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Henry Cooper vs Matthew Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Henry Cooper

Matthew Johnson

Henry Cooper (40-14-1) and Matthew Johnson (0-1 across 1 tracked bouts) 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.

Cooper

40

Wins27 KO · 68%

14

Losses

1

Draw55 tracked bouts

Johnson

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 Matthew Johnson have met 1 time; Cooper leads 1–0.

Henry Cooper and Matthew Johnson have met 1 time; Cooper leads 1–0.
Met1965Apr 20Series
Henry CooperFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Matthew JohnsonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Cooper 3 · Johnson 1 of 4 measurable rows
CooperJohnson
Record†
40-14-1 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
73.6% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
67.5%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
68%—
Times stopped‡max 8
8
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
3.3—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
55
1

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

Henry Cooper left, Matthew Johnson 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%

Matthew Johnson0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Matthew Johnson: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Johnson yet.

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

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

Matthew Johnson last boxed on Apr 20, 1965 — 22,462 days ago. Johnson had lost the most recent, to Henry Cooper.L

Cooper Apr 1965

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Henry Cooper and Matthew Johnson ever fought each other?
Yes. Henry Cooper and Matthew Johnson met once on April 20, 1965, and Henry Cooper won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WApr 20, 1965 · Cooper · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cooper or Johnson?
Henry Cooper is 40-14-1 and Matthew Johnson is 0-1 across the 1 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%

Johnson0–10%

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

Cooper2767.5%

Johnson0

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

Cooper55bouts

Johnson1bout

How They Win ↓

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