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.
Cliff Purnell (0-1 across 1 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.
Cliff Purnell vs Henry Cooper — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Henry Cooper leads 1–0- Henry Cooper wonCooper vs PurnellFeb 8, 1955 · PTS
The Numbers
- 0-1
- Record
- 40-14-1 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 73.6% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 27 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 67.5%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 68%
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 13
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- —
- Bouts per year
- 1.8
- 1
- Bouts tracked
- 63
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 6′2″ (187 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 75″ (190 cm)
- —
- Age
- 92
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- English
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyCliff Purnell · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Henry Cooper · 40 wins
KO/TKO
27
Decision
11
Other
2
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (1 and 63 respectively), 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
Cliff Purnell
L
L1 streak · last fought Feb 8, 1955
Henry Cooper
LLWWW
L2 streak · last fought Jan 20, 1975
Common Questions
- Have Cliff Purnell and Henry Cooper ever fought each other?
- Yes. Cliff Purnell and Henry Cooper met once on February 8, 1955, and Henry Cooper won by PTS.
- Who has the better record, Cliff Purnell or Henry Cooper?
- Cliff Purnell is 0-1 across the 1 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Cliff Purnell or Henry Cooper?
- Cliff Purnell has 0 knockout wins and Henry Cooper has 27. Henry Cooper has more.
- Do Cliff Purnell and Henry Cooper have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Cliff Purnell and Henry Cooper have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cliff Purnell and Henry Cooper?
- This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Cliff Purnell and 63 bouts tracked for Henry Cooper. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.