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Charley Polite vs Gerry Cooney — record, stats and common opponents compared

Charley Polite

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Gerry Cooney

Charley Polite (0-16 across 16 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 1 common opponent.

Polite

Tracked record

0–16

counted from 16 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

Charley Polite and Gerry Cooney have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.

Charley Polite and Gerry Cooney have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.
Met1978Oct 4Series
Charley PoliteFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Gerry CooneyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Polite 0 · Cooney 5 of 5 measurable rows
PoliteCooney
Record†
0-1628-3 (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 9
9
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.4
1.3
2.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 31
16
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
Charley Polite: No height on file
Gerry Cooney: 6′6″
Reachnot held
Charley Polite: No reach on file
Gerry Cooney: 81″
Agenot held
Charley Polite: No date of birth
Gerry Cooney: 70
Stance
Charley Polite: Not recorded
Gerry Cooney: Orthodox

Charley Polite 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
Charley Polite0 wins · from 16 tracked bouts

Charley Polite: no tracked wins in the 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Polite 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 — Charley Polite 16, Gerry Cooney 31 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Polite

Opponent

Cooney

  • Charley Polite

    Loss, KO 4

    1970

    ForemanEven

    Gerry Cooney

    Loss, KO 2

    1990

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

Charley Polite last boxed on Oct 25, 1978 — 17,528 days ago. Polite had lost 16 straight.LLLLL

Roman Jul 1972Ros Apr 1974Wepner May 1974Cooney Oct 1978Stander Oct 19781.3 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 Charley Polite and Gerry Cooney ever fought each other?
Yes. Charley Polite and Gerry Cooney met once on October 4, 1978, and Gerry Cooney won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LOct 4, 1978 · Cooney · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Polite or Cooney?
Charley Polite is 0-16 across the 16 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 %

Polite0–160%

Cooney28–390.3%

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

Polite0

Cooney2485.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Polite and Cooney have any common opponents?
Charley Polite and Gerry Cooney share 1 common opponent: George Foreman. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

George ForemanLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Polite and Cooney?
This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Charley Polite and 31 bouts tracked for Gerry Cooney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Polite16bouts

Cooney31bouts

How They Win ↓

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