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Gawie de Klerk vs Henry Cooper — record, stats and common opponents compared

Gawie de Klerk

🇬🇧HEAVYWEIGHT

Henry Cooper

Gawie de Klerk (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Klerk

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Gawie de Klerk and Henry Cooper have met 1 time; Cooper leads 1–0.

Gawie de Klerk and Henry Cooper have met 1 time; Cooper leads 1–0.
Met1959Aug 26Series
Gawie de KlerkFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Henry CooperFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Klerk 1 · Cooper 4 of 5 measurable rows
KlerkCooper
Record†
0-140-14-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
73.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 27
0
27 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.5%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—68%
Times stopped‡max 8
1 (edge)
8
Title reignsmax 6
0
6 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
1
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
Gawie de Klerk: No height on file
Henry Cooper: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Gawie de Klerk: No reach on file
Henry Cooper: 75″
Agenot held
Gawie de Klerk: No date of birth
Henry Cooper: Died aged 76
Stance
Gawie de Klerk: Not recorded
Henry Cooper: Orthodox

Gawie de Klerk 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
Gawie de Klerk0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Gawie de Klerk: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Klerk yet.

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 — Gawie de Klerk 1, 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

Gawie de Klerk last boxed on Aug 26, 1959 — 24,531 days ago. Klerk had lost the most recent, to Henry Cooper.L

Cooper Aug 1959

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 Gawie de Klerk and Henry Cooper ever fought each other?
Yes. Gawie de Klerk and Henry Cooper met once on August 26, 1959, and Henry Cooper won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LAug 26, 1959 · Cooper · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Klerk or Cooper?
Gawie de Klerk is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Klerk0–10%

Cooper40–14–173.6%

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

Klerk0

Cooper2767.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Klerk and Cooper have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Gawie de Klerk and Henry Cooper have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Klerk and Cooper?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Gawie de Klerk and 55 bouts tracked for Henry Cooper. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Klerk1bout

Cooper55bouts

How They Win ↓

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