In this corner, heavyweight contender Gerry Cooney and his entourage were taking a break from training camp in Lancaster County. In the opposite one, some off-duty Harrisburg police officers were ...

Next Saturday night, while the sports world fixates on the fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao in Vegas, Gerry Cooney will be climbing into the ring back home in Jersey.

It deals with a great triumph of one man’s life. Last Wednesday, Gerry Cooney came up to my office and, for the first time ever, talked candidly about his confusing life as a professional ...

It is only minutes after Gerry Cooney has finished a light workout in preparation for his ”championship” fight here Monday night against Michael Spinks. Several reporters are waiting to ...

Big, indestructible Joe had been a childhood hero of mine; I certainly knew about Cooney. Gentlemen Gerry stopped Jimmy Young in four, Ron Lyle in one round and Ken Norton in just 54 seconds at a ...

As we anticipate the arrival of the next People`s Champion, either Gerry Cooney or Michael Spinks, we have yet to notice any people preparing a parade. Nor has anyone taken down the names of the ...

Alan Watts, The Way of Zen Back when he was the leading contender for the world heavyweight championship of the world, back in the early 1980s, Gerry Cooney didn't seem hard to fathom. Gerry was ...

well, a fight. Codey, New Jersey's longest serving lawmaker, will step into a boxing ring to spar with former heavyweight contender Gerry Cooney in a charity bout. "Gerry called me, and I was like ...

LARRY Holmes traveled with Gerry Cooney to Albany recently, thinking he’d meet Gov. George Pataki, tell a few boxing stories, shake a few hands and take a few pictures. But Cooney’s objective ...

Gerry Cooney had just lost two points for hitting low, and both Easton's Larry Holmes and the desert heat had combined to sap his strength. Now, as the 10th round began, his manager leaned into ...