Gerry Cooney wrecks Eddie Gregg

Cooney was great at taking out guys of that level. I like the aggressiveness but he never could put it all together when he fought top competition. There is no excuse for the inactive streaks he went though. None. He was a complete waste of talent.

 

I watched Cooney wreck guys year after year in the N.Y. Golden Gloves with that left hook. Same height -- 160 pounds -- like fightin' a length-a-pipe.

 

Cooney still had broad shoulders and some bulk on his upper body when he fought "Gregg and Spinks" in 1986 and 1987, but Cooney appeared gaunt like a rail when he weighed a good 231 pounds for Foreman in 1990..... Cooney was in shape to run / jog and skip rope and, hit the bags in the gym under Gil Clancy's watch, but Cooney's body lacked solid muscle tone by 1990..... He looked weak and shaky when Foreman dusted him....... WORD!

MR.BILL

 

John I have two of his Golden Gloves fights on DVD and you are right even as a teenager Cooney already had that hook to the head and body and in one of the fights he about takes this kids head off he spins around before he hits the ground.

 

Even an over-the-hill Cooney could wreck anyone he could hit. Cooney's problem, by 1986, is that he needed a stationary target to hit. Cooney's timing was gone but the power was still abundant.

 

Well, the reason they turned down fights was largely because Gerry didn't seem to want to train or fight at all, esp. after the Holmes fight.