- The beating Cobb took in his title fight versus heavyweight champ Larry Holmes so disgusted announcer Howard Cosell that Cosell reportedly never called a boxing match again.
- Cobb's pro-boxer record totaled 52 fights, 43 wins (36 by KO), 7 losses (1 by KO), 1 draw and 1 No Contest. The NC was originally a TKO win for Cobb but the results were changed when both fighters tested positive for cocaine. Cobb's last pro fight in 1993 against Andre Smiley; Cobb won by TKO during the second round.
- Graduated with a BS degree from the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management at Temple University (in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he had long been resident) on January 25, 2008.
- Competed in the WBC Heavyweight Championship in 1982 and the PKA Heavyweight Championship in 1984.
- Aside from Jim Carrey, Cobb was the only actor to appear in more than one of the three filmed Jim Carrey/Tom Shadyac collaborations. Cobb appeared in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) and Liar Liar (1997) but was absent from Bruce Almighty (2003).
- Was considered for the role of Non in Superman II (1980). The role went to Jack O'Halloran, also a boxer.
- 1968 graduate of Abilene H.S. (Abilene, Texas) and 1972 graduate of Abilene Christian College. Year later, he graduated with a BS degree from the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management at Temple University (in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he had long been resident) on January 25, 2008.
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