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He started boxing when he was twelve years old at the Huntington Athletic Club. You're a failure. Boxing Pro 31 bouts. Dick was an old-time rough-and-tumble detective. Boxing helped me. He has been married to Jennifer since 1994. He succeeded in beating Lee Savolds 1948 record for the fastest knockout during the main event at Madison Square Garden, thereby creating a new record. [10] He fought once more that year and won, but personal problems kept him out of the ring. Gerry was the working-class kid from suburbia who took an afternoon Long Island Railroad train to work every day in Manhattan. NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 28: Retired Boxer Gerry Cooney (R) and wife Jennifer Cooney arrive for the 2015 Garden Of Laughs Comedy Benefit at the Club Bar and Grill at Madison Square Garden on March 28, 2015 in New York City. (Allied Pix for The Patriot-News). Gerry was the working-class kid from suburbia who took an afternoon Long Island Railroad train to work every day in Manhattan. If my son wants a boxing career, I won't stop him, but I definitely won't push him. The education details are not available at this time. All of a sudden I was expressing anger and I was good at it," he says. Feeling slighted by the marketing campaign and the fact that the ring announcer introduces him before his challenger, Holmes drops Cooney in the second round. Fanwood's legendary boxer steps out of the ring for charity events. Age, Height, and Weight Being born on 4 August 1956, Gerry Cooney is 66 years old as of today's date 3rd March 2023. But after I arrived (at the police station) and found out Wesnofske was an ex-police and he didnt show me respect after I showed him my badge, I didnt feel bad anymore.. Tony didn't need to drink to get abusive. Felt Forum, New York City, New York, U.S. Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York, U.S. Roll-O Rama, New York City, New York, U.S. Irish-American former boxer best known for his defeat of ex-champion Ken Norton. "I was never cowering," he said, correcting a visitor on his word choice. Cooney, like his bodyguard in that Harrisburg bar, took it on the chin, instead, never managing to take maximum advantage of his title shots. After his time on Roseanne, Clooney would somehow find his way back to acting in the emergency room in the hit NBC medical drama also called ER (they really didnt think too hard with that one, did they?) During his decade-plus career as a boxer, Gerry made a record of 55 wins and 3 losses as an amateur boxer. Continue to the next page to see Gerry Cooney net worth, estimated salary and earnings.