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Eddie Gregg vs Gerry Cooney — record, stats and common opponents compared

Eddie Gregg

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Gerry Cooney

Eddie Gregg (1-3 across 4 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.

Gregg

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 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

Eddie Gregg and Gerry Cooney have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.

Eddie Gregg and Gerry Cooney have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.
Met1986May 31Series
Eddie GreggFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Gerry CooneyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Gregg 0 · Cooney 5 of 5 measurable rows
GreggCooney
Record†
1-328-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
90.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
0
24 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—85.71%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
86% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.4
1.6
2.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 31
4
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
Eddie Gregg: No height on file
Gerry Cooney: 6′6″
Reachnot held
Eddie Gregg: No reach on file
Gerry Cooney: 81″
Agenot held
Eddie Gregg: No date of birth
Gerry Cooney: 70
Stance
Eddie Gregg: Not recorded
Gerry Cooney: Orthodox

Eddie Gregg 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
Eddie Gregg1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Eddie Gregg: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

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 — Eddie Gregg 4, 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

Eddie Gregg last boxed on Feb 14, 1987 — 14,494 days ago. Gregg had lost two straight, after one straight win.LWLL

Broad Aug 1984Cobb May 1985Cooney May 1986Damiani Feb 19871.6 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 Eddie Gregg and Gerry Cooney ever fought each other?
Yes. Eddie Gregg and Gerry Cooney met once on May 31, 1986, and Gerry Cooney won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LMay 31, 1986 · Cooney · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gregg or Cooney?
Eddie Gregg is 1-3 across the 4 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 %

Gregg1–325%

Cooney28–390.3%

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

Gregg0

Cooney2485.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gregg and Cooney have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Eddie Gregg and Gerry Cooney have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gregg and Cooney?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Eddie Gregg and 31 bouts tracked for Gerry Cooney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gregg4bouts

Cooney31bouts

How They Win ↓

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