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

Michael Spinks (Jinx) defends his The Ring heavyweight title against Gerry Cooney (Gentleman). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
30
Apr 16, 1977
30-0
14
20 (66.7%)
185 cm
193 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Sep 6, 1986
9m, 9d
30
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
30
Feb 15, 1977
28-1
1
24 (82.8%)
198 cm
206 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
May 31, 1986
1y, 15d
3
WBAWBCIBFTheRing
HV
w1
d2
HV
w1
d2
lHV
w1
d10
lHV
w1
d4
lHV
w1
d2
lHV
w1
d4
heavyweight
Monday, 15 Jun 1987
Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
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Michael Spinks vs. Gerry Cooney

Date

This fight between Michael Spinks and Gerry Cooney took place on 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 13 cms; Michael Spinks is 185 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 206 cm, Cooney also has a significant reach advantage of 13 cms over Spinks' 193 cm. They have the same ape index of 8 cm.

Spinks is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 30-0 (20 KOs). His last fight was 9 months and 9 days ago against Steffen Tangstad, which he won via 4th round TKO.

Cooney comes in with a record of 28-1 (24 KOs). His last fight was 1 year and 15 days ago against Eddie Gregg, which he won via 1st round KO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Spinks will be 30 years and 10 months old. Cooney will be 30 years and 10 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 Michael Spinks. Here is the prediction for Spinks vs Cooney.

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

Result

Michael Spinks defeated Gerry Cooney via 5th round TKO. Cooney's 3 fight win streak comes to an end, and Spinks advances his win streak to 31. Spinks is now 31-0, and Cooney 28-2.

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  4. Michael Spinks defeats Dwight Muhammad Qawi via 15-round unanimous decision
  5. Larry Holmes knocks out Gerry Cooney in the 13th round
  6. Gerry Cooney knocks out Ken Norton in the 1st round
  7. Michael Spinks knocks out Marvin Johnson in the 4th round