Gerry Cooney Vs Ken Norton 1981
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- Опубликовано: 6 ноя 2010
- Gerry Cooney (24-0-0-21 KO's) est considérer comme le grand espoir blanc de l'époque,et il renforce les croyances en 1981 lorsqu'il affronte l'ancien champion du monde Ken Norton (42-6-1-33 KO's) au Madison Square Garden qu'il met KO au 1er Round.(violent KO)
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A sad end to a glorious career. You're still up there among the greatests Ken Norton.
Sadly, it was the end of Cooney's career also. His last big win. He did nothing after this losing to Holmes, Spinks, and Foreman.
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He fought Holmes well, and 40 yr. old George Foreman was a beast.
Ken Norton cannot be one of the greats he never won the championship
@@coryburns9161 He is definitely one of toughest boxers of the 1970s.
@@mriyefa2196 no doubt he definitely was I don't know if I would go as far as calling him a great a top contender for sure from the 70s and 80s
Totally agree with you, in this fight he was about 4 lethal punches late, Norton could easily have died on that night.
NORTON ..was not down ..but i agree ,,the referee should have stepped in ...but boxing is a brutal sport ,, but back than ,,rules were ,..different ,,,today ,,omg ..one hit the stop the fight
Its the same ref that let Mercer keep hitting Morrison on the ropes.
@@Charismaniac Yeah the most dangerous, inept, incompetent , nasty, arrogant big fight ref Tony Perez.
@@frankromano9064criminal sadist
@@Charismaniac SO WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY, YOU TRYING TO TURN THIS FIGHT INTO SOMETHING RACIAL, WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER?
Cooney: **lands six clean KO hooks in a row**
Norton: **comatose in corner for several minutes**
Ray Leonard: "I think he has a concussion."
"Ya really think so, Ray?"
Norton is strange. The way he would t off on Ali he never does with anyone else.☺ He got rocked from punch one.
@@warrendoris9669 right you are
@@warrendoris9669, The problem with viewing these old fights is you have to take in to context where these fighters were during this stage of their careers. Ken Norton fought Muhammad Ali twice in 1973 and again in 1976. He was in his absolute prime when he had his fights with Ali. Muhammad Ali was still very good but still not the Ali of the mid to late 60's. Ken's last hurrah was his classic fight with Larry Holmes in June of 1978. Ken wasn't the same after that battle with Holmes. He had a nice win over Randy Stephens then he was iced in 1 round by Earnie Shavers. He fought Scott LeDoux to a draw after that and he was virtually stopped by LeDoux as he was hanging over the ropes about to be stopped as the final bell went off. He had managed to win a spilt decision over Randall Tex Cobb before being KO'd by Cooney. He had a history of struggling with big punchers like Foreman, Shavers & Cooney. He was just past his prime and Cooney was up and coming. Gerry had KO 'd veterans Jimmy Young and Ron Lyle leading up to this fight. This is what Happens in Boxing when you stay around too long, it's called Matchmaking and these promoters will feed veteran fighters who still have a name to these young Lions.
@@curtismcneil8695 Great info!!
This was Norton's last major fight, he recognized he was past his prime and retired. Good fighter.
I don’t think he recognized much of anything after that fight. 😂
In 1981, Norton was way past his best. This fight should have never happened!!
@@santhanaraj5863 Kenny Norton was 35 or 36 in this right?
@Smudgeroon74 Ken Norton was already 36 when he fought Gery Cooney, way past his prime years!! Norton was a great fighter, and many people believed he was robbed of victory in his third fight with Ali !!
@@santhanaraj5863Usyk is 36 and is he past his prime?
This one is brutal. I think there are five punches in the end, that Norton don't even brace himself for. You can be hit clean on your chin, right on the button, but you still absorb some of the force simply by bracing yourself for impact - Unless you don't see the punch, which often leads to the most spectacular KO's.
Anyway, back to this fight. At 3.30 Norton is caught by a Cooney uppercut, as he leans forward to avoid the hooks. At this point Norton is knocked out, his senses are gone. But he is somehow held up by the turnbuckle, so Cooney is able to land a further FIVE full leverage hooks, right on the chin, before the referee finally steps in.
Thank god nothing happened to Norton that night. There are plenty of footage of fighters dying in the ring, and this was not unlike that.
