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Gerry Cooney vs Jose Rosario — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gerry Cooney

Jose Rosario

Gerry Cooney (28-3) and Jose Rosario (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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

Rosario

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 Jose Rosario have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.

Gerry Cooney and Jose Rosario have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.
Met1977Mar 20Series
Gerry CooneyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jose RosarioFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Cooney 3 · Rosario 1 of 4 measurable rows
CooneyRosario
Record†
28-3 (edge)0-1
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 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
2.4—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 31
31
1

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

Gerry Cooney left, Jose Rosario 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%

Jose Rosario0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Jose Rosario: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Rosario yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gerry Cooney 31, Jose Rosario 1 — 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 — 13,431 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

Jose Rosario last boxed on Mar 20, 1977 — 18,115 days ago. Rosario had lost the most recent, to Gerry Cooney.L

Cooney Mar 1977

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gerry Cooney and Jose Rosario ever fought each other?
Yes. Gerry Cooney and Jose Rosario met once on March 20, 1977, and Gerry Cooney won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WMar 20, 1977 · Cooney · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cooney or Rosario?
Gerry Cooney is 28-3 and Jose Rosario is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Rosario0–10%

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

Cooney2485.7%

Rosario0

The Numbers ↓
Do Cooney and Rosario have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Gerry Cooney and Jose Rosario have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cooney and Rosario?
This comparison is drawn from 31 bouts tracked for Gerry Cooney and 1 bout tracked for Jose Rosario. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cooney31bouts

Rosario1bout

How They Win ↓

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