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Henry Cooper vs Johnny Prescott — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Henry Cooper

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Johnny Prescott

Henry Cooper (40-14-1) and Johnny Prescott (34-11-4) 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

Prescott

34

Wins

11

Losses

4

Draws8 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Cooper leads 1–0

Henry Cooper and Johnny Prescott have met 1 time; Cooper leads 1–0.

Henry Cooper and Johnny Prescott have met 1 time; Cooper leads 1–0.
Met1965Jun 15Series
Henry CooperFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Johnny PrescottFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultRTDR101Meeting

The Numbers

Cooper 6 · Prescott 1 of 7 measurable rows
CooperPrescott
Record
40-14-1 (edge)34-11-4
Win %0–100%
73.6% (edge)
73.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO rate0–100%
67.5% (edge)
0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
68% (edge)
0%
Times stopped†max 8
8
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.3
3.3 (edge)
1.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
55
8

† 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″
Johnny Prescott: No height on file
Reachnot held
Henry Cooper: 75″
Johnny Prescott: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Henry Cooper: Died aged 76
Johnny Prescott: Died aged 74
Stance
Henry Cooper: Orthodox
Johnny Prescott: Orthodox

Henry Cooper left, Johnny Prescott 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%

Johnny Prescott3 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Johnny Prescott: 3 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 100%

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

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Cooper better on 3 · even on 1

Cooper

Opponent

Prescott

  • Henry Cooper

    Loss, PTS

    1971

    BugnerEven

    Johnny Prescott

    Loss, PTS

    1970

  • Henry Cooper

    2–0 against

    Win, PTS

    1970

    Win, TKO 2

    1967

    BodellCooper better

    Johnny Prescott

    Loss, PTS

    1968

  • Henry Cooper

    Win, TKO 6

    1967

    WalkerCooper better

    Johnny Prescott

    1–1 against

    Win, PTS

    1963

    Loss, TKO

    1963

  • Henry Cooper

    3–0 against

    Win, PTS

    1964

    Win, PTS

    1959

    Win, TKO 1

    1956

    LondonCooper better

    Johnny Prescott

    Win, PTS

    1964

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

Johnny Prescott has lost three straight, after one straight win. Prescott last boxed on Jan 20, 1970.LWLLL

Cooper Jun 1965Saraudi Apr 1967Corletti Oct 1967Bodell Feb 1968Bugner Jan 19701.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Henry Cooper and Johnny Prescott ever fought each other?
Yes. Henry Cooper and Johnny Prescott met once on June 15, 1965, and Henry Cooper won by RTD in round 10.
The meeting

WJun 15, 1965 · Cooper · RTD R10

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cooper or Prescott?
Henry Cooper is 40-14-1 and Johnny Prescott is 34-11-4. Henry Cooper has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Cooper40–14–173.6%

Prescott34–11–473.5%

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

Cooper2767.5%

Prescott0

The Numbers ↓
Do Cooper and Prescott have any common opponents?
Henry Cooper and Johnny Prescott share 4 common opponents: Joe Bugner, Jack Bodell and Billy Walker (and 1 other). Henry Cooper fared better against 3 of them.
4 shared opponents

Joe BugnerLL

Jack BodellWL

Billy WalkerW1–1

Brian LondonWW

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

Cooper55bouts

Prescott8bouts

How They Win ↓

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