Cooney is a piece of shit and a coward in my book , he could've killed the man but he kept on punching away. you just don't do this when a man is helpless . shame , shame on him
That was scary..... can’t imagine receiving punches like that.
I was a Phoenix Police Officer. My partner and I got to watch him spar & workout. I am 6'2" and 215-220. I felt small. His hands are huge. He was very kind. Norton said Gerry hit him harder than anyone he fought. Too bad he didn't win the title. He is a classy man & hit like few people ever have.
George Foreman said the same thing about Cooney. Said he was the hardest puncher he ever fought. He said that's why he went for the KO so early on the fight, because he didn't know how much more of his punches he could take.
@@mrmoofle George said Cooney’s Punch Vibrated through him.
Norton was declared a title holder by the WBC IN 1978.
Nice anecdote, by all accounts he was a fighter that truly deserved to be heavyweight champion
@@Smudgeroon74 No he wasn't! He had a gift shot at Spinks title and threw it away, No Discipline, he broke curfew training and spent nights in a local gin mill. He was in no shape to fight anyone especially spinks. He will be first to tell you his alcohol addiction destroyed a promising career.
That was Gerry's best career win. I remember this fight and thought Ken Norton would Knock him out.
Ken Norton was considered good because he beat Ali but in reality he was overrated and if you don’t think so just watch this fight .!!!!! Cooney damn near killed him .!!!!!!
@@Toesucker26 Ken Norton was 1000 years old when he fought Cooney. Dude's a legend, get real!
@@truebeliever786 he was 35 years old, a good age
@@Toesucker26 he was past his prime fool..
@@damonwimbley9798 sounds like you got your feelings hurt 😢 you must be a fan of Norton.??? facts his biggest win was over the goat ALI other than that he got his ass kicked all over the boxing ring and that’s a fact .!!!!!! educate yourself before you call someone who’s CLEARLY more intelligent than you.?????? You sound like a Hershey highway type of guy chocolate speedway.!!!!!!
Gerry Cooney was a beast! That left hook to the body and head was devastating
Yea to an opponent already down and out . Cooney could Easily have Killed Norton. Ref was asleep....
When i see how nasty he was, he deserve Holmes's and Foreman's...
I’ve always been a big fan of boxing, but when you see a blokes head being rattled like that when he’s clearly out on his feet gives me the chills.
The second time Norton almost got killed in the ring because the ref fucked up and didn't stop it much earlier. The 1st was the Foreman fight.
Exactly, there were at least 2 punches too many, where clearly Norton was done
George Foreman said it was this clip and one punch to his own jaw by Cooney in their fight -- that convinced him Cooney was his "brother" in power punches. He knew when he met Cooney he had to take Gerry out or risk getting KO'd himself. George also admitted that Cooney was one of the hardest punchers he ever faced.
I admire George's honesty. Cooney was no push-over. He lost only 3 times to top-ranked fighters. (Holmes, Spinks & Foreman).
Yeah, but those were really the only top-tier fighters he ever faced.
Would've been interesting the result between George Foreman and Earnie Shavers, they never fought though...
@@CLC407 I thought Cooney fought and beat Michael Dokes? I could be wrong here
@@Smudgeroon74 he never fought Dokes, but he KOed Norton and Lyle in the first round, and Jimmy Young in the 4th. Those guys were all past their prime when he'd fought them, but they were top contenders in the 70s
Foreman and Holmes were understandable, he really had no business losing to Spinks though.
Shame to see Norton go out like this, but he was over the hill by then. Cooney looked awesome here. Too bad his heart just wasn't in the fight game.
Back when I could name a boxer.
Exactly
Ok boomer.
@@doublem1975x Hilarious and original.
@@doublem1975x *xoomer
@@doublem1975x how's your boy, what's his name... he's an "Influencer", got a twin brother or some sh t..
One of the most viscous knockouts ever. Right up there with Foreman’s knockout of Gerry Cooney
Ray mercer Tommy Morrison as bad as it gets. Couldn't fall down because he was caught on ropes mercer wailed away.
@@vanceharkema5131I'll do ya one better... Razor Ruddock's KO of Dokes was more brutal than both mercer and cooneys.. i truly felt bad for dokes when i saw that one.
