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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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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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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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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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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