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Henry Cooper vs Peter Bates — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Henry Cooper

Peter Bates

Henry Cooper (40-14-1) and Peter Bates (2-6 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 5 common opponents.

Cooper

40

Wins27 KO · 68%

14

Losses

1

Draw55 tracked bouts

Bates

Tracked record

2–6

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

Bates leads 1–0

Henry Cooper and Peter Bates have met 1 time; Bates leads 1–0.

Henry Cooper and Peter Bates have met 1 time; Bates leads 1–0.
Met1956Sep 7Series
Henry CooperFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Peter BatesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Cooper 4 · Bates 2 of 6 measurable rows
CooperBates
Record†
40-14-1 (edge)2-6
Win %0–100%
73.6% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
2
KO ratenot comparable
67.5%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
68%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 8
8
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.3
3.3 (edge)
0.9
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″
Peter Bates: No height on file
Reachnot held
Henry Cooper: 75″
Peter Bates: No reach on file
Agenot held
Henry Cooper: Died aged 76
Peter Bates: No date of birth
Stance
Henry Cooper: Orthodox
Peter Bates: Not recorded

Henry Cooper left, Peter Bates 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%

Peter Bates2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Peter Bates: 2 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 100%

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

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Cooper better on 4 · even on 1

Cooper

Opponent

Bates

  • Henry Cooper

    Win, TKO 6

    1967

    WalkerCooper better

    Peter Bates

    Loss, KO

    1963

  • Henry Cooper

    3–0 against

    Win, PTS

    1964

    Win, PTS

    1959

    Win, TKO 1

    1956

    LondonCooper better

    Peter Bates

    Loss, KO

    1957

  • Henry Cooper

    2–0 against

    Win, KO 5

    1963

    Win, TKO 5

    1958

    RichardsonCooper better

    Peter Bates

    Loss, TKO

    1955

  • Henry Cooper

    Loss, KO 5

    1957

    JohanssonEven

    Peter Bates

    Loss, KO 2

    1956

  • Henry Cooper

    1–1 against

    Loss, KO 9

    1957

    Win, PTS

    1955

    BygravesCooper better

    Peter Bates

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1955

    Loss, PTS

    1954

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

Peter Bates last boxed on Jan 29, 1963 — 23,272 days ago. Bates had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Hecht May 1956Cooper Sep 1956Johansson Dec 1956London Jul 1957Walker Jan 19630.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Henry Cooper and Peter Bates ever fought each other?
Yes. Henry Cooper and Peter Bates met once on September 7, 1956, and Peter Bates won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LSep 7, 1956 · Bates · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cooper or Bates?
Henry Cooper is 40-14-1 and Peter Bates is 2-6 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%

Bates2–625%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cooper or Bates?
Henry Cooper has 27 knockout wins and Peter Bates has 2. Henry Cooper has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cooper2767.5%

Bates2

The Numbers ↓
Do Cooper and Bates have any common opponents?
Henry Cooper and Peter Bates share 5 common opponents: Billy Walker, Brian London and Dick Richardson (and 2 others). Henry Cooper fared better against 4 of them.
5 shared opponents

Billy WalkerWL

Brian LondonWL

Dick RichardsonWL

Ingemar JohanssonLL

and 1 more

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

Cooper55bouts

Bates8bouts

How They Win ↓

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