@@vanceharkema5131Ray vs Morrison was a murder it shouldnt have happen😭
you can work out when your young in your 20's but after you hit 30 you start to slow down no matter how much you work out,the key is your diet when you eat meat and other unnatural foods it will take its toll on your body only fruits and veggies keep your blood clean NOBODY can break the laws of nature not not suffer i don't give a fuck who you are we all have the same blood and organs, Gods HATES flesh eaters and i can prove it in the Bible!
I would have to agree with the Mercer / Morrison fight being the most vicious knockout. He lived up to his ring name of "Merciless Ray Mercer" that day.
just a devastating ko,glad norton was ok after this fight..
Ummm...Norton was hardly ok after this fight. He accumulated some severe brain trauma no doubt after that onslaught from Cooney. Ever hear him talk in his later years? Definitely not ok.
@@Screencappedhats Brain trauma is inherent part of the sport.
@@Screencappedhats Norton didn't have apparent effects from boxing----was acting, doing commentary, etc. He got into a nearly fatal car accident and had head injuries. That was why he had neurological issues, problems speaking, etc.
@@funktron4 Well, we can also think that getting knock down like that by Foreman shavers and Cooney didn't help Kenny to feel fine neither at the end of his boxing career...
@@emzid5105 the most devastating ko was again Cooney
That was the scariest knockout I have ever saw in boxing I was afraid Ken got hurt really bad I was praying for HIM MR WELSH
As scary as the Tyson - Marvis Frazier knockkout.
It's like the Morrison knockout
That ref was almost an accomplice to murder.
Don't ever watch the Jack Dempsey-Jess Willard fight.
Yeah, didn't care about the life of Ken Norton
I liked the way Cooney, when trapped in the corner by Norton, turned him around and put Norton in the corner with his back against the ropes---lights out---
That's what he deserves, Norton used a snaky technique that drags his leg in his fight unfortunately Ali didn't figure it out
Norton was a mediocre fighter at best other than the first Ali fight he never von over any substantial fighter
Redshift313 you obviously have no knowledge of boxing whatsoever
Ken beat Cassius Clay...that makes him a very good fighter.
@@kenbecht6892 always liked Ken Norton might have been age difference.
I can't get this knockout image out of my mind. This KO was so brutal, I've never forgotten since seeing it as a young boy.
Right 🤦🏾♂️ I seen that highlight as a kid!! It was the worse beating I had ever seen up to that time!! That idiot ref was going to let him get killed in there
The ghosts of Earnie Shavers and George Foreman were probably spooking Norton.
Ken Norton was actually 37.5 years old here. He was born August 9, 1943. This fight took place on May 11, 1981.
35 years old
@@shpejtimavdyli5199 was he born in 1945?
Didn't matter what age Norton was. If he fought a big puncher it was a done deal. If he fought a boxer he'd give them hell all night. Still a great fighter though, black Hercules.
3 : 02 ; Norton is already shocked by the power of Cooney`s left hook. He took it
on the arm, but the damage was done.
Poor Ken could never stand a heavy hitter
Yeah, it looked like Foreman would kill him, but this was even worse.
I think he was already slowed down in 1978 when he fought Holmes, but he really got very old and slow very rapidly after that making him a sitting duck against big punchers like Shavers and Cooney. Even though he always had problems with big punchers, I give him a much better chance against these two opponents if it was a 1975 Norton.
Maybe, but a hard hitting Foreman dropped him in the second round. I really don't think it would have been much different.
Yeah ...The outcome would have been a lot different with a much younger, Norton!! He was among the top heavyweight boxers of all time!!
@@santhanaraj5863 No, no he wasn't.
@@santhanaraj5863Ken Norton, one of the top heavyweight boxers of all time 😂😂😂
@joe1972 Norton was a technical fighter !! Besides Frazier, nobody gave Ali so much trouble like Norton did, and even Ali admitted this !! Most boxing fans still believe Norton was clearly robbed in that third fight !! Though Ali got the "decision," ... Norton clearly won it !!
Dude kens face is in pure awe. You can see “what the fuck just happened” written all over his face
In a recent Ring magazine article Cooney admitted that his boxing career stagnated due to his managers hating each other and Cooney's refusal to sell out to Don King. The inactivity meant not fighting the best young talent, ring rust and periods of heavy drinking.
