Olympic Boxing Champ Leon Spinks
Leon Spinks ; hide. Medal record. Men's amateur boxing. Representing United States · Olympic Games. Gold medal – first place, 1976 Montreal · Light heavyweight.
Leonard, Jr. SPINKS - Olympics
By the 1976 Olympics, Leon Spinks had already had 135 amateur bouts, but few would call him an accomplished boxer. Spinks was a brawler from the word go.
Leon Spinks | Biography, Brother, Muhammad Ali, & Record
Leon Spinks was an American boxer who won an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and was the world heavyweight champion in 1978.
Leon Spinks - Missouri Sports Hall of Fame
After only seven professional fights in 1978, Leon Spinks took on the World Heavyweight Champion, Muhammad Ali. With a record of 6-0-1, Spinks made boxing ...
Leon Spinks and Michael Spinks, 1976 Olympic gold medalists and the first brothers to both capture the heavyweight championship.
Leon Spinks, Boxer Who Took Ali's Crown and Lost It, Dies at 67
He was an Olympic champion with few pro fights under his belt when he surprised the world by beating the champ in 1978. Things did not go ...
Boxing champs Michael and Leon Spinks inducted into St. Louis ...
The sweet science of boxing was celebrated Monday as the St. Louis Walk of Fame inducted Michael and Leon Spinks, locals who were both ...
Leon Spinks, Cory Spinks and Michael... - Boxing History - Facebook
Leon Spinks, Cory Spinks and Michael Spinks • 2 Olympic gold medals • 2 Heavyweight championships • 1 Light heavyweight championship • 1 ...
Remembering Leon Spinks: A Champion's Journey in the Ring
Leon Spinks, the Olympic gold medalist and former undisputed heavyweight boxing champion, left an indelible mark on the world of boxing with his remarkable ...
Leon Spinks, former heavyweight boxing champion, dies at 67
Leon Spinks, who won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in only his eighth pro fight, has died ...
Leon Spinks - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leon Spinks (July 11, 1953 – February 5, 2021) was an American boxer. He won the world heavyweight championship. He won a gold medal in the 1976 Olympics.
Michael & Leon Spinks - St. Louis Walk of Fame
St. Louis-born boxers Michael and Leon Spinks made history in 1976 as the first brothers to win Olympic gold medals in the same year.
Remembering Leon Spinks - USA Boxing
Leon Spinks, a 1976 Olympic gold medalist in boxing who shocked the world when he upset Muhammad Ali a year and a half later, died Friday in ...
Leon Spinks, boxing's former heavyweight champion, dead at 67
Leon Spinks, the gap-toothed fighter from the St. Louis slums who pulled off one of the most stunning upsets in boxing history in 1978 by ...
Leon Spinks vs Sixto Soria Olympic Final - YouTube
Leon Spinks vs Sixto Soria Olympic Final. 16K views · 1 year ago ...more. Nick_M's Classic Boxing Channel. 40.6K. Subscribe. 193. Share.
Leon Spinks Archives | The Saturday Evening Post
Leon Spinks stunned the world on February 15, 1978. The 1976 Olympic Gold medalist for Boxing, Spinks got the opportunity to face “The Greatest,” Muhammad Ali.
The life and career of Leon Spinks - New York Daily News
Louis, Mo., gained prominence as an amateur light heavyweight boxer, winning a gold medal during the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. On Feb. 5 ...
On this day 46 years ago, Olympic gold medalist Leon Spinks upsets ...
On this day 46 years ago, Olympic gold medalist Leon Spinks upsets Muhammad Ali to become the new Heavyweight champion of the world in his eight professional ...
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Former heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks dies aged 67
With a trademark toothy grin, Spinks fought his way to Olympic gold in 1976 as a US light heavyweight in Montreal and turned professional six ...
Butch Lewis
American promoterRonald "Butch" Everett Lewis was an American boxing promoter and manager. He is best known for having managed the careers of boxing brothers Leon and Michael Spinks. Born in Woodbury, N.J., but raised in Philadelphia, Pa.,