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Gerry Cooney vs Jimmie Sykes — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gerry Cooney

Jimmie Sykes

Gerry Cooney (28-3) and Jimmie Sykes (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) 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.

Cooney

28

Wins24 KO · 86%

3

Losses

0

Draws31 tracked bouts

Sykes

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Gerry Cooney and Jimmie Sykes have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.

Gerry Cooney and Jimmie Sykes have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.
Met1977Dec 21Series
Gerry CooneyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jimmie SykesFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Cooney 5 · Sykes 1 of 6 measurable rows
CooneySykes
Record†
28-3 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%
90.3% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 24
24 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
85.71%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
86% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.4
2.4 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 31
31
4

† 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
Gerry Cooney: 6′6″
Jimmie Sykes: No height on file
Reachnot held
Gerry Cooney: 81″
Jimmie Sykes: No reach on file
Agenot held
Gerry Cooney: 70
Jimmie Sykes: No date of birth
Stance
Gerry Cooney: Orthodox
Jimmie Sykes: Not recorded

Gerry Cooney left, Jimmie Sykes right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Jimmie Sykes1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

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

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gerry Cooney 31, Jimmie Sykes 4 — 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

Gerry Cooney last boxed on Jan 15, 1990 — 13,436 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

Jimmie Sykes last boxed on Oct 4, 1984 — 15,365 days ago. Sykes had lost two straight, after one straight win.LWLL

Cooney Dec 1977Briscoe Dec 1982Kalambay Jul 1983DeWitt Oct 19840.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gerry Cooney and Jimmie Sykes ever fought each other?
Yes. Gerry Cooney and Jimmie Sykes met once on December 21, 1977, and Gerry Cooney won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WDec 21, 1977 · Cooney · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cooney or Sykes?
Gerry Cooney is 28-3 and Jimmie Sykes is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Gerry Cooney has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cooney28–390.3%

Sykes1–325%

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

Cooney2485.7%

Sykes0

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

Cooney31bouts

Sykes4bouts

How They Win ↓

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