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Cooney vs. Young: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Gerry Cooney (Gentleman) and Jimmy Young are scheduled to meet in a bout on at the Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

23
Feb 15, 1977
22-0
0
18 (81.8%)
198 cm
206 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Dec 14, 1979
5m, 11d
22
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
31
Oct 28, 1969
25-9-2
1
9 (25%)
188 cm
188 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Mar 8, 1980
2m, 17d
2
Sunday, 25 May 1980
Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
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Gerry Cooney vs. Jimmy Young

Date

This fight between Gerry Cooney and Jimmy Young took place on 25 May, 1980 at the Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 198 cm, Gerry Cooney is the taller of the two by 10 cms; Jimmy Young is 188 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 206 cm, Cooney also has a significant reach advantage of 18 cms over Young's 188 cm. On top of that, Cooney also has a 8 cm ape index advantage over Young.

Cooney is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 22-0 (18 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 11 days ago against Leroy Boone, which he won via 6th round TKO.

Young comes in with a record of 25-9-2 (9 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 17 days ago against Don Halpin, which he won via 2nd round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Cooney will be 23 years and 9 months old. Young will be 31 years and 6 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 70-30 in favor of Gerry Cooney. Here is the prediction for Cooney vs Young.

Gerry Cooney should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Jimmy Young to win this one.

Result

Gerry Cooney defeated Jimmy Young via 4th round TKO. Young's 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Cooney advances his win streak to 23. Cooney is now 23-0, and Young 25-10-2.

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