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Brutu wrote:I will never understand the apparent CDR.
"Cooney Derangement Syndrome"
that still seems to exist 25 years later.
I dont think its roots have anything to do with Cooney's boxing abilities(or lack of according to some people).
The bottom line is,that he didnt fight enough during his prime years
to be accurately judge by anyone..

I still remember that HBO show Legendary Nights,Holmes-Cooney.
smarmy Barry Thompkins adds his 2 cents at the end implying the fight was essentially just
a P.T Barnum-esque stunt to get ass's in seats and that Cooney was a fraud as far as being a legitament contender
to get a shot at the heavyweight crown.

Nile4000 wrote:

Brutu wrote:You can see one of the Wacko twins actually get up into Cooney's corner in between rounds of a fight
while his trainer was talking to Cooney giving him water.
What could he have possibly needed to say to Cooney?
also shortly after the Norton fight(May 1981)Cooney was supposed to or planning to fight Mike Weaver later that Fall
for the WBA hvywt title,but the WBA instead ordered Weaver to fight James"Quick"Tillis(ranked #3) Oct 1981.

And if Weaver didn't fight him, Page and Tillis were fighting for the vacant belt.

Brutu wrote:

Nile4000 wrote:

Brutu wrote:You can see one of the Wacko twins actually get up into Cooney's corner in between rounds of a fight
while his trainer was talking to Cooney giving him water.
What could he have possibly needed to say to Cooney?
also shortly after the Norton fight(May 1981)Cooney was supposed to or planning to fight Mike Weaver later that Fall
for the WBA hvywt title,but the WBA instead ordered Weaver to fight James"Quick"Tillis(ranked #3) Oct 1981.

And if Weaver didn't fight him, Page and Tillis were fighting for the vacant belt.

The WBA ordered the WBA heavyweight champion(Weaver) to defend their title against the third ranked(Tillis)instead of defending it against the first ranked(Cooney)or the WBA champ would be stripped of his title?
sounds like a bunch of mularky to me.
what was their reasoning or did Cooney's managers just refuse to pay the the WBA for the priveldge?

Brutu wrote:Gerry Cooney's scheduled 4-round exhibition with 38 year old Boone Kirkman at the Lane County Fairgrounds
Eugene Oregon,February.11.1983 was filmed.
Cooney landed a left hook to Kirkman's head in the third round and knocked him down.
Kirkman's coach stepped in the ring and asked the ref to stop the fight.
the crowd was over 3,000.

Brutu wrote:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 3091926058#

IMOP Cooney's fightin style was unique,among a sea of Muhammad Ali wanna-be's.
He fought like a huge raptor bird of prey,
always on the attack.
Cooney was relentless in those days.
Cooney was ranked number 3 after the Jimmy Young fight,so why didnt the WBA demand that Cooney
get a title shot after this fight,like Tillis got later?

actjac wrote:

Brutu wrote:Gerry Cooney's scheduled 4-round exhibition with 38 year old Boone Kirkman at the Lane County Fairgrounds
Eugene Oregon,February.11.1983 was filmed.
Cooney landed a left hook to Kirkman's head in the third round and knocked him down.
Kirkman's coach stepped in the ring and asked the ref to stop the fight.
the crowd was over 3,000.

I remember this one and actually commented about it in a thread about Boone Kirkman....is there a link to viewing this one?

The Great John L wrote:

Brutu wrote:What became of Lynn Ball?
He was at one time considered a possible contender for the heavyweight crown in the late 1970's.

He ran into Marty Monroe.

Dart340 wrote:The earliest fight I have ever found is the Grady Daniels fight. I have a feeling the seller in question actually has the Charlie Johnson fight from later down the road and not the earlier Austin Johnson fight, but it would be a good find if it's the latter. I have the Tom Prater fight and it appears to have been filmed with a Super 8 camera directly off a TV when originally broadcast.

ThatOne wrote:He made a fight of it against Larry Holmes and wasn't that far behind on two of the cards and would have been ahead if not being penalized for low blows. He had some talent.

Musashi wrote:I know for a fact all of these exist because I have them.

George Chaplin
Eddie Gregg
Phillip Brown
Ken Norton
Ron Lyle
Jimmy Young
Dino Denis
Tom Prater
Charlie Johnson
Grady Daniels
S.T. Gordon
Earl Tripp
Larry Derrick
Larry Holmes
Michael Spinks
Gerry Cooney