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Henry Cooper vs Hugh Ferns — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Henry Cooper

Hugh Ferns

Henry Cooper (40-14-1) and Hugh Ferns (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Cooper

40

Wins27 KO · 68%

14

Losses

1

Draw55 tracked bouts

Ferns

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 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

Cooper leads 1–0

Henry Cooper and Hugh Ferns have met 1 time; Cooper leads 1–0.

Henry Cooper and Hugh Ferns have met 1 time; Cooper leads 1–0.
Met1955Mar 8Series
Henry CooperFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Hugh FernsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultDQR21Meeting

The Numbers

Cooper 6 · Ferns 1 of 7 measurable rows
CooperFerns
Record†
40-14-1 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%
73.6% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
67.5%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
68% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 8
8
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 6
6 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.3
3.3 (edge)
1.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
55
4

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

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Hugh Ferns1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Hugh Ferns: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Henry Cooper 55, Hugh Ferns 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Cooper better on 2

Cooper

Opponent

Ferns

  • Henry Cooper

    2–0 against

    Win, KO 5

    1963

    Win, TKO 5

    1958

    RichardsonCooper better

    Hugh Ferns

    Win, DQ

    1955

  • Henry Cooper

    1–1 against

    Loss, KO 9

    1957

    Win, PTS

    1955

    BygravesCooper better

    Hugh Ferns

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1953

    Loss, PTS

    1953

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

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

Hugh Ferns last boxed on Jun 13, 1955 — 26,066 days ago. Ferns had won once since three straight losses.LLLW

Bygraves Mar 1953Bygraves Sep 1953Cooper Mar 1955Richardson Jun 19551.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Henry Cooper and Hugh Ferns ever fought each other?
Yes. Henry Cooper and Hugh Ferns met once on March 8, 1955, and Henry Cooper won by DQ in round 2.
The meeting

WMar 8, 1955 · Cooper · DQ R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cooper or Ferns?
Henry Cooper is 40-14-1 and Hugh Ferns is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Henry Cooper has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cooper40–14–173.6%

Ferns1–325%

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

Cooper2767.5%

Ferns0

The Numbers ↓
Do Cooper and Ferns have any common opponents?
Henry Cooper and Hugh Ferns share 2 common opponents: Dick Richardson and Joe Bygraves. Henry Cooper fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Dick RichardsonWW

Joe Bygraves1–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cooper and Ferns?
This comparison is drawn from 55 bouts tracked for Henry Cooper and 4 bouts tracked for Hugh Ferns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cooper55bouts

Ferns4bouts

How They Win ↓

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