Quote Originally Posted by Taeth
Michael Spinks fought a few good guys, and Hearns was far past his prime and best weight class. I think Holmes won both fights personally, but also Spinks' style worked better against Holmes who is a very jab oriented fighter. Roy throws different punches from different angles every time, and he has way more speed than anyone Spinks fought to go along with more skill.
Spinks was pretty fast himself. Holmes should have beaten Spinks when he fought him, but Spinks did that ridiculous babystep style which did get him the win. which shows how versatile Spinks was to change his style and to outbox Holmes. It would have been a great fight and Jones would have to be aware of Spinks right hand the whole time.