Folks gotta remember, Cooney was a helluva puncher! According to George Foreman, one the top five hardest hitters in heavyweight history
The tale of the tape gives Norton's age as 35. A few who have posted here say 38. In reality, Norton was 37 years old at the time of this fight. Not a guess - that is fact.
This win got Cooney a fight with Holmes. He wasnt ready for Holmes, but he fought Holmes pretty tough.
Holmes was at the top of the premier league at that time. Cooney was in mid table.
No he didn't. Holmes beat his a** for 13 rounds. I don't know why people credit Cooney for that. A lot of fighters managed to last into the late rounds with Holmes because he was not a heavy puncher but he wore down his opponents. Other than the low blows Cooney barely landed a punch on Holmes during that fight.
@@mburns9092 That's right. Besides Cooney was a fighter from the Bunch in other words a Bump.
@@mburns9092 But the low blows were pretty effective. Cooney looked like he was in the fight until the end.
@@mburns9092 Holmes said in an interview himself that Cooney hurt him badly (other than the low blows), but he just didn’t know it
Cooney was a monster; and he never reached his full potential; 13 month layoff before Holmes fight did him in though !!
Tim Klein you’re so right. In that 13 month layoff he didn’t have the two fights that would have given him greater experience. Furthermore, he was drinking heavily and taking recreational drugs. Cooney has said as much in a recent interview. Cooney is a good man and had everything to become a world champion. Bad management was not helpful to him either.
Holmes was off six or seven months since his previous fight. I don't know that six more months would have made that much difference either way.
@@vantheman1238. 100%. Agreed. If jerry was looked aftrr better he could av won a belt. Great guy an his storys are superb.
@@vantheman1238 Are you serious? I had never heard that before, which doesn't mean anything. But where you get that info?
Gerry probably would have been better served to ho after Mike Weaver first. He had originally signed to fight Weaver first but it never materialized. I think he could have won against Weaver because Mike was a notorious slow starter. Larry Holmes was a dominant World Champion who always fought with a chip on his shoulder. Larry would fight to the death to keep his title. Gerry fought his ass off against Holmes and in my opinion could have beaten any other Heavyweight on that night. He should have been back in the ring within 3 to 6 months after the Holmes fight. Instead it was over 2 years and would end up being 7 total rounds in 5 years before he fought Michael Spinks and almost 2 more years before he squared off with George Foreman. Just way too much inactivity and he just beat himself up to much after the Holmes fight. He fought a good fight that night but in his mind he felt he let alot of people down. That's what can happen when you start listening to people and reading your on press clippings of everyone telling you how great you are and that you are supposed to win. The weight of it all really just messed with his head. He should have been proud of his performance against one of the all time great Champions who when he fought Larry, Larry was at his absolute best. A lesser Larry Holmes wouldn't have won on that night. Gerry had nothing to be ashamed of. He allowed that one fight to define him and it should have been just the beginning.
After that brutal win over Norton It seemed like Cooney was invincible and was on his way to becoming a dominate force in the heavyweight division.. But sadly for Cooney it was all downhill after the Norton fight.... He never got his act together after his loss to Larry Holmes and quit boxing for several years only to make a few comebacks that ended in disaster for him against Micheal Spinks and Gorge Foreman..
Cooney was a limited fighter but man, could he throw. A 6'6" guy who could really sit down on his power shots equals devestating power.
Cooney throws shots like Prime Foreman,a wide stance getting full leverage into his hooks. Reminds me of when George had Frazier in the corner.
@@joshuatree5620 I tend to think of Foreman as more of a arm puncher. he was so freaking strong, which such massive hands, that he could do all that damage with his arms. Cooney as such an anomaly. Never saw someone that tall, get that much knee bend (sitting on punches) to generate force. In this regards, I would saw Tyson was a more valid comparison. Of course, Cooney had no jab, no defensive movement, and a questionable chin, so the comparison with Tyson ends with his leverage generation.
I always liked Ken Norton.Im just glad that nothin further was done to him.He always gave it his best in the ring but he was certainly overmatch by Cooney who was up and coming
@@bauerj3398 Cooney jabbed very well against Holmes when he chose to, have you even watched his fight with Holmes ?
