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Gerry Cooney vs Michael Spinks — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gerry Cooney

Gerry Cooney

Michael Spinks

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Michael Spinks

Gerry Cooney (28-3) and Michael Spinks (31-1) 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

28

Wins24 KO · 86%

3

Losses

0

Draws31 tracked bouts

Spinks

31

Wins21 KO · 68%

1

Loss

0

Draws32 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Spinks leads 1–0

Gerry Cooney and Michael Spinks have met 1 time; Spinks leads 1–0.

Gerry Cooney and Michael Spinks have met 1 time; Spinks leads 1–0.
Met1987Jun 15Series
Gerry CooneyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Michael SpinksFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Cooney 3 · Spinks 5 of 8 measurable rows
CooneySpinks
Record
28-331-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
90.3%
96.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
24 (edge)
21
KO rate0–100%
85.71% (edge)
67.74%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
86% (edge)
68%
Times stopped†max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 6
0
6 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 2.9
2.4
2.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 32
31
32

† 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

Height+4″
Gerry Cooney: 6′6″ (edge)
Michael Spinks: 6′2″
Reach+5″
Gerry Cooney: 81″ (edge)
Michael Spinks: 76″
AgeSame age
Gerry Cooney: 70
Michael Spinks: 70
Stance
Gerry Cooney: Orthodox
Michael Spinks: Orthodox

Gerry Cooney left, Michael Spinks 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%

Michael Spinks31 wins · from 32 tracked bouts

Michael Spinks: 31 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (68%) and 10 on the cards (32%). Counted from 32 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 68%10 on the cards 32%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gerry Cooney 31, Michael Spinks 32 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Spinks better on 1

Cooney

Opponent

Spinks

  • Gerry Cooney

    Loss, TKO 13

    1982

    HolmesSpinks better

    Michael Spinks

    2–0 against

    Win, SD

    1986

    Win, UD

    1985

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 — 13,425 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

Michael Spinks last boxed on Jun 27, 1988 — 13,992 days ago. Spinks had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Mike Tyson.WWWWL

Holmes Sep 1985Holmes Apr 1986Tangstad Sep 1986Cooney Jun 1987Tyson Jun 19882.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gerry Cooney and Michael Spinks ever fought each other?
Yes. Gerry Cooney and Michael Spinks met once on June 15, 1987, and Michael Spinks won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LJun 15, 1987 · Spinks · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cooney or Spinks?
Gerry Cooney is 28-3 and Michael Spinks is 31-1. Michael Spinks has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Cooney28–390.3%

Spinks31–196.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cooney or Spinks?
Gerry Cooney has 24 knockout wins and Michael Spinks has 21. Gerry Cooney has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cooney2485.7%

Spinks2167.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cooney and Spinks have any common opponents?
Gerry Cooney and Michael Spinks share 1 common opponent: Larry Holmes. Michael Spinks fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Larry HolmesLW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Cooney or Spinks?
Gerry Cooney is the taller fighter at 198 cm, 9 cm above the other. Gerry Cooney also has the longer reach, by 13 cm.
Height · reach

Cooney198 cm206 cm reach

Spinks189 cm193 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cooney and Spinks?
This comparison is drawn from 31 bouts tracked for Gerry Cooney and 32 bouts tracked for Michael Spinks. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cooney31bouts

Spinks32bouts

How They Win ↓

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