Have Gary Bates and Gerry Cooney ever fought each other?

Yes. Gary Bates and Gerry Cooney met once on February 11, 1978, and Gerry Cooney won by KO in round 4.

Who has the better record, Bates or Cooney?

Gary Bates is 0-4 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.

Who has more knockouts, Bates or Cooney?

Gary Bates has 0 knockout wins and Gerry Cooney has 24. Gerry Cooney has more.

Do Bates and Cooney have any common opponents?

Gary Bates and Gerry Cooney share 2 common opponents: Ken Norton and Ron Lyle. Gerry Cooney fared better against 2 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bates and Cooney?

This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Gary Bates and 31 bouts tracked for Gerry Cooney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Gary Bates vs Gerry Cooney — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Gary Bates

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Gerry Cooney

Gary Bates (0-4 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 2 common opponents.

Bates

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Cooney

Wins24 KO · 86%

Losses

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

Gary Bates and Gerry Cooney have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.
Met	1978Feb 11	Series
Gary BatesFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Gerry CooneyFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	KOR4Cooney vs Bates	1Meeting

Cooney vs Bates · Feb 11, 1978

The Numbers

Bates 0 · Cooney 4 of 4 measurable rows

BatesEdge = longer wingCooney

Record^†: 0-428-3 (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^‡levelmax 3: 3
3
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 2.4: 0.4
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: Gary Bates: No height on file; Gerry Cooney: 6′6″
Reachnot held: Gary Bates: No reach on file; Gerry Cooney: 81″
Agenot held: Gary Bates: No date of birth; Gerry Cooney: 70
Stance: Gary Bates: Not recorded; Gerry Cooney: Orthodox

Gary Bates 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

Gary Bates0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Bates yet.

Gerry Cooney28 wins · from 31 tracked bouts

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 — Gary Bates 4, Gerry Cooney 31 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Cooney better on 22 shared · Gerry Cooney better on 2

BatesGary Bates

Opponent

CooneyGerry Cooney

Gary Bates
Loss, TKO 8
1969Jul 1969
NortonKen NortonUnited States 42–7–1 · HeavyweightCooney betterGerry Cooney better — 1–0 to 0–1
Gerry Cooney
Win, TKO 1
1981May 1981
Gary Bates
Loss, KO 3
1971Jun 1971
LyleRon LyleUnited States 43–7–1 · HeavyweightCooney betterGerry Cooney better — 1–0 to 0–1
Gerry Cooney
Win, KO 1
1980Oct 1980

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

Gary Bates last boxed on Feb 11, 1978 — 17,781 days ago. Bates had lost four straight.LLLL

White Jul 1968Norton Jul 1969Lyle Jun 1971Cooney Feb 19780.4 tracked bouts per year

Gerry Cooney last boxed on Jan 15, 1990 — 13,425 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 Gary Bates and Gerry Cooney ever fought each other?: Yes. Gary Bates and Gerry Cooney met once on February 11, 1978, and Gerry Cooney won by KO in round 4.
Who has the better record, Bates or Cooney?: Gary Bates is 0-4 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.
Who has more knockouts, Bates or Cooney?: Gary Bates has 0 knockout wins and Gerry Cooney has 24. Gerry Cooney has more.
Do Bates and Cooney have any common opponents?: Gary Bates and Gerry Cooney share 2 common opponents: Ken Norton and Ron Lyle. Gerry Cooney fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bates and Cooney?: This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Gary Bates and 31 bouts tracked for Gerry Cooney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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