984Chaplin Dec 1984Gregg May 1986Spinks Jun 1987Foreman Jan 19902.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Austin Johnson and Gerry Cooney ever fought each other?
Yes. Austin Johnson and Gerry Cooney met once on January 27, 1978, and Gerry Cooney won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LJan 27, 1978 · Cooney · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Johnson or Cooney?
Austin Johnson is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Gerry Cooney is 28-3. Gerry Cooney has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Johnson0–30%

Cooney28–390.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Johnson or Cooney?
Austin Johnson has 0 knockout wins and Gerry Cooney has 24. Gerry Cooney has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Johnson0

Cooney2485.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Johnson and Cooney have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Austin Johnson and Gerry Cooney have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Johnson and Cooney?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Austin Johnson and 31 bouts tracked for Gerry Cooney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Johnson3bouts

Cooney31bouts

How They Win ↓

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