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Henry Cooper vs Joe Bugner — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇬🇧HEAVYWEIGHT

Henry Cooper

🇭🇺HUNGARY

Joe Bugner

Henry Cooper (40-14-1) and Joe Bugner (69-13-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.

Cooper

40

Wins27 KO · 68%

14

Losses

1

Draw55 tracked bouts

Bugner

69

Wins41 KO · 59%

13

Losses

1

Draw84 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Bugner leads 1–0

Henry Cooper and Joe Bugner have met 1 time; Bugner leads 1–0.

Henry Cooper and Joe Bugner have met 1 time; Bugner leads 1–0.
Met1971Mar 16Series
Henry CooperFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe BugnerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Cooper 3 · Bugner 4 of 7 measurable rows
CooperBugner
Record
40-14-169-13-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
73.6%
83.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 41
27
41 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
67.5% (edge)
59.42%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
68% (edge)
59%
Times stopped†max 8
8
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.3
3.3 (edge)
2.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 84
55
84

† 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″
Joe Bugner: No height on file
Reach+7″
Henry Cooper: 75″
Joe Bugner: 82″ (edge)
Agenot comparable
Henry Cooper: Died aged 76
Joe Bugner: Died aged 75
Stance
Henry Cooper: Orthodox
Joe Bugner: Orthodox

Henry Cooper left, Joe Bugner 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%

Joe Bugner70 wins · from 84 tracked bouts

Joe Bugner: 70 tracked wins — 41 by KO/TKO (59%), 27 on the cards (39%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 84 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

41 by KO/TKO 59%27 on the cards 39%2 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Henry Cooper 55, Joe Bugner 84 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Cooper better on 2 · even on 2

Cooper

Opponent

Bugner

  • Henry Cooper

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 6

    1966

    Loss, TKO 5

    1963

    AliEven

    Joe Bugner

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1975

    Loss, UD

    1973

  • Henry Cooper

    2–0 against

    Win, PTS

    1970

    Win, TKO 2

    1967

    BodellCooper better

    Joe Bugner

    Loss, PTS

    1971

  • Henry Cooper

    3–0 against

    Win, PTS

    1964

    Win, PTS

    1959

    Win, TKO 1

    1956

    LondonCooper better

    Joe Bugner

    Win, TKO

    1970

  • Henry Cooper

    Win, RTD 10

    1965

    PrescottEven

    Joe Bugner

    Win, PTS

    1970

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

Joe Bugner has won six straight, the most recent against Levi Billups. Bugner last boxed on Jun 13, 1999.WWWWW

Ligaloa Jun 1997Wilson Jan 1998Mirovic Apr 1998Smith Jul 1998Billups Jun 19992.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Henry Cooper and Joe Bugner ever fought each other?
Yes. Henry Cooper and Joe Bugner met once on March 16, 1971, and Joe Bugner won by PTS.
The meeting

LMar 16, 1971 · Bugner · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cooper or Bugner?
Henry Cooper is 40-14-1 and Joe Bugner is 69-13-1. Joe Bugner has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Cooper40–14–173.6%

Bugner69–13–183.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cooper or Bugner?
Henry Cooper has 27 knockout wins and Joe Bugner has 41. Joe Bugner has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cooper2767.5%

Bugner4159.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cooper and Bugner have any common opponents?
Henry Cooper and Joe Bugner share 4 common opponents: Muhammad Ali, Jack Bodell and Brian London (and 1 other). Henry Cooper fared better against 2 of them.
4 shared opponents

Muhammad AliLL

Jack BodellWL

Brian LondonWW

Johnny PrescottWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cooper and Bugner?
This comparison is drawn from 55 bouts tracked for Henry Cooper and 84 bouts tracked for Joe Bugner. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cooper55bouts

Bugner84bouts

How They Win ↓

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