Record details

Jean-Pierre COOPMAN

"Lion of Flanders"

Heavyweight

Male

Belgium, Ingelmunster
Born: 11 July 1946
Height: 5ft 11 1/2in, mt 1,82
Weight: 205 lbs

Amateur Results


1971
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Madrid, Spain, European Championships preliminaries, +81 kg
- June 12	Vladimir Chernyshev (RUS)	Madrid, Spain	LRSC 1

Professional record


1972
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Sept. 29	Norbert Suehrig	Lauwe, Belgium	TKO 3
+ Nov. 1	Siegfried Ackers	Izegem, Belgium	TKO 2
+ Dec. 8	Antonio Rimasti	Tournai, Belgium	KO 4
+ Dec. 25	Kilani Ramdani	Izegem, Belgium	W 6

1973
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 25	Harald Skog	Oslo, Norway	L 6
+ Feb. 16	Gino Martinis	Ingelmunster, Belgium	W 6
+ Mar. 16	Ermanno Festorazzi	Ingelmunster, Belgium	W 6
+ May 5	Ray Philippe	Gent, Belgium	KO 5
- May 18	Ireno Werleman	Izegem, Belgium	KO by 2
+ Sept. 8	Juan Rodriguez	Izegem, Belgium	TKO 3
+ Nov. 1	Erwin Josefa	Izegem, Belgium	KO 3
+ Nov. 16	Horst Lang	Gent, Belgium	KO 3
+ Dec. 23	Jean Belval	Izegem, Belgium	W 6

1974
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 25	Ireno Werleman	Izegem, Belgium	KO 1
+ Feb. 22	Ferenc Kristofcsak	Roulers, Belgium	WDQ 3
- Apr. 27	Rudi Lubbers	Gent, Belgium	L 10
+ Sept. 27	Rocky Campbell	Turnhout, Belgium	KO 6
+ Nov. 1	Lino Finotti	Izegem, Belgium	KO 4
+ Nov. 22	Bernd August	Gent, Belgium	W 10
+ Dec. 25	Vasco Faustinho	Izegem, Belgium	W 10

1975
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 17	Charley Green	Gent, Belgium	KO 8
+ Feb. 21	Adriano Rosati	Izegem, Belgium	TKO 5
+ Mar. 14	Jan Lubbers	Bruges, Belgium	W 10
+ Apr. 12	Karsten Honhold	Lauwe, Belgium	TKO 6
+ May 17	Terry Daniels	Antwerpen, Belgium	WDQ 7
+ Oct. 4	Domingo Silveira	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 10
+ Nov. 1	Lisimo Obutobe	Izegem, Belgium	TKO 7

1976
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 20	Muhammad Ali	Hato Rey, Puerto Rico	KO by 5
(For World Heavyweight Title)
+ May 7	Ba Sounkalo	Izegem, Belgium	W 10
- May 31	Hennie Thoonen	Rotterdam, Netherlands	LDQ 5
+ Oct. 9	Hennie Thoonen	Antwerpen, Belgium	TKO 6
+ Nov. 1	George Jerome	Izegem, Belgium	KO 4
+ Nov. 20	Roy Wallace	Liege, Belgium	W 10
+ Dec. 25	Neville Meade	Izegem, Belgium	W 10

1977
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 15	Lucien Rodriguez	Brussels, Belgium	L 10
+ Mar. 12	Jose Manuel URTAIN	Antwerpen, Belgium	KO 4
(Won vacant European Heavyweight Title)
- May 7	Lucien Rodriguez	Antwerpen, Belgium	L 15
(Lost European Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 9	Kurt Luedecke	Izegem, Belgium	W 10
= Nov. 1	Tony Moore	Izegem, Belgium	Draw 10
- Nov. 26	Alfredo Evangelista	Brussels, Belgium	KO by 1
(For European Heavyweight Title)

1978
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 11	Santiago Alberto Lovell	Liege, Belgium	TKO 3
+ Apr. 22	Mario Baruzzi	La Louviere, Belgium	TKO 6
+ Sept. 2	Scotty Welsh	Izegem, Belgium	WDQ 1
- Sept. 30	Rudy Gauwe	Turnhout, Belgium	L 12
(For vacant Belgian Heavyweight Title)

1979
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Nov. 1	George Butzbach	Izegem, Belgium	L 10
- Dec. 25	Avenamar Peralta	Izegem, Belgium	L 10

1980
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 2	Denton Ruddock	Turnhout, Belgium	W 10
- May 1	Winston Allen	Izegem, Belgium	KO by 1
- June 27	Albert Syben	Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium	L 10
- Sept. 29	Rudi Lubbers	Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO by 5
- Dec. 25	Pierre Babo Kabassu	Izegem, Belgium	L 8

1981
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 3	Vincenzo Pesapane	Piacenza, Italy	TKO 3
- May 16	Dragomir Popovic	Liege, Belgium	TKO by 5


1982-1998 Inactive

1999
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Apr. 5	Freddy De Kerpel	Gent, Belgium	Draw 6