straight right hand, "The Spinks Jinx", Spinks is the brother of former world heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, and uncle of Cory Spinks, a former welterweight...
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defeated Sixto Soria to win the gold. Spinks finished his amateur career with a record of 178–7 with 133 knockouts. Spinks debuted professionally on January...
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earned a record purse of around $22 million and Spinks $13.5 million. Tyson won the fight, knocking out Spinks in 91 seconds. Tyson had won HBO’s Heavyweight...
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Larry Holmes (section Holmes vs. Michael Spinks 1 & 2)
career record of 49–0 when he lost to Michael Spinks in a 1985 upset. Holmes retired after losing a rematch to Spinks the following year but made repeated...
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Mike Tyson (redirect from Michael Tyson)
amid promotional and marketing work. On June 27, 1988, Tyson faced Michael Spinks. Spinks, who had taken the heavyweight championship from Larry Holmes via...
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at both light heavyweight and heavyweight along with Roy Jones Jr., Michael Spinks, and James Toney. Since retiring from the sport, Moorer has worked as...
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bouts: "Larry Holmes vs. Michael Spinks (1st meeting)". boxrec.com/. BoxRec. Retrieved 26 March 2024. "Holmes Agrees To Fight Spinks". The New York Times...
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Muhammad for the WBC world title, and Spinks had defeated Eddie Mustafa Muhammad for the WBA world title. Both Qawi and Spinks had defeated some top name challengers...
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undisputed champion since Leon Spinks in 1978. By mid January 1986 negotiations between King and the other promoters (including Spinks' promoter Butch Lewis)...
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Michael Alastair Spink (born April 1966) is a British property developer, a founder of SPINK, a British architectural design practice, and master builder...
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into contention, but Spinks bypassed Cooney in favor of a fight with Steffen Tangstad, the European heavyweight champion. As Spinks had already made his...
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lineal heavyweight titles. A Michael Spinks–Gerry Cooney fight had long been in the works dating back to January 1986. Spinks' promoter Butch Lewis had been...
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Spinks is a surname, and may refer to: Alfred Spinks (1917–1982), British chemist Brett Spinks (b. 1973), Australian athlete in football Charlton Spinks...
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2007. Spinks is the son of former world heavyweight champion Leon Spinks and nephew of former world heavyweight and light heavyweight champion Michael Spinks...
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Loughran, Billy Conn, Joey Maxim, Archie Moore, Michael Moorer, Bob Foster, Ann Wolfe, Michael Spinks, Dariusz Michalczewski, Roy Jones Jr., Sergey Kovalev...
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Sánchez killed in a car accident in Mexico City, Mexico. September 18 - Michael Spinks knocks out Johnny Davis at 2 minutes and 27 seconds of the 9th round...
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Robert Michael Spink (born 1 August 1948) is a British former politician who was a member of parliament (MP) for Castle Point in Essex (1992 to 1997,...
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Shapiro, Ouisie (2013). One Punch from the Promised Land: Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, and the Myth of the Heavyweight Title. Lyons Press. p. 279....
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underdog Spinks ended up winning two of the scorecards 145–140 and 144–141, while the third was 142–143 giving him a split decision win. Spinks became the...
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heavyweight champion had been Leon Spinks, who won the championship in his 1978 victory over Muhammad Ali. Spinks was stripped of his WBC title later...
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Smothers, Peter Boyle, Alyssa Milano, John Schneider, Brooke Shields, Michael Spinks, Lee Van Cleef, Harvey Atkin, Brian George, Art Hindle, Louis Del Grande...
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was coming off a 1st-round knockout over the previously undefeated Michael Spinks, which not only gave Tyson the lineal heavyweight title, but laid to...
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March 18, 1983, he lost a close but unanimous decision to WBA champion Michael Spinks in a unification bout. Qawi felt that making the division's 175-pound...
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and world light heavyweight champion Michael Spinks in a title bout. Cooney appeared past his prime and Spinks, boxing carefully with constant sharp...
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achieved universal recognition as he had not faced or defeated Michael Spinks; Spinks had been stripped of the IBF championship for pursuing a fight with...
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Olympic medalist/heavyweight champion Michael Spinks and legendary knockout artist Mike Tyson in 1988. Spinks, Lewis’ client at the time, made $13.5...
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professional boxer and two-time European Heavyweight Champion. Tangstad fought Michael Spinks for the IBF Heavyweight title on 6 September 1986, losing as a result...
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1968: Chris Finnegan (GBR) 1972: Vyacheslav Lemeshev (URS) 1976: Michael Spinks (USA) 1980: José Gómez Mustelier (CUB) 1984: Shin Joon-Sup (KOR) 1988:...
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been against then-undefeated The Ring and lineal heavyweight champion Michael Spinks two and a half year earlier on June 15, 1987, a fight Cooney would lose...
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United States Donald Trump before the fight between Mike Tyson and Michael Spinks in 1988, and former South African President Nelson Mandela, the latter...
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