What if Leon Spinks had fought Larry Holmes the night he beat Ali?

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Leon's head movement, stamina and pesky aggression would have really frustrated Holmes I think. Leon wasnt coked out yet and was a tempered steel Marine young as all hell like a young stallion not taking NO for an answer.

maybe 1978 Leon spoils Holmes like Michael Spinks did in '86.

No Holmes beats him as he was too good at the time to let any version of Spinks beat him.

Holmes was so young and inexperienced. Norton was 33 and whipped his butt for 7 rounds of 15. Young fresh spring chicken Leon woulda been tougher to hit then the straight up Ken Norton.

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Spinks would have gotten the crap beat out of him, just as it happened when they DID fight, and every other time he fought a top guy Ali was a corpse by that point, and Ken Norton had clearly beaten him in their 3rd fight anyways, since you mentioned him.