Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, who beat Muhammad Ali in 1978 in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, passes away aged 67

[sriamerican]

 

[hodakolla]

BUMPER

 

[Lahiru120]

R.i.p bump

 

[SLhuman]

he was nowhere close to ali....and when he fought ali ...ali was suffering from parkinson early stages. he just got lucky and was later defeated by ali itself which shows how great ali was even at that time suffering from parkinson.

 

[asylum]

RIP.

 

[pavanruka]

he was nowhere close to ali....and when he fought ali ...ali was suffering from parkinson early stages. he just got lucky and was later defeated by ali itself which shows how great ali was even at that time suffering from parkinson.

There was talk that their fights were fixed.

 

[SLhuman]

There was talk that their fights were fixed.

no idea....but a young 23 year old had to learn a lot from a man who was at the end of his career. leon spinks later lost to larry holmes.
when a novice fighter wins with a great boxer ...the world thinks that he is good but after a few months he looses badly and never comes back. the reason why ali and even tyson are considered great is that they came to the number one and held it for a long time and even beating the same person who took it from them.

look at the fight between tyson and buster douglas....

 

[pavanruka]

no idea....but a young 23 year old had to learn a lot from a man who was at the end of his career. leon spinks later lost to larry holmes.
when a novice fighter wins with a great boxer ...the world thinks that he is good but after a few months he looses badly and never comes back. the reason why ali and even tyson are considered great is that they came to the number one and held it for a long time and even beating the same person who took it from them.

look at the fight between tyson and buster douglas....

Tyson was an animal compared to others. My fav was Holyfield. Wonder what the outcome would have been in a fight with Ali and him.