Leon Spinks one of the Greatest HWs of All Time--FACT

[brocktonblockbust]

Leon Spinks ripped onto the scene with a vengeance unlike few others. The St. Louıs Whırlwınd, missing both front teeth due to gettıng hıt with a crow-bar in a gang war when he was just 16, KNOCKED OUT ALL OPPONENTS AND would have knocked out Ali ın 1978 had the fight gone 30 seconds longer. Spinks also WON THE REMATCH. Neon Leon is the ONLY FIGHTER TO BEAT MUHAMMAD ALİ TWİCE. Thıs makes hım the Greatest of All Time. He went on to knock out many more fıghters, great fıghters lıke Alfredo Evangelısta who gave Ali hell as well, and Bernardo Mercado, and Kip Kane--who was touted as a great up and comıng prospect that Spınks effectıvely destroyed.

[mikeeod]

Definitely. To add to the Spinks legacy, Cory Spinks is the greatest welter ever and one of the greatest defensive fighters of all time. He shit down Mayorga, a fearsome puncher, and Zab Judah, the most talented fighter since Roy Jones. Great call. Leon was amazing!

[Bill Paxtom]

I Agree 100%

A 'young' Leon held Scott LeDoux to a 10-Round Draw as well.

At the time, Scott was the best Fighting Frenchman in the World.

[IamInuit]

Lol

[chinchekked]

Bwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

[bradlee180]

You forgot to mention that Leon Spinks is an Olympian, Light-Heavyweight Olympic Gold Medalist in 1976.
That's when Olympic Boxing was more like Boxing, no headgear, it wasn't like the slap-boxing amateur system of today.

[jon09]

Very underrated. I think he would have toyed with Marciano and knocked him out in 8.

[Dark Lord Al]

Yes he was also the hardest puncher of all time.
He scored and amazing 14 kos in his 26 wins !!!!!

[brocktonblockbust]

Yes he was also the hardest puncher of all time.
He scored and amazing 14 kos in his 26 wins !!!!!

Al did you have to go and spoil the fun.

[Bill Paxtom]

Who Can Ever Forget

Friday Night ~ June 30, 1978

International Amphitheatre ~ Chicago, Illinois

World Heavyweight Champion ~ Leon Spinks
vs.
'The Italian Assassin' ~ George Mostardini

Promoter > Ernie Terrel

Attendance.......... 3754
Gate Receipts...... $53,000

Leon Spinks
Age .......... 24 years, 11 months
Height....... 6' 1"
Reach........ 76"
Weight....... 204 lbs.
Record....... 7-0-1 {5 KO's}

George Mostardini
Age.......... 27 years, 9 months
Height...... 6' 2"
Reach....... 77"
Weight..... 215 lbs.
Record..... 9-0-0 {8 KO's}

The 'Greatest' 4-Round Exhibition ever held.

The 'newly crowned' World Heavyweight Champion takes on a construction worker {Jack-hammer operator}
from Chicago's northwest side.

Pre-Fight Skinny >

Leon Spinks >
"It's just another fight. I know that he's out to make a name for himself, and I'm sure he will come out swinging.
But I'll be waiting for him, and will not be caught napping. I expect a typical 'street brawl', just like I had when
I was younger kid back on the streets of East St. Louis."

Sam Solomon {Trainer} >
"This is more than an Exhibition. This will be a 'War'. This guy has nothing to lose. I'm sure he wants to look good
in front of his hometown fans. He would like nothing better than to knock Leon out. I made Leon aware of that."

Lester Holmes {Attorney for Leon Spinks} >
"This exhibition is to help inject life into Chicago Boxing. We're here to help out Ernie Terrell, who is trying to help
out the young boxers here. We waived our 'standard' $10,000 Boxing Exhibition appearance fee. We agreed on
$5000, plus all expenses {Hotel and Travel}.

George Mostardini >
"I've been in the Ring with stronger fighters. Walter E. Moore is stronger than Leon and punches a lot harder.
If I can hold my own with Walter, then I'm sure that I can handle Leon."

"I've been slugging away with some real tough guys at the Woodland Boys Club. There's some tough Motherfuckers
that work out there. If you have any 'dog' in you, they'll rip you apart. So I know that I can stay in the Ring with Leon."

"Look, I'll knock his head off. I'm not here to play, I'm here to knock his ass out."

Ralph Peluso {Manager for George Mostardini} >
"This is an opportunity for my guy. Realistically, George is about 1-Year away from being a contender. But George
is about 300% better than he was one year ago, and he continues to improve. He doesn't have the boxing skills
that Leon has, but George has the strength to stay in there with him."

[ykdadamaja]

Drugs got to Spinks... he was free-basing before free-basing was popular. lolol...

Plus, he probably was a tad bit too small for a durable HW. Small without all of the power of a Tyson, he was bound to be bullied around.

About 2 or 3 inches taller, and/or with the power of at least Ken Norton, he would have made the heavyweight scene look a little different back then and today.

[Master]

The Ali victory came too soon he could have been a real contender instead of a lucky champion.

[brocktonblockbust]

Leon Spinks had great head movement and he hustled every round. No dog in him. He threw 4 and 5 punch combinations. Jab-uppercut-hook-straight right boom boom boom very quick

[Bill Paxtom]

Leon Spinks

Showed 'grit and determination' in his bout with Scott LeDoux.

Leon was out-muscled during the middle rounds, and looked like
he was going to lose. But those rallies in the last 2-Rounds helped
him salvage a Draw.

The Fighting Frenchman was a tough S.O.B.

[ykdadamaja]

Leon Spinks had great head movement and he hustled every round. No dog in him. He threw 4 and 5 punch combinations. Jab-uppercut-hook-straight right boom boom boom very quick

I like seeing the Spinks brother's fight.