he really didn't get more opportunities than he deserved, no more really than most other boxers. I agree he was handled too carefully, but he had the potential to beat anyone.
Cooney and Holmes are good friends and there was never any REAL bad blood between the two. That alone debunks the garbage you've spewed in this thread. Cooney had a ton of demons that he's recovered from and he dedicates a large chunk of his life to helping people.... You are just a clown on the internet talking absolute nonsense.
Your defense of him does make me wonder about you though. Are you another spoiled silverspoon who took advantage of others and was given positions in life you never earned? I bet you are boy. Don't tell me about Cooney punk. Btw that's was Cooney is, like you a punk. In Calamity Cooneys case a gutless cherry picking one. Call you LITTLE COONEY unleashing the fury. That's you now.
COONEY WAS ONE BAD ASS MOFO(triple exclamation points). In 65 yrs, EASILY the most ridiculous, historically, absolutely completely wrong sentence EVER written or uttered on any subject involving boxing. COONEY WAS ONE BAD ASS MOFO!!! cooney was 1 badass mofo!!! Wow! Hey I got one. 40 years ago this month, Dan Ackroyd was the star of "NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE"!!!
So let me get this right I don't know him but know him enough to lose a girlfriend to him. Oh yeah THAT makes sense You are some kind of dumbass.