Leon Spinks ~ "The Road To Muhammad Ali"

[Bill Paxtom]

~ Leon Spinks vs. Alfio Righetti ~

'The Bout'

Rounds 1 and 2 >

Leon was the aggressor, as he attacked with wild-barrages and drive Alfio around the
perimeter of the Ring.

Leon landed with both overhand rights, and left-hooks. But Alfio stayed calm, and laid
back on the Ropes, and rolled with most of the punches.

Trainer - Sam Solomon yelled from the corner, for Leon to > 'pace himself'.

George Benton was also working Leon's corner.

Round 3 >

Leon still attacked, but paced himself a bit better. Leon was still throwing hard-punches,
but Alfio was still doing a good job of blocking and/or rolling with the punches.

Leon used a hard-punching attack, but there was little finesse. Again, Leon was aggressive,
and used a belting body-attack throughout the Round.

But, Alfio was able to tag Leon coming in with straight right-hands a few times, to keep him honest.

Round 4 >

Alfio was able to get back into the bout, as he used smart counter-punching tactics. Though he
never stopped moving backwards, Alfio was successful in tagging Leon with left-jabs. Each time that
Leon made a fast-rush, he was met by left-jabs and a moving Alfio.

Leon was again aggressive, but he missed with many punches. Now he was forced to focus on the
body, as each time that he come in high, he was met by a sharp left-jab to the face.

And Alfio started moving side-to-side, which threw Leon's timing off. Alfio again caught Leon
coming in with straight right-hand leads to the face.

Rounds 5 and 6 >

A repeat of Round 4, as Alfio was exhibiting good movement, while smartly scoring with a
steady-flow of 'crisp' left-jabs.

The clever Italian was again using counter-punching tactics, mixed in with accurate
right-hand leads.

And when he stopped moving, Alfio would nail Leon coming in with fast 2-Punch' combinations
to the head.

Scorecards after 6-Rounds >
* Art Lurie .......... 28-26 > {4-2-0 in Rounds}
* Lou Tabat ........ 27-27 > {3-3-0 in Rounds}
* Harold Buck ..... 27-27 > {3-3-0 in Rounds}