GERRY COONEY

As a teenager, Gerry Cooney burst onto the boxing scene when he captured a pair of 
New York Golden Glove Championships.  The popular Long Island heavyweight turned pro 
and racked up 25 straight victories earning a shot at the heavyweight crown held by 
Larry Holmes.  The fight went 13 rounds before Gerry lost the bid for the title.  He 
went on to fight a second time for the title, and finished what an outstanding record 
of 28 wins, only three losses, and a reputation for having the best left- hook in sports.
	When he left active competition, Gerry’s love for boxing continued as he entered 
the highly competitive field of boxing promotion.  He again achieved success, promoting 
world title bouts for Roberto Duran and Hector Camacho, as well as fights featuring 
heavyweight contender George Foreman.  Presently, Gerry teaches weekly boxing classes 
at gyms in Southampton and New York City, and is a sports columnist for a New York 
newspaper.  In his spare time he likes to keep track of his two minor league baseball 
team, the Savannah Sand Gnats and Erie Seawolves of which he is the owner.
	Always the humanitarian, Gerry put a time aside to be Honorary Co-chairman 
of the program “Hands are not for Hitting” for the Retreat, an organization aimed at 
stopping domestic violence.  Gerry is in demand as a public speaker and continues to 
devote a great amount of time fighting in the war against drugs and alcohol, working 
closely with juvenile detainees, the homeless, recovering people, and has a special 
rapport with young America.


Born: August 4, 1956, Huntington, NY
Pro Record: 28-3 (24 KO) 

1975
---	John Davis		New York, NY		L 3
	(NY GG 175-lb Title)


1977
Feb 15  Bill Jackson            Queens, NY              KO 1
Mar 2   Jimmy Robertson         New York                KO 2
Mar 20  Jose Rosario            Louisville, KY          KO 2
Aug 3   Matt Robinson           New York                W 4
Nov 18  Joe Maye                New York                KO 4
Nov 30  Quentin Locklear        White Plains, NY        KO 1
Dec 21  Jimmy Sykes             Brooklyn                KO 1

1978
Jan 14  Terry Lee Kidd          Hauppauge, NY           KO 1 
Jan 27  Austin Johnson          Hempstead, NY           KO 1
Feb 11  Gary Bates              Las Vegas               KO 4
Mar 17  S.T. Gordon             Las Vegas               WDQ 4
Jun 22  George Maldonado        New York                KO 8
Oct 4   Charlie Polite          Westchester, NY         KO 4
Nov 1   Sam McGill              White Plains, NY        W 8
Dec 15  Grady Daniels           New York                KO 5

1979
Jan 13  Eddie "Animal" Lopez    Miami Beach             W 8
Feb 26  Charlie Johnson         New York                KO 1
Jun 29  Tom Prater              New York                TKO 2
Aug 22  Broderick Mason         New York                KO 4
Oct 19  Malik Dozier            Commack, NY             KO 6 
Nov 9   John "Dino" Denis       New York                TKO 3
Dec 14  Leroy Boone             Atlantic City           TKO 6

1980
May 25  Jimmy Young             Atlantic City           TKO 4
Oct 24  Ron Lyle                Uniondale, NY           KO 1

1981
May 10  Ken Norton              New York                KO 1

1982
Jun 11  Larry Holmes            Las Vegas               TKO by 13
	(For WBC and Lineal Heavyweight Titles)

1983
Inactive

1984
Sep 29  Philipp Brown           Anchorage, AK           TKO 4
Dec 8   George Chaplin          Phoenix                 TKO 2

1985
Inactive

1986
May 31  Eddie Gregg             San Francisco           KO 1

1987
Jun 15  Michael Spinks          Atlantic City           TKO by 5
	(For Lineal Heavyweight Title)

1988-89
Inactive

1990
Jan 15  George Foreman          Atlantic City           KO by 2 (1:57)

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