Cooney '81 vrs. Liston '62

Cooney would win by KO1 in 81 Liston was way over the hill then Liston takes it easily in 61 I mean really Cooney was just 6 years old... :conf

 

Yeah, I would imagine that spending 11 years 6 feet under would change a man :nut

 

Sonny is overrated on this site...he KO's china chinned Patterson in 1 round in both fights in 1962 and 1963...then as champion...QUITS WHILE SITTING ON HIS STOOL...in 1964...and is
.."ahem"...KO'd by the...'ahem"..."phantom punch" up in Maine in 1965 by Cassius Clay...not much of a resume to be included on the all time list...he had the bully mentality...stand up to him...and you win...

 

Liston wins, but it may take him several rounds to break Cooney down, and he might even take a few big shots along the way.. Sonny by stoppage between rounds 6-8..

 

Liston stops Cooney early. No contest. The Cooney of 1981 was very much a 'work in progress' who was brought along in the most stupid way possible. This resulted in him never reaching his full potential.

 

Yeah, but he'd probably crush Cooney.

 

If there's one fighter when really gets the **** stick in history it's cooney.

I completely understand larry's frustration when asked "do you regret not having a great dance partner" he rightly answers "i did, cooney".

Gerry deserved his spot as number 1 contender as he but a swathe through the gatekeepers of the division in a much easier way than larry himself could have managed.

It is unfortunate that larry was in that era because otherwise cooney would have dominated that era. He was a great contender up against a great champion in a fight that was ultimately great.

After norton and shavers he is easily larry's best victory. Well ahead of spoon, ali, leon and michael.

That being said liston, beats cooney imo as stylistically he has almost every edge. He will pound him from the outside with his ramrod jab and will eventually break cooney down and once he gets inside he'll beat him up.

Don't dismiss the possibility of cooney wiping sonny out with one punch though. The guy was a monster. Even though liston has the edge here there's not one fighter in history with a chin strong enough that they could eat flush shots from cooney.

 

I like how you reply to me like I left an honest but unknowing ****** comment

 

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