Was Eddie Gregg Gerry Cooney's biggest career win ?

Nobody asked if Cooney was overrated and certainly not what they thought of Marciano's career. The question was is Eddie Greg, Cooney's best win. Maybe you should learn to read better.

 

Jimmy Young was his best win.

 

Cooney's resume is pathetic.

 

Lol I will learn how to read better when you learn how to read better. I explained why Gregg was a solid fighter. I explained that if you are going to say Cooney only fought old men then so did Marciano. See all of what I typed was still about Cooney, Gregg and Cooney's other opponents so try again little kid.

 

Ok grandpa but you still got to learn to read better because nobody asked if Cooney and Marciano fought old men and all the other nonsense you typed still didn't answer the question which was,was Eddie Gregg, Cooney's biggest career win?

So how about you try again, gramps?

 

You're a real piece of $hit.

 

Broad was a hot and cold heavyweight who lacked discipline.....his nickname went from broad axe to broad ass before he became a sparring partner for Tyson....Broad was on the night when he stopped Gregg. This was a good win for Cooney who came out guns blazing looking dangerous as he was.....contenders weren't burning up phones trying to match an aggressive Cooney.....Cobb was the only bonehead calling him out believing he could take his shots which I doubted Cooney would have broken his ribs if not his face.....A confident Cooney was a dangerous man and this demolition of Gregg is what turned managers off from matching their up and comers

 

No-one was avoiding Cooney. After the demolition of Gregg he went straight to the championship bout with Spinks. It was his only fight in the next four years how could anyone having been avoiding him because of this?

Contenders weren't avoiding him prior to Holmes either. He was where the money was, as well as an instant leap to the top of the pile. There may not have been a contender who didn't want a piece of him.

Development was sacrificed in exchange for the ability to get a title shot and millions of dollars by going on the path of little resistance. Skin color, origin, hype and brutal power did the rest.

In hindsight they may have been smart - once beaten his heart was never really in the game again. Could his team have known or suspected?

 

It isn't the fighters who avoid it's the promoters who see bigger money in the title against Weaver or Holmes taking a chance on a fighter his size who could fight and KO anyone he can corner is not good business......as a former fighter I see what he could do I am a bit Leary of his ability.......Cooney was not sought after until his drinking problems were prominent I didn't say avoided but not sought....the guys who seek fights with guys this dangerous have nothing to lose and everything to gain

 

LOL.

Yes, he would have beaten the '86 Cobb, so what.

That doesn't mean he could beat the elite in the top 10. He picked probably the easiest top 10 guy there was - Eddie Gregg, who really didn't belong in any top 10 because he hadn't beaten anyone of note and had been stopped by Broad. LOL that you have to try to pump up Broad and Gregg to pump up Cooney.

The bottom line is Cooney go two huge, relatively undeserved paydays to get beat up.

He never beat a top 10 contender save arguably Young, who had recently lost twice to OSSIE OCASSIO, Ken Norton, who had drawn with Scott Ledoux and eaked by Tex Cob and Eddie Gregg, who had nothing to warrant a top ranking.

Basically, he never beat a legitimate Top 10 contender who was close to prime.

All these guys can say they did, but not Cooney:

Tate, Snipes, Coetzee, Witherspoon, Page, Dokes, Weaver, Thomas, Tubbs, Berbick.

Maybe Cooney could have beaten some or all of the above. But he got to go straight for the big $$.

I don't blame him or his managers. If you can get the $$ do it.

Now it's true, some of the above got title shots at Holmes without too high of credentials. But, at some point they proved their worth by fighting and beating legitimate top 10 competition

The same can't be said for Cooney.

 

I'm not trying to bust ya balls Rich but it's pretty well known Cooney's team avoided anyone with much of a pulse.

He was drinking and partying post Holmes and there are no contenders on his record until Michael Spinks. The irony there is Spinks ducked Tony Tucker and fought Cooney instead. After this bout Cooney became sober a bit under 12 months later.

It's a pity his dedication and determination never matched his potential, like so many in the early 80's. He had massive power and could have been a damn good heavyweight thru those times.

 

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Tyson doing it and Cooney doing it might be two different things.

When you are a well managed big white heavyweight and have KO power the skies the limit. This is why the contenders (and both champs) were lining up to fight him.

He's doing real well now. He's actually a great guy from all accounts and it's great to see him going good.