I was always more impressed by Coetzee than Cooney as a total package, especially in the more efficient way he delivered his payload punches. I think he could take it, for a while, anyway, better than Cooney. I believe the right would land before the left, with Coetzee winning by ko in 2 or 3.
BIG DEE HERE= One, Cooney wasn`t 42 yrs old like Coetzee as Cooney was only 30 yrs old two months short of 31 and he hadn`t been retired for 10 yrs. Weaver had to hammer Coetzee into the canvas over a 13 rds of a stinking war. Cooney never fought anyone like Coetzee did as he fought his way to a title shot unlike Cooney who fought dead bodies to get his shot. Coetzee fought the guys that the great Larry Holmes ducked and you can say what the hell you want but I was there in that time period. Hell I even trained in the same gym as Weaver in Long Beach, Ca.
DEE, Cooney had fought 86 seconds in 2 1/2 years and just 6 rounds in the 2 1/2 prior to that again. It's well known he was heavily into drugs and booze post Holmes and quite fukked up. You can't seriously hold that version of Cooney up as valid prime or even for comparison purposes. You do know Coetzee was just 30 (same age as Cooney vs Spinks almost to a day) when Bruno brutally ko'ed hiim in a single round? He beat Tillis solidly the fight before. Looking at the Bruno KO perhaps we might assume Cooney would have a good chance doing the same given his even more extreme power? Weaver - Coetzee was indeed a great fight and great effort. Agreed Coetzee's opposition is much above Cooney's. Tho he lost to some it is the one area that can be held up as decent support for him beating Cooney. Coetzee did indeed fight two people Holmes skirted, Page and Thomas. Admittedly Thomas wasn't quite at the stage of being talked of as a challenge for Larry, but heck, the Coetzee draw put him FULLY into the picture and he had a great little run thereafter. Feel free to tell us about training in the same gym as Weaver, that's awesome mate. Such insights are always very appreciated by us guys over here. It doesn't come much better.