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Holmes vs. Spinks: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Larry Holmes (The Easton Assassin) defends his WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles against Leon Spinks (Neon). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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31
Mar 21, 1973
37-0
10
27 (73%)
191 cm
206 cm
15 cm
Orthodox
Apr 11, 1981
2m, 1d
37
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
27
Jan 15, 1977
10-2-2
2
8 (57.1%)
185 cm
193 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Oct 2, 1980
8m, 10d
2
WBCTheRing
HV
w1
d9
HV
w1
d1
WBAWBCTheRing
HV
w1
HV
w1
HV
w1
heavyweight
Friday, 12 Jun 1981
Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
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Larry Holmes vs. Leon Spinks

Date

This fight between Larry Holmes and Leon Spinks took place on at the Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 191 cm, Larry Holmes is the taller of the two by 6 cms; Leon Spinks is 185 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 206 cm, Holmes also has a significant reach advantage of 13 cms over Spinks' 193 cm. On top of that, Holmes also has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Spinks.

Holmes is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 37-0 (27 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 1 day ago against Trevor Berbick, which he won via 15 round unanimous decision.

Trevor Berbick's boxing career

Spinks comes in with a record of 10-2-2 (8 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 10 days ago against Bernardo Mercado, which he won via 9th round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Holmes will be 31 years and 7 months old. Spinks will be 27 years and 11 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 72-28 in favor of Larry Holmes. Here is the prediction for Holmes vs Spinks.

Larry Holmes should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Leon Spinks to win this one.

Result

Larry Holmes defeated Leon Spinks via 3rd round TKO to retain the WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles. Spinks' 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Holmes advances his win streak to 38. Holmes is now 38-0, and Spinks 10-3-2.

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  4. Larry Holmes stops Muhammad Ali in the 10th round
  5. Larry Holmes knocks out Alfredo Evangelista in the 7th round
  6. Muhammad Ali defeats Leon Spinks via 15-round unanimous decision in their 2nd fight
  7. Leon Spinks defeats Muhammad Ali via 15-round split decision