That MSG mic was ridiculous lol
Ken Norton should never have taken this fight,he almost lost his life from the barrage of sledge hammer blows to the head just before the Ref Tony Perezstopped the slaughter..
I don't know WTF the ref was doing instead of stopping the damn fight. And to think Perez at one time was supposed to be a good ref.
Tony Perez, terrible ref!
He was awfull in the ali vs frazier 2 fight aswell!
@Doc Vega he failed in his main duty in this fight.
i remember watching this fight; i recall being scared for Cooney, i thought Norton was going to put a beating on him...Man, oh man, was i wrong. Anytime i get blood-thirsty for a "beautiful/ hurting" i watch this one...thanks for the upload
Cooney looked amazing here. His punching speed was much better than when he fought holmes.
@Iceman 23 Cooney was too worried about pacing himself against Holmes. His only chance of victory was to step on the gas as soon as the opening bell sounded.
he shouuld[ve DESTROYED LARRY, but somehow, he didnt use his skills and larry ran a lot. Props to JERRY EITHER WAY.
Against Holmes, Cooney looked almost skinny. He's much more muscled and in shape here.
@@gerardusch Coon should've kayo'd John holmes err larry holmes...smothered that gimp early and 💥WHAM, IMO. then again that's just me-a guy with lightening hand-spped.
Quicker than Shavers lol..hell it took Foreman 2 rounds
He FUCKED foreman up w/ 1 punch before gettin stopped
Foreman fought Norton 7 years earlier.
@@thespy7795 so..Norton always went down against power punchers..cooney was faster than Foreman and Shavers..so stop hating because he is a white boxer. .Cooney could punch. Had one of the best left hooks in the heavyweight division. So fuck yourself rookie.👍
@@coryanthony5134 Let's not get too salty now. IMO this is cooney at his quickest, I wish he'd been like this in his later fights he'd have owned, that left to the body was immense. Foreman also said he was the hardest hitter he'd been hit by. That's something
@@Pauly421 . Larry Holmes also said Gerry Cooney hit very hard.
Brutal knockout....4 clean shots after Norton already out on his feet. Good beating
Cooney for sure was a beast. Imagine if he hadn't been an alcoholic. His first fight sober, was when he came out of retirement to fight Foreman. Crazy to think about.
Great hammering he gave Norton here!
Yeah, I didn't know that at the time and thought he would KO Spinks. Spinks was a light heavy and with cooney's punching power? He trained up in Vernon NJ and went out boozing every night. He blew a golden opportunity. He must regret that every day.
Ken Norton was a classic fighter and all round good guy, Cooney could have been great if his heart was in boxing
@Doc Vega You dickhead. His style was very classic and very unique, he had Ali's number.
Doc Vega We’ll he arguably beat Ali 3 times. Have you never heard of an awkward style?
Doc Vega Butt plug? Are you 10? Any way he clearly beat Ali the first and third time the 2nd could have gone either way but I still gave it to Norton
Doc Vega Ali was eating all types of combos to😴
Gerry was a gentleman
That's the most brutal knockout of Norton, ever.
Norton: Where am I? Cooney give Norton brain damage.
George Foreman is quoted as saying Gerry Cooney was the hardest puncher he faced
Except for Foreman, no one hit as hard as Cooney. Not Tyson, Not Evander, Not Lewis, Not Ali.
@@richbrake9910 No, Shavers is known by all fighters as the hardest puncher ever.
@@richbrake9910 .... Shavers, Sonny Liston, Mike Tyson, Cooney, and Foreman were in my opinion the hardest hitters in the heavyweight division in my lifetime.
@DieSlow Hero I know they've all hit hard but George Foreman was quoted as saying that about Jerry Cooney but it was only his left I believe
@DieSlow Hero here's the interview with George Foreman but he never fought Ernie shaver so who knows maybe any shave is hit the hardest I know he hit very hard
ruclips.net/video/JmG_gR576EA/видео.html
Norton was always in trouble against a fast starter. He had to kind of ease his way into the bout, and Cooney kind of did the same thing to him as George Foreman did.
And Earnie Shavers blasted Norton out in the first round.
Was the 80’s the best decade for boxing?! A decade that gave us the Hagler, Hearns & Leonard epics and Tyson.
