Gerry Cooney/ Televised Fights / 1973-1990

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Gerry Cooney's amateur record was 55-3

March.16.1973 for the sub-novice title.

1976

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11th professional fight-March 1978

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17th professional fight-February 1979


18th professional fight (June 1979)


21st professional fight-November 1979

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22nd professional fight-December 1979

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Gerry Cooney's 23rd professional fight (May 1980)

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24th professional fight-October 1980

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25th professional fight -May 1981
( not the best video quality of the fight-but it is more compleat and captures the excitement of the evening)

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here is a little better quality film clip of the Cooney vrs Norton fight itself





one year and one month later.........

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8 months later....... February 1983 ( an Exhibition in Eugene Oregon)

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27th professional fight-September 1984

28th professional fight-December 1984

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-1985-


-1986-
29th professional fight-May 1986

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-1987-


30th professional fight-June 1987

-1988-
-1989-
-1990-
31st professional fight-January 1990

[JohnReed]

The old Cooney films are interesting in that they show evidence of his weak chin. Against Dino Denis, very late in the second round, Cooney's knees are buckled by a right hand. Another old film against someone -- I don't know if it was Broderick Mason or Malik Dozier -- shows Cooney badly rocked by a power punch.

Interestingly, the print media of that era never reported that Cooney had been hurt by these second and third rate foes. I guess media felt obliged to play its part in concealing Cooney's vulnerabilities, to boost his efforts for a big cash out fight.