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Re: What if Gerry Cooney had been on the 1976 U.S Olympic Boxing team ?
Posted: 25 Jun 2026, 10:18
by Nile4000
Caractacus wrote: ↑24 Jun 2026, 17:03
Did Gerry Cooney and Mitch "Blood" Green ever meet up in the amateurs in New York City ?
They're both about the same age- August 1956/January 1957.
No. When Cooney won the open NYGG in 1976, Green won the novice NYGG.
Re: What if Gerry Cooney had been on the 1976 U.S Olympic Boxing team ?
Posted: 19 Jul 2026, 16:32
by Joson
Caractacus wrote: ↑24 Jun 2026, 17:03
Did Gerry Cooney and Mitch "Blood" Green ever meet up in the amateurs in New York City ?
They're both about the same age- August 1956/January 1957.
Cooney never fought Blood Green in the amateurs. As for how Gerry would have fared in the Olympics, he wouldn't have lasted a minute against Teofilo Stevenson. He would also have lost to Igor Vysotsky and Evgeni Gorchakov. Possibly Jurgen Fangelhall would have beaten him too.