Larry Holmes vs Gerry Cooney Was Very Competitive

Of course it was competitive. Larry had issues with Cooney's height. Cooney was a good fighter and a hard puncher

 

Holmes was a tad bit past his best.


At the end of the fight, the only real shocker was the announcement of the scoring. After twelve rounds, two of the three judges, Dave Moretti (who the Holmes camp tried to have replaced before the fight) and Duane Ford, had Holmes ahead by only two points, 113-111. Had the referee not deducted three points from the challenger, Ford and Moretti would have had Cooney ahead on points going into the thirteenth round. The third judge, Jerry Roth (who was substituted the day of the fight for Herb Santos due to objections from the Holmes camp), had Holmes ahead 115-109, a far more reasonable reflection of the events in the ring. "I've seen so much bad scoring out here I knew what I had to do," said Holmes. "I was prepared for anything."

Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney - BoxRec

 

i disagree. holmes boxed the **** out of that guy.

no disrespect to the obvious loser of that quality fight.

 

It was competitive in parts, it was a great fight to.
After so many rounds it was obvious who was gonna win but Cooney was still trying toward the end.
He faced one of the greatest heavyweight champ s in history that night.

 

Yeah Cooney got himself together and gave a good account of himself after getting knocked down but the judges who had that fight close were on the planet Twylo.

 

It was extremely competitive and a fun fight to watch.

 

Super long time ago I watched it and I don't remember my exact scores, but my take was pretty much like yours from memory.

 

Yes mate.

 

I’ve always thought it was competitive. I realize Cooney was a tad overhyped in his day but I think the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction. I’ve seen people pic obscurities to beat him fantasy fights

 

Great fight.

Did anyone notice the policemans wig as Cooney went to pray in the corner at the start,Its a extraordinary piece

Larrys face was a sight to see when Arcel rubbed smelling salts or some other substance in his mug after round 11.

Ray was 82 & Futch 67! I wonder what kind of money Larry was paying them

Watched the bbc version,Sounded like Harry Carpenter wanted Cooney to win

 

For his lack of fights against top tenners, Cooney did a lot better than I thought he would. Much better than his record suggests.

 

Round two proved Larry could've won anytime he wanted to, and he told Cosell the next day it honestly wasn't a hard fight for him. As he and Gerry have become such close friends in retirement, Larry's very generous to him.

Holmes carried him in hopes of an extraordinarily lucrative rematch, but Gerry knew how badly outmatched he was and that the Assassin was always in command of the outcome. That's why Gerry was out of action for so long afterwards.

Larry wasn't trying to finish things off in round 13, he was waiting to eliminate Cooney at the outset of round 15 after they touched gloves, but Gerry simply didn't have enough left to remain upright that long.

With half a minute to go in round two, Holmes did not go for the kill, but had already discovered that Cooney could take in on the chin, but that if you hit him on the temple, "He wobbles like a duck." From this point on, Larry can finish him whenever he desires, but already has discovered it's an extremely easy and lucrative payday, so he tries to set up for another easy and HUGE second payoff (which would again be huge for Gerry as well - as it was, he, like Buster Douglas against Holyfield, is already set for life).

 

He had a mind of steel then not trying to knock him out after repeated low blows. Was he really so greedy, he allowed Cooney to punch him in the nuts, just to have an opportunity for another easy payday?