JP Coopman or Richard Dunn - who was worse

Not much to base it on, but I tend to think Dunn was a little better. He went fifteen rounds a time or two, I believe. I think his losses were usually against recognizable names; Coopman has a lot of losses late in his career to bizarrely named guys who sound as if they were Lord of the Rings characters.

Which, btw, I'd pick: Thorin Oakenshield K02 Jean Pierre Coopman

 

Coopman was the weaker of the two. Then again, watch Dunn's blowout against a fired up Bugner.

 

Dunn sure had some funny falls in the Ali fight.

Towards the end Ali was winding up his right in a comical fashion to hit Dunn again when he would get back up.

My father watched the fight with me and got some good laughs from Ali's clowning and Dunn's falls.

As to Dunn and Coopman, who really cares, lol.

 

Coopman was a good heavyweight. Not world-class. But he was a solid pro. He beat Jose Urtain, Neville Meade and Terry Daniels.

There's video of Coopman in his 50s fighting against another 50ish Belgian light heavyweight, and Coopman looks good. He's got a solid defense. He throws a lot of shots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eR9IBIZiO8

He was a professional fighter. He just wasn't the best heavyweight in the world by far. And when he fought the best heavyweight, in Ali, he lost badly.

If Dunn and Coopman had been matched, I'd have taken Coopman.

 

Dunn

 

Alfredo Evangelista was a pretty good heavyweight, too. He was just rushed. He'd only been a pro for a year and a half when they threw him in with Ali.

 

Both ****. Coopman drinking champaign between rounds was something from the twilight zone.

 

Coopman.

 

I saw both Richard Dunn and Jean Pierre Coopman fight Muhammad Ali on network television. Based on what I saw, I liked Dunn far than Coopman.

George Biddles, Dunn's manager, had one interesting career in boxing. Can you believe that Biddles managed both Len Wickwar (470 known bouts, the most for any professional boxer) and George Marsden (334 known bouts) during the same period of time?

- Chuck Johnston

 

Coopman's worse in both resume and h2h, was Ali's worst defense and one of the 5 worst title defenses for any HW titlist ever, including some of the modern era paper champs like Chagaev who had some atrocious defenses.

 

I'm pretty sure I've read a quote by Ali where he said that Coopman was the worst fighter he faced as a pro.

 

Coopman and Dunn could have had an eliminator...the winner fights Jack Bodell.