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Henry Cooper vs Jefferson Davis — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Henry Cooper

Jefferson Davis

Henry Cooper (40-14-1) and Jefferson Davis (1-7 across 8 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

Davis

Tracked record

1–7

counted from 8 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 Jefferson Davis have met 1 time; Cooper leads 1–0.

Henry Cooper and Jefferson Davis have met 1 time; Cooper leads 1–0.
Met1966Feb 16Series
Henry CooperFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jefferson DavisFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Cooper 4 · Davis 2 of 6 measurable rows
CooperDavis
Record†
40-14-1 (edge)1-7
Win %0–100%
73.6% (edge)
12.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
67.5%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
68%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 8
8
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.3
3.3 (edge)
2.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
55
8

† 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″
Jefferson Davis: No height on file
Reachnot held
Henry Cooper: 75″
Jefferson Davis: No reach on file
Agenot held
Henry Cooper: Died aged 76
Jefferson Davis: No date of birth
Stance
Henry Cooper: Orthodox
Jefferson Davis: Not recorded

Henry Cooper left, Jefferson Davis 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%

Jefferson Davis1 win · from 8 tracked bouts

Jefferson Davis: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Henry Cooper 55, Jefferson Davis 8 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Cooper better on 2

Cooper

Opponent

Davis

  • Henry Cooper

    Win, DQ

    1968

    MildenbergerCooper better

    Jefferson Davis

    Loss, PTS

    1965

  • Henry Cooper

    1–1 against

    Loss, KO 2

    1961

    Win, PTS

    1958

    FolleyCooper better

    Jefferson Davis

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1966

    Loss, KO

    1966

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

Jefferson Davis last boxed on Apr 11, 1967 — 21,741 days ago. Davis had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Cooper Feb 1966Siler May 1966Folley Jun 1966Folley Dec 1966Frazier Apr 19672.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Henry Cooper and Jefferson Davis ever fought each other?
Yes. Henry Cooper and Jefferson Davis met once on February 16, 1966, and Henry Cooper won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WFeb 16, 1966 · Cooper · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cooper or Davis?
Henry Cooper is 40-14-1 and Jefferson Davis is 1-7 across the 8 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%

Davis1–712.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cooper or Davis?
Henry Cooper has 27 knockout wins and Jefferson Davis has 1. Henry Cooper has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cooper2767.5%

Davis1

The Numbers ↓
Do Cooper and Davis have any common opponents?
Henry Cooper and Jefferson Davis share 2 common opponents: Karl Mildenberger and Zora Folley. Henry Cooper fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Karl MildenbergerWL

Zora Folley1–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cooper and Davis?
This comparison is drawn from 55 bouts tracked for Henry Cooper and 8 bouts tracked for Jefferson Davis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cooper55bouts

Davis8bouts

How They Win ↓

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