#40 Gerry Cooney

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Former heavyweight contender Gerry Cooney fought the likes of Ron Lyle, Ken Norton, George Foreman and Michael Spinks but it was his huge showdown with Larry Holmes in a racially charged war in 1982 that he is best remembered for. Cooney was brilliant that night, as he obliterated the naysayers who thought he had not earned his shot, but he was up against a 39-0 legend at the top of his game and Holmes won in the 13th round. Here, Cooney talks about the big fights, the descent into drugs, getting his life back on track and the current heavyweight scene in an exclusive interview with Boxing Life Stories host Tris Dixon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	They say Home is where the heart is, but we say Hull is where the heart is.
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0:29.6	In my... The night I knocked out Ken Norton in one round was the night my career ended.
0:35.0	So it took that big hole, you know, the big hole I have, I grew up with a big hole right here all my life in my chest. The emptiness and
0:45.2	that filled it up and said wow I like that. You know once a cucumber
0:50.9	becomes a pickle can't become a cucumber no more. I became a pickle.
0:57.0	You see my life was falling apart. I probably could have went through all my money, I could been miserable I could have a lot of a lot of problems what a lot worse problems
1:06.0	I have no problems now I got the life I got the greatest life in the world
1:11.0	The thing they miss most is the roar of the crowd and when that goes away it's so
1:17.3	lowering you want to keep bringing it back but unfortunately your skills start their
1:21.8	road you know you can't get away at it get away But unfortunately your skills start their road.
1:23.0	You can't get away from the punches as well as you can.
1:26.0	And you start taking shots you're not supposed to take.
1:29.0	And the other story is that when the ball joints go on your car you change the ball George right?
1:35.0	When it's not going on you you can't change them. So, Hello and welcome to Boxing Life stories with me Trist Dixon.
2:05.2	My guest this week is 1980s heavyweight contender Jerry Cooney and what a guy
2:10.1	Jerry is. He's been in the UK on a speaking tour courtesy of Scott Murray
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