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Billy Walker vs Henry Cooper — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇬🇧HEAVYWEIGHT

Billy Walker

🇬🇧HEAVYWEIGHT

Henry Cooper

Billy Walker (21-8-2) and Henry Cooper (40-14-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 7 common opponents.

Walker

21

Wins16 KO · 76%

8

Losses

2

Draws32 tracked bouts

Cooper

40

Wins27 KO · 68%

14

Losses

1

Draw55 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Cooper leads 1–0

Billy Walker and Henry Cooper have met 1 time; Cooper leads 1–0.

Billy Walker and Henry Cooper have met 1 time; Cooper leads 1–0.
Met1967Nov 7Series
Billy WalkerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Henry CooperFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Walker 3 · Cooper 4 of 7 measurable rows
WalkerCooper
Record
21-8-240-14-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
71%
73.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 27
16
27 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
76.19% (edge)
67.5%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
76% (edge)
68%
Times stopped†max 8
6 (edge)
8
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.3
3.1
3.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
32
55

† 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
Billy Walker: No height on file
Henry Cooper: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Billy Walker: No reach on file
Henry Cooper: 75″
Agenot comparable
Billy Walker: 87
Henry Cooper: Died aged 76
Stance
Billy Walker: Orthodox
Henry Cooper: Orthodox

Billy Walker left, Henry Cooper right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Billy Walker21 wins · from 32 tracked bouts

Billy Walker: 21 tracked wins — 16 by KO/TKO (76%), 3 on the cards (14%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (10%). Counted from 32 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

16 by KO/TKO 76%3 on the cards 14%2 by another method or unrecorded 10%

Henry Cooper40 wins · from 55 tracked bouts

Henry Cooper: 40 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (68%), 11 on the cards (28%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 55 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 68%11 on the cards 28%2 by another method or unrecorded 5%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Walker 32, Henry Cooper 55 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

7 shared

7 shared · Walker better on 3 · Cooper better on 4

Walker

Opponent

Cooper

  • Billy Walker

    Loss, TKO 8

    1969

    BodellCooper better

    Henry Cooper

    2–0 against

    Win, PTS

    1970

    Win, TKO 2

    1967

  • Billy Walker

    Loss, TKO

    1967

    MildenbergerCooper better

    Henry Cooper

    Win, DQ

    1968

  • Billy Walker

    1–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1963

    Win, TKO

    1963

    PrescottCooper better

    Henry Cooper

    Win, RTD 10

    1965

  • Billy Walker

    Loss, PTS

    1965

    LondonCooper better

    Henry Cooper

    3–0 against

    Win, PTS

    1964

    Win, PTS

    1959

    Win, TKO 1

    1956

  • Billy Walker

    Win, PTS

    1964

    ErskineWalker better

    Henry Cooper

    3–2 against

    Win, TKO 9

    1962

    Win, TKO 5

    1961

    Win, TKO 12

    1959

    Loss, PTS

    1957

    Loss, PTS

    1955

  • Billy Walker

    Win, DQ

    1964

    BygravesWalker better

    Henry Cooper

    1–1 against

    Loss, KO 9

    1957

    Win, PTS

    1955

  • Billy Walker

    Win, KO

    1963

    BatesWalker better

    Henry Cooper

    Loss, TKO 5

    1956

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Billy Walker last boxed on Jul 6, 1972 — 19,826 days ago. Walker had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Mildenberger Mar 1967Cooper Nov 1967Spencer Nov 1968Bodell Mar 1969Little Jul 19723.1 tracked bouts per year

Henry Cooper had won four in a row before losing a decision to Joe Bugner. Cooper last boxed on Mar 16, 1971.WWWWL

Mildenberger Sep 1968Tomasoni Mar 1969Bodell Mar 1970Urtain Nov 1970Bugner Mar 19713.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Walker and Henry Cooper ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Walker and Henry Cooper met once on November 7, 1967, and Henry Cooper won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

LNov 7, 1967 · Cooper · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Walker or Cooper?
Billy Walker is 21-8-2 and Henry Cooper is 40-14-1. Henry Cooper has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Walker21–8–271%

Cooper40–14–173.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Walker or Cooper?
Billy Walker has 16 knockout wins and Henry Cooper has 27. Henry Cooper has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Walker1676.2%

Cooper2767.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Walker and Cooper have any common opponents?
Billy Walker and Henry Cooper share 7 common opponents: Jack Bodell, Karl Mildenberger and Johnny Prescott (and 4 others). Henry Cooper fared better against 4 of them.
7 shared opponents

Jack BodellLW

Karl MildenbergerLW

Johnny Prescott1–1W

Brian LondonLW

and 3 more

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Walker and Cooper?
This comparison is drawn from 32 bouts tracked for Billy Walker and 55 bouts tracked for Henry Cooper. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Walker32bouts

Cooper55bouts

How They Win ↓

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