Have Gerry Cooney and John "Dino" Denis ever fought each other?

Yes. Gerry Cooney and John "Dino" Denis met once on November 9, 1979, and Gerry Cooney won by TKO in round 3.

Who has the better record, Cooney or Denis?

Gerry Cooney is 28-3 and John "Dino" Denis is 2-4 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.

Who has more knockouts, Cooney or Denis?

Gerry Cooney has 24 knockout wins and John "Dino" Denis has 0. Gerry Cooney has more.

Do Cooney and Denis have any common opponents?

Gerry Cooney and John "Dino" Denis share 1 common opponent: George Foreman. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

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

This comparison is drawn from 31 bouts tracked for Gerry Cooney and 6 bouts tracked for John "Dino" Denis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Gerry Cooney vs John "Dino" Denis — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Gerry Cooney

John "Dino" Denis

Gerry Cooney (28-3) and John "Dino" Denis (2-4 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 1 common opponent.

Cooney

Wins24 KO · 86%

Losses

Draws31 tracked bouts

Denis

Tracked record

2–4

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 John "Dino" Denis have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.
Met	1979Nov 9	Series
Gerry CooneyFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
John "Dino" DenisFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	TKOR3Cooney vs Denis	1Meeting

Cooney vs Denis · Nov 9, 1979

The Numbers

Cooney 5 · Denis 0 of 5 measurable rows

CooneyEdge = longer wingDenis

Record^†: 28-3 (edge)2-4
Win %0–100%: 90.3% (edge)
33.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 24: 24 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 85.71%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 86% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡levelmax 3: 3
3
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 2.4: 2.4 (edge)
0.8
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″; John "Dino" Denis: No height on file
Reachnot held: Gerry Cooney: 81″; John "Dino" Denis: No reach on file
Agenot held: Gerry Cooney: 70; John "Dino" Denis: No date of birth
Stance: Gerry Cooney: Orthodox; John "Dino" Denis: Not recorded

Gerry Cooney left, John "Dino" Denis 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

24 by KO/TKO 86%3 on the cards 11%1 by another method or unrecorded 4%

John "Dino" Denis2 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gerry Cooney 31, John "Dino" Denis 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

CooneyGerry Cooney

Opponent

DenisJohn "Dino" Denis

Gerry Cooney
Loss, KO 2
1990Jan 1990
ForemanGeorge ForemanUnited States 76–5 · HeavyweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
John "Dino" Denis
Loss, TKO 4
1976Oct 1976

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

Gerry Cooney last boxed on Jan 15, 1990 — 13,429 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

John "Dino" Denis last boxed on Feb 16, 1983 — 15,954 days ago. Denis had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

LeDoux Jun 1976Foreman Oct 1976Jones Mar 1977Cooney Nov 1979Bugner Feb 19830.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Gerry Cooney and John "Dino" Denis ever fought each other?: Yes. Gerry Cooney and John "Dino" Denis met once on November 9, 1979, and Gerry Cooney won by TKO in round 3.
Who has the better record, Cooney or Denis?: Gerry Cooney is 28-3 and John "Dino" Denis is 2-4 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.
Who has more knockouts, Cooney or Denis?: Gerry Cooney has 24 knockout wins and John "Dino" Denis has 0. Gerry Cooney has more.
Do Cooney and Denis have any common opponents?: Gerry Cooney and John "Dino" Denis share 1 common opponent: George Foreman. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cooney and Denis?: This comparison is drawn from 31 bouts tracked for Gerry Cooney and 6 bouts tracked for John "Dino" Denis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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