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.
Gerry Cooney (28-3) and Tom Prater (0-5 across 5 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.
Gerry Cooney vs Tom Prater — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Gerry Cooney leads 1–0- Gerry Cooney wonCooney vs PraterJun 29, 1979 · TKO · R2
The Numbers
- 28-3 (edge)
- Record
- 0-5
- 90.3% (edge)
- Win %
- 0%
- 24 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 85.71%
- KO rate
- —
- 86%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- —
- 3
- Times stopped
- 3
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.4 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.8
- 31
- Bouts tracked
- 5
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 6′6″ (198 cm)
- Height
- —
- 81″ (206 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 70
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyGerry Cooney · 28 wins
KO/TKO
24
Decision
3
Other
1
Tom Prater · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (31 and 5 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Gerry Cooney
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L2 streak · last fought Jan 15, 1990
Tom Prater
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L5 streak · last fought Jun 3, 1983
Common Questions
- 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, Gerry Cooney or Tom Prater?
- Gerry Cooney is 28-3 and Tom Prater is 0-5 across the 5 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, Gerry Cooney or Tom Prater?
- Gerry Cooney has 24 knockout wins and Tom Prater has 0. Gerry Cooney has more.
- Do Gerry Cooney and Tom 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 Gerry Cooney and Tom Prater?
- This comparison is drawn from 31 bouts tracked for Gerry Cooney and 5 bouts tracked for Tom Prater. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.