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Re: What If...... Gerry Cooney Had Gone The WBA Route
Posted: 20 Jun 2026, 21:00
by Nile4000
tiny_acres wrote: ↑19 Jun 2026, 14:08
Nile4000 wrote: ↑19 Jun 2026, 13:06
Caractacus wrote: ↑19 Jun 2026, 12:29
Cooney's biggest win was the one round KO of Ken Norton.
In-between that fight(May-11-1981) and the fight with Holmes(june-11-1982).
Cooney had been scheduled to fight.
Lee Canalito
Scott LeDoux
Earnie Shavers
Joe Bugner
all those fights fell through for some reason or another
(Cooney injuring his shoulder in training etc)
Was Lee Canalito any good?
He was a lousy actor who appeared in Paradise Alley. I can honestly say he was about as good of a boxer as he was an actor. Never stepped up a level from the time he started until he retired.
That's real bad. Tex really should have been the one for Gerry.
Re: What If...... Gerry Cooney Had Gone The WBA Route
Posted: 20 Jun 2026, 21:06
by tiny_acres
Nile4000 wrote: ↑Yesterday, 21:00
tiny_acres wrote: ↑19 Jun 2026, 14:08
Nile4000 wrote: ↑19 Jun 2026, 13:06
Was Lee Canalito any good?
He was a lousy actor who appeared in Paradise Alley. I can honestly say he was about as good of a boxer as he was an actor. Never stepped up a level from the time he started until he retired.
That's real bad. Tex really should have been the one for Gerry.
I always wanted to see Cooney vs Cobb
I think Cooney would of taken a 10 round decision, but he would of had to earn it.
Cobb was limited on skill but tough as hell
Re: What If...... Gerry Cooney Had Gone The WBA Route
Posted: 20 Jun 2026, 22:33
by gilgamesh
tiny_acres wrote: ↑Yesterday, 21:06
Nile4000 wrote: ↑Yesterday, 21:00
tiny_acres wrote: ↑19 Jun 2026, 14:08
He was a lousy actor who appeared in Paradise Alley. I can honestly say he was about as good of a boxer as he was an actor. Never stepped up a level from the time he started until he retired.
That's real bad. Tex really should have been the one for Gerry.
I always wanted to see Cooney vs Cobb
I think Cooney would of taken a 10 round decision, but he would of had to earn it.
Cobb was limited on skill but tough as hell
Yeah Cobb made all of the decent contenders have to work real hard to get by him. Larry Holmes is one of the only guys that made truly easy work out of him. Most everybody else wound up having hell with him as the fight went on.
Aside from being tough as hell, Cobb also had good stamina and was always in good condition. That combined with being tough as all hell can take you a pretty long way.