RIP DAD…. I miss U
God Damn! That was a good old fashioned mugging.
It's a wonder Norton didnt die or be a vegetable the rest of his life
Ken Norton was a perfect example of the old saying that "Styles make fights." Good heavyweights who could punch to the body with power hammered Norton to the canvas in short order. George Foreman flattened Norton in less than two rounds. Ernie Shavers crushed him at 1:58 of round one. Cooney left Norton wide-eyed and crumpled in a corner after 54 seconds. However, there were fighters who were bothered by Norton's unorthodox style. Muhammad Ali never figured out a way to dominate Norton, and people argue about Norton's three fights with Ali to this day.
Whoa. Could have called it earlier. Norton wasn't even conscious for the last two hits. Brutal.
Gerry Cooney is top 5 hardest hitters of all-time, hands down.
You base this on 2 Knockouts of 2 washed up Heavyweight Fighters ? I can name at least 5 who hit harder and had more success in the Ring. Sonny Liston, Smokin Joe, George Foreman, Mike Tyson, Obviously Holmes who beat him, Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey and Max Baer who killed 2 guys in the ring That's 9.
Definitely not.
Gerry Cooney should've fought Mike Weaver instead of Larry Holmes!
I agree. Mike Weaver should have been his tuneup fight prior to the Holmes fight. Cooney would have won Weaver's WBA Title and then the Holmes vs. Cooney fight would have been a WBA/WBC Unification Match.
@@matthewmerritt7966
Cooney would've smashed Weaver within the 1st Round.
Weaver was Taylor made for Cooney.
@@matthewmerritt7966 Wasn't worth the risk. Cooney gets caught with a shot by Black Hercules and his eight figure payday vaporizes. The $$$ was too big. If he had only been offered say, $1 million for the Holmes fight, okay. But $10 million? He had to take that fight. And to his credit, gave a good account of himself against a near his peak Holmes.
Oh God he took some braim damaging shots wouldnt want Perez to be be my ref
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424Cooney would've mopped the floor with Weaver. Weaver was Taylor made for Cooney and then Holmes would take Cooney down.
George Foreman said on RUclips that Gerry Cooney and Ron Lyle were the hardest hitting boxers he ever felt that rocked him!! In this fight two rounds Cooney wasted no time to KO Norton. I was very surprised!!
Can't believe the ref stopped that. Should have left them to it.
Max Baer in his prime and Cooney would have been a great contest
Cooney would have DESTRYOED Max Baer.
@Paul Kryder Gerry Cooney vs Tex Cobb
@@jasonkessler7321 I don’t know about that. Cooney didn’t have a good chin and Baer hit really hard.
This and the Foreman fight were where Norton accumulated most of his brain damage I'm sure.
Agreed. The ref should have stepped in earlier.
screencapped Actually Norton accumulated most of his brain damage after a pretty severe car accident on the mid-80s long after this fight. By all accounts it was a miracle he survived since some reports suggested some of his brains were actually outside of his head.
Not really. Ken was not punch drunk. He was doing commentary for boxing at The LA Forum. One night , on the way there he had a car accident. He was in coma for a while but made it. I met him early 1990's. I told him Duane Bobick said hello. He smiled and got the joke. He also said Duane didn't like me.
@@Odawg96 Yes, he was on his way to the LA Forum to do color commentary for Prime Ticket . He used to own Gold's Gym in Lake Forest California .
@@joeygonzo who is Duane Bobick?
3:35 look at Norton’s face 😮
Cooney looked like he was trying to kill Norton at the end.
Cooney had devastating power, but Norton was 38 yrs old at this time, and finished as a fighter.
Ken Norton got into a car accident in 1986. Boxing had nothing to do with his health problems.
You don't know that.
This KO seems even worse if you think about the fact that George Foreman said, Cooney was amongst the 3 hardest punchers he ever had to fight. It's a miracle Ken did not suffer permanent damage from the last 3 hits! Well, in fact he probably DID.
I remember my father had a bunch of friends over for this fight and it was over in 54 seconds this became the norm a few years later when Tyson became the champ
Yep, also look at sonny Liston's record of fights going 3 or less rounds.
Gerry Cooney was a beast who struck fear into the heart of every boxer he faced.
