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Gerry Cooney (Gentleman) and Ken Norton (The Black Hercules) are scheduled to meet in a bout on at the Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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This fight between Gerry Cooney and Ken Norton took place on 11 May, 1981 at the Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
At 198 cm, Gerry Cooney is the taller of the two by 7 cms; Ken Norton is 191 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 206 cm, Cooney also has reach advantage of 3 cms over Norton's 203 cm. Norton has a 4 cm ape index advantage over Cooney.
Cooney is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 24-0 (20 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 17 days ago against Ron Lyle, which he won via 1st round KO.
Norton comes in with a record of 42-6-1 (33 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 4 days ago against Randall Cobb, which he won via 10 round split decision.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Cooney will be 24 years and 9 months old. Norton will be 37 years and 9 months old.
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 Norton.
Gerry Cooney defeated Ken Norton via 1st round TKO. Norton's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Cooney advances his win streak to 25. Cooney is now 25-0, and Norton 42-7-1.