Have Gerry Cooney and Tom Prater ever fought each other?

Yes. Gerry Cooney and Tom Prater met once on June 29, 1979, and Gerry Cooney won by TKO in round 2.

Who has the better record, Cooney or Prater?

Gerry Cooney is 28-3 and Tom Prater is 0-8-1 across the 9 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 Prater?

Gerry Cooney has 24 knockout wins and Tom Prater has 0. Gerry Cooney has more.

Do Cooney and Prater have any common opponents?

Gerry Cooney and Tom Prater share 1 common opponent: Larry Holmes. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

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

This comparison is drawn from 31 bouts tracked for Gerry Cooney and 9 bouts tracked for Tom Prater. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Gerry Cooney vs Tom Prater — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Gerry Cooney

Tom Prater

Gerry Cooney (28-3) and Tom Prater (0-8-1 across 9 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

Prater

Tracked record

0–8–1

counted from 9 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 Tom Prater have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.
Met	1979Jun 29	Series
Gerry CooneyFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Tom PraterFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	TKOR2Cooney vs Prater	1Meeting

Cooney vs Prater · Jun 29, 1979

The Numbers

Cooney 5 · Prater 0 of 5 measurable rows

CooneyEdge = longer wingPrater

Record^†: 28-3 (edge)0-8-1
Win %0–100%: 90.3% (edge)
5.6%
Wins by knockoutmax 24: 24 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 85.71%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: 86%—
Times stopped^‡max 6: 3 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 2.4: 2.4 (edge)
1.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 31: 31
9

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

Gerry Cooney left, Tom Prater 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%

Tom Prater0 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Prater yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gerry Cooney 31, Tom Prater 9 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

CooneyGerry Cooney

Opponent

PraterTom Prater

Gerry Cooney
Loss, TKO 13
1982Jun 1982
HolmesLarry HolmesUnited States 69–6 · HeavyweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
Tom Prater
Loss, UD
1977Jan 1977

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 — 13,426 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

Tom Prater last boxed on Jun 3, 1983 — 15,844 days ago. Prater had lost eight straight.LLLLL

Bobick Oct 1978Cooney Jun 1979Mercado Aug 1980Evangelista Aug 1981Ribalta Jun 19831.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Gerry Cooney and Tom Prater ever fought each other?: Yes. Gerry Cooney and Tom Prater met once on June 29, 1979, and Gerry Cooney won by TKO in round 2.
Who has the better record, Cooney or Prater?: Gerry Cooney is 28-3 and Tom Prater is 0-8-1 across the 9 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 Prater?: Gerry Cooney has 24 knockout wins and Tom Prater has 0. Gerry Cooney has more.
Do Cooney and Prater have any common opponents?: Gerry Cooney and Tom Prater share 1 common opponent: Larry Holmes. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cooney and Prater?: This comparison is drawn from 31 bouts tracked for Gerry Cooney and 9 bouts tracked for Tom Prater. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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