Like when Larry Holmes beat the s*** out of him
@@ronjenkins1455 good one
Cooney had legit power, but let's not go too far. You really think he struck fear into the heart of George Foreman, who crumpled Cooney in the ring?
@@pnutbutrncrackers Yes, even Foreman said it, he was one of the hardest puncher that he faced
@@ronjenkins1455 So?
Disgusting refereeing!!
Tony Perez was a very good referee.
@@darbyheavey406Perez was horrible 😂
Same guy that refereed Mercer-Morrison, go figure.
@@Taylor.Dude.spot on.
Damn referee was 3 punches late. Norton was lucky to have lived thru that.
That was a real headbanger!
I hope y’all appreciate Michael Buffer.
Norton.wasnt good when going in reverse long past his prime
Well think about it dyonte wilder is 35,,,and people consider him in his prime
THOSE LAST 5 PUNCHES COULD HAVE KILLED HIM!
I DONT KNOW HOW HE SURVIVED THAT?!
Psycho
I like , ken Norton but I seen in this fight live with my dad iwas rooting for Cooney. Yes, because I'm Irish-american.
But mad respect for norton
Maybe some will disagree but i think Cooney bears some responsibility for those extra punches. I understand you keep fighting till the ref stops you but it's pretty damn clear that you are punching a man that's already knocked out.
Bullshit! Ken Norton sure didn't mind dishing it out when he was knocking people out!
@@docvega5465 I hear you, and I don't doubt you are right. I'm trying to make a nuanced point. I bet later Ken regrets extra punches as I bet Cooney does too.
You've done your job, you won, you broke the other man. Now you are kicking a dead horse. While totally justified in the rules, and i'm not judging a younger man in the heat of battle fighting until stopped. I get it. More saying that the vast majority of the future versions of the boxers looking back aren't proud of those moments and wish they had stopped.
Yeah I hear yuh. I watched Ken Norton cussing out Ali during the third match and screaming "I own you at him," he was bound to earn some Karma and he did. When Ken Norton almost killed himself in a car wreck guess who was the first at his hospital room? Ali
If it had been the other way around I'm sure Norton would have done the same thing too
If it's anyone's fault its' the state athletic commission for not performing an honest boxing physical and validating his correct age before sanctioning this fight.
Absolutely brutal...Cooney was crude but hit like a sledgehammer Norton was doomed from the outset...he did not look comfortable going into the ring, and couldn’t even eyeball Cooney
I think Cooney used to avoid eye contact and instead would look at the opponent's midsection and size it up as the target for his left hook.
A lot of people thought that Kenny Norton should have considered retirement when he fought into a draw with Scott Ledoux.
Norton faces big puncher...Norton gets knocked out. It happened many times.
norton was totally robbed - damn referee stopped the fight way too soon -
If he didn't stop it Norton's head would have been punched down to a bloody stump.
@@scrapplepig I didn’t think about that. Good point
Referee let Norton take absolutely four unnecessary blows where he should have stopped the fight, shame on him.
The Referee is Tony Perez. He stopped Ali from kayoing Joe Frazier in the 2nd round of their second fight because he thought he heard the bell and ended the round prematurely.
I think the ref went out for a smoke.
Was he old enuff to smok
He should have went out longer. Norton was still not down.
@@XX-eh2ke what was the turning point of the fight for Norton?
Perez is a horrible ref. This was not Conney's fault. Second he needed a lot more experience (and a stronger
lower body for more mobility) Cooney that is. He appeared to be stronger in his lower body in this fight because he bent
at the knees to come forward instead of standing straight up. Norton with his experience should have not stood still
especially in the corner. But that's the thing with Cooney's punches. He can paralyze you with one clean (or otherwise)
shot.
Norton lucky to be alive.
If Jerry had a trainer like Emanuel Stewart or Cus D’Amato
He would have been one of the greatest of all time
Gerry Cooney looked great vs an over-the-hill Ken Norton but when he had to fight a real heavyweight in Larry Holmes he was exposed as a flash in the pan here today gone tomorrow. He was knocked-out by Michael Spinks and George Foreman. He was a monster on this night at MSG.
They should have stopped that earlier. Cooney should be ashamed hitting a guy when he was down
Stop posting , you’re black and that is why you keep saying the same shit
Clint Dolomite I’m white
mike force you should be ashamed to have wrote that
Norton had the perfect style to stymie Ali but against power punchers he was vulnerable.
