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Harry Painter vs Henry Cooper — record, stats and common opponents compared

Harry Painter

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Henry Cooper

Harry Painter (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Henry Cooper (40-14-1) 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.

Painter

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Cooper

40

Wins27 KO · 68%

14

Losses

1

Draw55 tracked bouts

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

Cooper leads 1–0

Harry Painter and Henry Cooper have met 1 time; Cooper leads 1–0.

Harry Painter and Henry Cooper have met 1 time; Cooper leads 1–0.
Met1954Sep 14Series
Harry PainterFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Henry CooperFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Painter 1 · Cooper 4 of 5 measurable rows
PainterCooper
Record†
0-140-14-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
73.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 27
0
27 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.5%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—68%
Times stopped‡max 8
1 (edge)
8
Title reignsmax 6
0
6 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
1
55

† 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
Harry Painter: No height on file
Henry Cooper: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Harry Painter: No reach on file
Henry Cooper: 75″
Agenot held
Harry Painter: No date of birth
Henry Cooper: Died aged 76
Stance
Harry Painter: Not recorded
Henry Cooper: Orthodox

Harry Painter left, Henry Cooper right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Harry Painter0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Harry Painter: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Painter yet.

Henry Cooper40 wins · from 55 tracked bouts

Henry Cooper: 40 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (68%), 11 on the cards (28%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 55 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 68%11 on the cards 28%2 by another method or unrecorded 5%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Harry Painter 1, Henry Cooper 55 — 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

Harry Painter last boxed on Sep 14, 1954 — 26,341 days ago. Painter had lost the most recent, to Henry Cooper.L

Cooper Sep 1954

Henry Cooper had won four in a row before losing a decision to Joe Bugner. Cooper last boxed on Mar 16, 1971.WWWWL

Mildenberger Sep 1968Tomasoni Mar 1969Bodell Mar 1970Urtain Nov 1970Bugner Mar 19713.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Harry Painter and Henry Cooper ever fought each other?
Yes. Harry Painter and Henry Cooper met once on September 14, 1954, and Henry Cooper won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LSep 14, 1954 · Cooper · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Painter or Cooper?
Harry Painter is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Henry Cooper is 40-14-1. Henry Cooper has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Painter0–10%

Cooper40–14–173.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Painter or Cooper?
Harry Painter has 0 knockout wins and Henry Cooper has 27. Henry Cooper has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Painter0

Cooper2767.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Painter and Cooper have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Harry Painter and Henry Cooper have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Painter and Cooper?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Harry Painter and 55 bouts tracked for Henry Cooper. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Painter1bout

Cooper55bouts

How They Win ↓

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