On This Day: Leon Spinks shocked Muhammad Ali and the world2016-02-15 · Boxing News Online
THE unheralded kid from the St Louis ghetto shocked the boxing world as Leon Spinks battled his way to a 15 rounds split decision victory over Muhammad Ali to become the new heavyweight champion of the world on February 15, 1978. A crowd of 5,300 at …
Great Swedish Hope2006-05-21 · Duluth News Tribune,MN
I used to be a fan of professional boxing, better known as prizefighting. Joe Louis was still in the ring, but at the end of his boxing career, when I was a kid.…
Championship fight held at Brassco Park2005-08-25 · Waterbury Republican American,CT
Waterbury has hosted three world championship title fights, and the first was on Aug. 27, 1925. Beyond being a first for the city, it was the first title fight in Connecticut in 25 years. The bout was to crown the featherweight champion of the world, and it featured a Connecticut man, Louis "Kid" Kaplan. Born in Russia, Kaplan lived and trained out of his adopted home in Meriden. He stood 5-foot-…
Providence’s Prime Time Fights2005-06-17 · TheSweetScience.com
The ten-round main event features local super middleweight Joey “KO Kid” Spina against former WBA champion Carl Daniels of St. Louis.…