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Boston Jacobs vs Henry Cooper — record, stats and common opponents compared

Boston Jacobs

🇬🇧HEAVYWEIGHT

Henry Cooper

Boston Jacobs (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Jacobs

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Cooper

40

Wins27 KO · 68%

14

Losses

1

Draw55 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

Cooper leads 1–0

Boston Jacobs and Henry Cooper have met 1 time; Cooper leads 1–0.

Boston Jacobs and Henry Cooper have met 1 time; Cooper leads 1–0.
Met1967Apr 17Series
Boston JacobsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Henry CooperFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Jacobs 1 · Cooper 5 of 6 measurable rows
JacobsCooper
Record†
1-240-14-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
73.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 27
0
27 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.5%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
68% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 8
1 (edge)
8
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.3
2.8
3.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
3
55

† 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
Boston Jacobs: No height on file
Henry Cooper: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Boston Jacobs: No reach on file
Henry Cooper: 75″
Agenot held
Boston Jacobs: No date of birth
Henry Cooper: Died aged 76
Stance
Boston Jacobs: Not recorded
Henry Cooper: Orthodox

Boston Jacobs 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
Boston Jacobs1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Boston Jacobs: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

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 — Boston Jacobs 3, Henry Cooper 55 — 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

Boston Jacobs last boxed on Apr 17, 1967 — 21,735 days ago. Jacobs had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLL

McNeeley Mar 1966Chuvalo Nov 1966Cooper Apr 19672.8 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 Boston Jacobs and Henry Cooper ever fought each other?
Yes. Boston Jacobs and Henry Cooper met once on April 17, 1967, and Henry Cooper won by PTS.
The meeting

LApr 17, 1967 · Cooper · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Jacobs or Cooper?
Boston Jacobs is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Henry Cooper is 40-14-1. Henry Cooper has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Jacobs1–233.3%

Cooper40–14–173.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Jacobs or Cooper?
Boston Jacobs has 0 knockout wins and Henry Cooper has 27. Henry Cooper has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Jacobs0

Cooper2767.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Jacobs and Cooper have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Boston Jacobs and Henry Cooper have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jacobs and Cooper?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Boston Jacobs and 55 bouts tracked for Henry Cooper. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Jacobs3bouts

Cooper55bouts

How They Win ↓

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