Same could be said for Frazier. He was tough on ali but his style coming at you was tailor made for Foreman. I actually think Joe was a better fighter than Foreman against other Fighters. He beat Ali and gave him 2 more tough fights whereas Foreman was an easy Ali KO. They both stopped Chuvalo but Joes win was more devastating, Also Joe fought more top rated fighters on the way to the title like Bonavena, Machen, Doug Jones, Tony Doyle, Jerry quarry, and buster Mathis. Take a look at the records of the guys George fought, His best opponent before fighting Joe was Gregorio Peralta who went the distance with George and some say won the fight,
A pawing right hand to start it-Cooney's power was scary
It was. George Foreman said : "The power of Cooney`s hook`s shocked
me,....I never want to face such power again." And he meant it.
the ref stopped this too soon
i think the fight should have continued - norton would've rallied back
Are you insane? You must be joking.
norton was ready to jump back in -
blueinfinite Agreed. I think Norton was playing possum. F*inf ref stepped in just as Norton was gettin ready to unleash
The ref did the right thing. Norton was in a daze. It was over. Why do so many people put Cooney down all the time? He might not have been the best boxer of all time, but Cooney was a great fighter.
Screaming Dean he was joking lol
fight was stopped too soon,,norton was still on his feet,,he was resting on lower strand trying collect himself
What?? Norton was almost unconcious and totall unable to defend himself when the fight was stopped. Take a look at his glazed eyes. This was almost a murder in the Ring.
Gerry Cooney was the White 'Razor' Ruddock.
Or, 'Razor' Ruddock was the Black Gerry Cooney.
Both were one-dimensional fighters, who only had one punch.
Well said !
Norton beat up.on jerry quarry and was talking bad about his wife another jerry came along and ckeaned his coo koo clock lol
Norton beat Quarry in 1975, by 81 he was totally shot. Bad analogy.
Lol jud! Norton kicked quarry’s ass all over the ring that fight. Comprehensive ass kicking.
iamtman1
Quarry was way past his prime in 1975 ....
iamtman1
You sound like a spook
Yes, Norton said he wanted to punish Quarry because he said he was racist...Well another Irishman named Jerry got even for him. This was a slaughter. Norton always froze up against big punchers.
Norton was NOT a great fighter,he was over rated his entire carrer!!!
Ended too soon. I wanted to see Cooney get completely loose and then take Norro8 Iout in the 3rd or 4th. But he had other ideas and took care of business reasonably quickly.
I remember this too well...this one hurt. From all accounts, Ken Norton was a good man.
Norton was way past his prime when he fought Cooney
yes norton was wayy past his prime. that's y he retire after this fight
@Brandon V prime is not an age...its how long you been in the game. and all the punishment you take..
norton would have easily beaten that trash cooney
@Brandon V u make no sense. you saw what Larry Holmes did to cooney right???? that's exactly what a prime norton wouldve done
The ref should have stopped it earlier. Stupid Cooney has no class to keep hitting a knocked-out guy.
That's the difference between a guy like Ali, and even Holmes, and Cooney. It's just barbaric what he did. Yes, a fighter is supposed to keep going until it's called, but, really, isn't part of him human?
I hate Ken Norton with a passion, but even I can't stand to watch such brutality. The worst part is, this ass Perez let Cooney butcher Jimmy Young for way too long in a previous fight. What is wrong with this guy? Why was he even allowed to ref again?
@@TA152H01 the fight game is that way you have to keep going until the ref calls it the guy could be playing possum you have to keep going Cooney did nothing wrong
You are a dumb fuck ! You think a fighter can turn it off on a dime , especially with the fight still in the first minute ! His adrenaline is off the charts
Everyone watching has all the answers as to what he should have, or could have, done... Until you yourself are in a fight, you don't get it. Boxing is serious business. If Cooney eases up, Norton could lash out with a bomb of his own and then everyone would be saying, "why didn't Cooney finish him when he had the chance!"....
Same thing happened with Morrison - Mercer!!
Cooner was 24 here wow looks like a grown ass man with 4 kids.
Norton always said that Cooney was the hardest puncher he faced
Hardest Left Hook in History.
Lol, says a white boy