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.
George Cook (4-13 across 17 tracked bouts) and Young Stribling (256-16-17) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 4 times. They share 2 common opponents.
George Cook vs Young Stribling — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Young Stribling leads 4–0- Young Stribling wonStribling vs CookSep 2, 1929 · TKO · R8
- Young Stribling wonStribling vs CookJul 18, 1929 · NWS
- Young Stribling wonStribling vs CookNov 7, 1925 · PTS
- Young Stribling wonStribling vs CookJun 15, 1925 · PTS
The Numbers
- 4-13
- Record
- 256-16-17 (edge)
- 23.5%
- Win %
- 91.5% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 129 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 50.39%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 50% (edge)
- 4
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.8
- Bouts per year
- 23 (edge)
- 17
- Bouts tracked
- 291
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
- 128
- Age
- 121
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- Australia
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyGeorge Cook · 4 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
4
Other
0
Young Stribling · 256 wins
KO/TKO
128
Decision
93
Other
35
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (17 and 291 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedGeorge Cook
LKO R4 · Mar 1932LKO R2 · Jul 1930Young Stribling
WDQ R7 · Dec 1929LDQ R4 · Nov 1929
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
George Cook
LLLLL
L12 streak · last fought Dec 18, 1943
Young Stribling
WWWLW
W3 streak · last fought Sep 22, 1933
Common Questions
- Have George Cook and Young Stribling ever fought each other?
- Yes. George Cook and Young Stribling have met 4 times and Young Stribling leads the series 4-0.
- Who has the better record, George Cook or Young Stribling?
- George Cook is 4-13 across the 17 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Young Stribling is 256-16-17. Young Stribling has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, George Cook or Young Stribling?
- George Cook has 0 knockout wins and Young Stribling has 129. Young Stribling has more.
- Do George Cook and Young Stribling have any common opponents?
- George Cook and Young Stribling share 2 common opponents: Primo Carnera and Jack Sharkey. Young Stribling fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on George Cook and Young Stribling?
- This comparison is drawn from 17 bouts tracked for George Cook and 291 bouts tracked for Young Stribling. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.