Would a younger Gerry Cooney beat Spinks and Foreman

Spinks yes, Foreman no

 

I think he would have a 50/50 chance with Spinks. Still gets KO'd by Foreman, just takes a little longer.

 

Best version of Cooney, wrecks any version of Michael Spinks .
Foreman? Old Foreman would be tactically smarter
and eventually wear him down for the win.
Young Foreman? See Foreman vs Lyle
for insight, a very good possibility Foreman
could walk into something from Cooney
and get put on his ass.
Also Cooney had a very educated left hand, not
just hooks, but jabs and uppercuts too.
Foreman should win, but it could be
a real tough one for him.

 

Are people really favoring prime Cooney over Spinks because of size ? Lol, Spinks beats any version of Cooney, it would just take a bit longer. Cooney has a better chance against that ancient version of Foreman because of how slow and measured he was

 

I'd have given him a decent shot with Spinks. Michael was slippery but not mobile enough to have avoided enough of prime Gerry's power shots.

40 year old Foreman still wins but he'd have been in a battle.

 

Cooney is gonna be a question mark. The ability was there but he never put it together vs the very best.

I wouldn't bet on Cooney beating Foreman. That one would be entertaining but it ends the same way.

Against Spinks I would give Cooney an edge if he had been in his best form.

 

Great thread Ive often thought of this question.

I think he stops Spinks quite brutally but always succumbs to Foreman January 1990

 

If they'd never fought who would you pick? Spinks>Cooney is one of those outcomes people wouldn't pick if it hadn't happened.

 

But it did, we saw it and Spinks played with him. Surely a prime Cooeny does better, but I'm not giving him a realistic chance because styles make fights

 

Cooney was over the hill by then.

I think the Cooney who lost to Holmes stops Spinks.

No version of Cooney beats prime George.

 

Cooney over Spinks
Foreman over Cooney