On January 15, 1990, a 33-year-old Gerry Cooney (28-2, 24 KOs) and a 41-year-old George Foreman (64-2, 60 KOs) met in the ring.
Cooney came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 years and 7 months. Foreman was on a 19-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 26 days.
George Foreman stopped Gerry Cooney via KO in the 2nd round. Foreman improves his record to 65-2 (61 KOs), while Cooney adds a loss to his record at 28-3.
On June 15, 1987, a 30-year-old Gerry Cooney (28-1, 24 KOs) got a shot at the heavyweight The Ring title held by 30-year-old Michael Spinks (30-0, 20 KOs).
Cooney came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 15 days. Spinks was on a 30-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 9 months and 9 days.
Michael Spinks stopped Gerry Cooney via TKO in the 5th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his The Ring heavyweight title. Spinks improves his record to 31-0 (21 KOs), while Cooney adds a loss to his record at 28-2.
On June 11, 1982, a 25-year-old Gerry Cooney (25-0, 21 KOs) got a shot at the heavyweight WBC and The Ring title held by 32-year-old Larry Holmes (39-0, 29 KOs).
Cooney came in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 1 month. Holmes was on a 39-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 5 days.
Larry Holmes stopped Gerry Cooney via TKO in the 13th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles. Holmes improves his record to 40-0 (30 KOs), while Cooney adds a loss to his record at 25-1.