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Bill Jackson vs Gerry Cooney — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bill Jackson

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Gerry Cooney

Bill Jackson (0-2 across 2 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.

Jackson

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Bill Jackson and Gerry Cooney have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.

Bill Jackson and Gerry Cooney have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.
Met1977Feb 15Series
Bill JacksonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Gerry CooneyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Jackson 1 · Cooney 4 of 5 measurable rows
JacksonCooney
Record†
0-228-3 (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
1.4
2.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 31
2
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
Bill Jackson: No height on file
Gerry Cooney: 6′6″
Reachnot held
Bill Jackson: No reach on file
Gerry Cooney: 81″
Agenot held
Bill Jackson: No date of birth
Gerry Cooney: 70
Stance
Bill Jackson: Not recorded
Gerry Cooney: Orthodox

Bill Jackson 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
Bill Jackson0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Bill Jackson: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Jackson 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 — Bill Jackson 2, 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

Bill Jackson last boxed on Jul 26, 1978 — 17,617 days ago. Jackson had lost two straight.LL

Cooney Feb 1977Stander Jul 19781.4 tracked bouts per year

Gerry Cooney last boxed on Jan 15, 1990 — 13,426 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 Bill Jackson and Gerry Cooney ever fought each other?
Yes. Bill Jackson and Gerry Cooney met once on February 15, 1977, and Gerry Cooney won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LFeb 15, 1977 · Cooney · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Jackson or Cooney?
Bill Jackson is 0-2 across the 2 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 %

Jackson0–20%

Cooney28–390.3%

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

Jackson0

Cooney2485.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Jackson and Cooney have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bill Jackson and Gerry Cooney have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jackson and Cooney?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Bill Jackson and 31 bouts tracked for Gerry Cooney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Jackson2bouts

Cooney31bouts

How They Win ↓

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