Michael Spinks

Career, Record, Stats
Michael Spinks

Michael Spinks (Jinx) is a 68-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 6 world-title wins. In a career spanning 11 years, 2 months, and 11 days, Spinks amassed a record of 31-1, which includes 21 wins via KO, 10 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1994.

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LEGEND

Michael Spinks' Boxing Career

Michael Spinks was born in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. on July 22, 1956. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on April 16, 1977 against Eddie Benson. Spinks defeated Benson via 1st round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Spinks became a world champion at the age of 24 after 16 professional fights. He challenged Eddie Mustafa Muhammad for the WBA light-heavyweight title and defeated the champion via 15-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.

He then went on to successfully win the heavyweight (IBF, The Ring) titles also to become a two-division world champion — and undisputed at light-heavyweight.

Spinks' last fight was a 1st-round KO loss to Mike Tyson at age 31, on June 27, 1988, in which he was fighting for the undisputed heavyweight world championship and lost his The Ring title.

Some of Michael Spinks' best fights have been against Larry Holmes (HOFer), Dwight Muhammad Qawi (HOFer), Gerry Cooney, Eddie Davis, and Marvin Johnson. For a complete list of Spinks' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Michael Spinks".

Spinks has just a single loss on his record. For details about this loss refer to "Michael Spinks Losses".

Michael Spinks' Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
32
Jun 27, 1988 31 Mike Tyson Mike Tyson 21 34-0
loss
KO
1
31
Jun 15, 1987 30 Gerry Cooney Gerry Cooney 30 28-1
win
TKO
5
30
Sep 06, 1986 30 generic fighter pic Steffen Tangstad
win
TKO
4
29
Apr 19, 1986 29 Larry Holmes Larry Holmes 36 48-1
win
SD
15
28
Sep 21, 1985 29 Larry Holmes Larry Holmes 35 48-0
win
UD
15
27
Jun 06, 1985 28 generic fighter pic Jim MacDonald
win
TKO
8
26
Feb 23, 1985 28 generic fighter pic David Sears
win
TKO
3
25
Feb 25, 1984 27 Eddie Davis Eddie Davis 32 27-3-1
win
UD
12
24
Nov 25, 1983 27 generic fighter pic Oscar Rivadeneyra
win
TKO
10
23
Mar 18, 1983 26 Dwight Muhammad Qawi Dwight Muhammad Qawi 30 19-1-1
win
UD
15
22
Sep 18, 1982 26 generic fighter pic Johnny Davis
win
TKO
9
21
Jun 12, 1982 25 generic fighter pic Jerry Celestine
win
TKO
8
20
Apr 11, 1982 25 generic fighter pic Murray Sutherland
win
TKO
8
19
Feb 13, 1982 25 generic fighter pic Mustafa Wassaja
win
TKO
6
18
Nov 07, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Vonzell Johnson
win
TKO
7
17
Jul 18, 1981 24 generic fighter pic Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
win
UD
15
16
Mar 28, 1981 24 Marvin Johnson Marvin Johnson 26 27-4
win
KO
4
15
Jan 24, 1981 24 generic fighter pic Willie Taylor
win
TKO
8
14
Oct 18, 1980 24 generic fighter pic Yaqui Lopez
win
TKO
7
13
Aug 02, 1980 24 generic fighter pic David Conteh
win
TKO
9
12
May 04, 1980 23 generic fighter pic Murray Sutherland
win
UD
10
11
Feb 24, 1980 23 generic fighter pic Ramon Ranquello
win
TKO
6
10
Feb 01, 1980 23 generic fighter pic Johnny Wilburn
win
UD
8
9
Nov 24, 1979 23 generic fighter pic Marc Hans
win
TKO
1
8
Dec 15, 1978 22 generic fighter pic Eddie Phillips
win
KO
4
7
Feb 15, 1978 21 generic fighter pic Tom Bethea
win
UD
8
6
Oct 22, 1977 21 generic fighter pic Gary Summerhays
win
UD
8
5
Sep 13, 1977 21 generic fighter pic Ray Elson
win
KO
1
4
Aug 23, 1977 21 generic fighter pic Jasper Brisbane
win
TKO
2
3
Jun 01, 1977 20 generic fighter pic Joe Borden
win
KO
2
2
May 07, 1977 20 generic fighter pic Luis Rodriguez
win
UD
6
1
Apr 16, 1977 20 generic fighter pic Eddie Benson
win
TKO
1
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