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Henry Cooper vs Tony Hughes — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Henry Cooper

Tony Hughes

Henry Cooper (40-14-1) and Tony Hughes (1-2 across 3 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

Hughes

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 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 Tony Hughes have met 1 time; Cooper leads 1–0.

Henry Cooper and Tony Hughes have met 1 time; Cooper leads 1–0.
Met1962Jan 23Series
Henry CooperFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tony HughesFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultRTDR51Meeting

The Numbers

Cooper 6 · Hughes 1 of 7 measurable rows
CooperHughes
Record†
40-14-1 (edge)1-2
Win %0–100%
73.6% (edge)
33.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
67.5%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
68% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 8
8
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 6
6 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.3
3.3 (edge)
1.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
55
3

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

Henry Cooper left, Tony Hughes 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%

Tony Hughes1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Tony Hughes: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Henry Cooper 55, Tony Hughes 3 — 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

Tony Hughes last boxed on Mar 1, 1963 — 23,249 days ago. Hughes had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLL

Siler Mar 1961Cooper Jan 1962Piccoli Mar 19631.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Henry Cooper and Tony Hughes ever fought each other?
Yes. Henry Cooper and Tony Hughes met once on January 23, 1962, and Henry Cooper won by RTD in round 5.
The meeting

WJan 23, 1962 · Cooper · RTD R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cooper or Hughes?
Henry Cooper is 40-14-1 and Tony Hughes is 1-2 across the 3 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%

Hughes1–233.3%

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

Cooper2767.5%

Hughes0

The Numbers ↓
Do Cooper and Hughes have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Henry Cooper and Tony Hughes have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cooper and Hughes?
This comparison is drawn from 55 bouts tracked for Henry Cooper and 3 bouts tracked for Tony Hughes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cooper55bouts

Hughes3bouts

How They Win ↓

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