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Gerry Cooney vs Joe Maye — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gerry Cooney

Joe Maye

Gerry Cooney (28-3) and Joe Maye (0-6 across 6 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

Maye

Tracked record

0–6

counted from 6 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 Joe Maye have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.

Gerry Cooney and Joe Maye have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.
Met1977Nov 18Series
Gerry CooneyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joe MayeFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Cooney 4 · Maye 0 of 4 measurable rows
CooneyMaye
Record†
28-3 (edge)0-6
Win %0–100%
90.3% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 24
24 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
85.71%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
86%—
Times stopped‡max 4
3 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§levelmax 2.4
2.4
2.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 31
31
6

† 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″
Joe Maye: No height on file
Reachnot held
Gerry Cooney: 81″
Joe Maye: No reach on file
Agenot held
Gerry Cooney: 70
Joe Maye: No date of birth
Stance
Gerry Cooney: Orthodox
Joe Maye: Not recorded

Gerry Cooney left, Joe Maye 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%

Joe Maye0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Joe Maye: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Maye yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gerry Cooney 31, Joe Maye 6 — 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 — 13,427 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

Joe Maye last boxed on Jul 28, 1979 — 17,251 days ago. Maye had lost six straight.LLLLL

Muhammad Apr 1977Cooney Nov 1977Frank May 1978Evangelista Sep 1978Parlov Jul 19792.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gerry Cooney and Joe Maye ever fought each other?
Yes. Gerry Cooney and Joe Maye met once on November 18, 1977, and Gerry Cooney won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

WNov 18, 1977 · Cooney · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cooney or Maye?
Gerry Cooney is 28-3 and Joe Maye is 0-6 across the 6 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%

Maye0–60%

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

Cooney2485.7%

Maye0

The Numbers ↓
Do Cooney and Maye have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Gerry Cooney and Joe Maye have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cooney and Maye?
This comparison is drawn from 31 bouts tracked for Gerry Cooney and 6 bouts tracked for Joe Maye. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cooney31bouts

Maye6bouts

How They Win ↓

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