Hilton Pavillion, Las Vegas. 15th February, 1978.
The 1976 Olympic Heavyweight Champion Leon Spinks was a rookie professional with just five fights and a manager called Butch Lewis behind him.
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Hilton Pavillion, Las Vegas. 15th February, 1978.
The 1976 Olympic Heavyweight Champion Leon Spinks was a rookie professional with just five fights and a manager called Butch Lewis behind him.
Muhammad Ali was first cool on taking the fight but then figured out an angle to sell the fight. Ali, himself an Olympic Champion, had beaten all the other gold medalists of his era; namely Floyd Patterson (1956), Joe Frazier (1964) and George Foreman (1970). The raw and ill-disciplined Spinks offered Ali the chance to beat another olympic champion.
Ali did not really train for the fight with the rumour being that he only sparred twenty rounds in preperation. Still, Ali should have been able to handle Spinks. But, the pattern of Ali's most recent fights was repeated. Ali lay on the ropes while the challenger built up a lead.
But when Ali later went to the well he found it empty for the first time in his career. He could not erode the early lead built by Spinks and could not engineer a stopage. Adrenaline and the thought of beating Ali carried Spinks through
The champ summoned something for the last round and drove Spinks into the ropes, but it was not enough. Ali lost a split decision, which appeared a little kind to the beaten champ.
FOTY 1978- Muhammad Ali vs. Leon Spinks I 7-8 1978-02-15 : Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA : Leon Spinks beat Muhammad Ali by SD in round 15 of 15 World Boxing Council Heavyweight Title (Ali defending) World Boxing Association Heavyweight Title (Ali defending) Referee: Davey Pearl Judges scoring: Lou Tabat (145-140 Spinks), Harold Buck (144-141 Spinks), Art Lurie (143-142 Ali) Weights: Spinks 197.25 lbs, Ali 224.25 lbs (more) ANDREA ( ANDREACHEOR )
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And what about larry holmes, Those 2 puddings who fought (and i use the "fought" very loosely) the other night (haye and valuez) could have got in the ring together against tyson and they would have both been out in round 1.
Emoran001, you missed 1 out, and he would wipe the florrt with the lot of them. Mike tyson was the most dangerous man on the planet, in and out of the ring, but what a fighter, he would have murdered the lot of them.
U r kidding! Ali showed how pathetic he was & what a hoax he was losing to an ameture! He was the most over rated fighter! Jones beat him, & got robbed. Cooper was cheated of a victory. The Liston fights were fixed. Fraiser won 2 of 3 @Norton really won 3 of 3. Young gave him a boxing lesson & was robbed. He was a racist, man who never knew the real AfroAmerican experience as Fraiser did. The top 10 are: Tunney, Marciano, Dempsey, Louis, Johnson, Charles, walcott, klitszhko, Liston, Ali
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Those 2 puddings who fought (and i use the "fought" very loosely) the other night (haye and valuez) could have got in the ring together against tyson and they would have both been out in round 1.
you missed 1 out, and he would wipe the florrt with the lot of them.
Mike tyson was the most dangerous man on the planet, in and out of the ring, but what a fighter, he would have murdered the lot of them.