Boxing Shines With Riveting Prime-Time Fight2016-06-27 · CBS Local
The 12,718 fans in attendance at Barclays Center in Brooklyn and the viewers across the U.S. watching the first primetime boxing event on CBS since Muhammed Ali-Leon Spinks I in 1978 were treated to a slugfest between two of the brightest young stars…
This Day in Boxing History: Ali vs. Spinks II - September 15, 19782014-09-15 · EastsideBoxing.com
On February 15, 1978, a young Leon Spinks became the first man to take the world heavyweight title from Ali in a boxing ring when he won a 15-round split decision against his childhood idol. At the time, Spinks had only fought in seven professional…
Terry Spinks: From dustman to Olympic boxing champion2012-04-27 · BBC Sport
By Mike Costello BBC boxing commentator Terry Spinks was working as a dustman in London's East End when he got a late call-up for the Games in Melbourne in 1956. At the time, there was a feeling in amateur boxing circles that Spinks was too young and…
Spinks wins a big one2009-04-26 · Black Athlete Sports Network
IOWA CITY -- Cory Spinks was fighting for the IBF version of the junior Middleweight championship and coming off a two fight losing streaks. Spinks' opponent was fellow Saint Louis native, Deandre Latimore, a young hard slugging prospect. In Latimores…
U.S. Boxers Haul Gold2005-07-31 · New York Times
July 31, 1976 MONTREAL-Digging and blasting like prospectors who know exactly what they're doing, American boxers shook loose an avalanche of gold tonight in the Olympic finals at the Forum. When the last stick of dynamite had been detonated by Leon Spinks in the light heavyweight class, the young team many experts thought would be outslugged by East Europeans and Cubans had walked off with five g…