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Gerry Cooney vs Sam McGill — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gerry Cooney

Sam McGill

Gerry Cooney (28-3) and Sam McGill (0-3 across 3 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

McGill

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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 Sam McGill have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.

Gerry Cooney and Sam McGill have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.
Met1978Nov 1Series
Gerry CooneyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sam McGillFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Cooney 4 · McGill 1 of 5 measurable rows
CooneyMcGill
Record†
28-3 (edge)0-3
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
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.4
2.4 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 31
31
3

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

Gerry Cooney left, Sam McGill 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%

Sam McGill0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Sam McGill: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for McGill yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gerry Cooney 31, Sam McGill 3 — 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

Sam McGill last boxed on Nov 1, 1978 — 17,520 days ago. McGill had lost three straight.LLL

Conteh Dec 1972Foster Apr 1973Cooney Nov 19780.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gerry Cooney and Sam McGill ever fought each other?
Yes. Gerry Cooney and Sam McGill met once on November 1, 1978, and Gerry Cooney won by UD.
The meeting

WNov 1, 1978 · Cooney · UD

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

McGill0–30%

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

Cooney2485.7%

McGill0

The Numbers ↓
Do Cooney and McGill have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Gerry Cooney and Sam McGill have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cooney and McGill?
This comparison is drawn from 31 bouts tracked for Gerry Cooney and 3 bouts tracked for Sam McGill. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cooney31bouts

McGill3bouts

How They Win ↓

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