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Total Fights | 46 |
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Wins | 26 |
Losses | 17 |
Draws | 3 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 14 |
KO Losses | 9 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 18 years and 10 months, Leon Spinks fought 46 times with 26 wins, 17 losses, and 3 draws.
Spinks retired from professional boxing with a record of 26-17-3, which included three heavyweight world-title wins. He had a 30.4% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 14 of his total 46 fights being knockout wins. Spinks suffered nine knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 8-round unanimous decision defeat to Fred Houpe on December 4, 1995.
Some of Spinks' best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Muhammad Ali, Bernardo Mercado, Alfredo Evangelista, Jesse Burnett, Kevin Isaac, Rick Kellar, and Kip Kane.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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46 | Dec 4, 1995 | 42 | Fred Houpe | Loss | UD |
45 | Jun 19, 1995 | 41 | Ray Kipping | Win | UD |
44 | Oct 22, 1994 | 41 | John Carlo | Loss | KO1 |
43 | Oct 1, 1994 | 41 | Shane Sutcliffe | Loss | UD |
42 | Jun 22, 1994 | 40 | Eddie Curry | Win | DQ |
41 | Feb 27, 1993 | 39 | James Wilder | Loss | PTS |
40 | Dec 11, 1992 | 39 | Kevin Poindexter | Win | KO1 |
39 | Sep 26, 1992 | 39 | Kevin Porter | Loss | PTS |
38 | Jul 24, 1992 | 39 | Jack Jackson | Win | KO3 |
37 | Jun 17, 1992 | 38 | Rocky Bentley | Win | PTS |
36 | Mar 20, 1992 | 38 | Rick Myers | Win | UD |
35 | Feb 28, 1992 | 38 | Andre Crowder | Win | SD |
34 | Nov 15, 1991 | 38 | Lupe Guerra | Win | KO3 |
33 | May 30, 1988 | 34 | Tony Morrison | Loss | TKO1 |
32 | Mar 18, 1988 | 34 | Randall Cobb | Loss | MD |
31 | Dec 20, 1987 | 34 | Ladislao Mijangos | Loss | SD |
30 | Oct 20, 1987 | 34 | Terry Mims | Loss | SD |
29 | Aug 29, 1987 | 34 | Jim Ashard | Draw | SD |
28 | May 22, 1987 | 33 | Angelo Musone | Loss | KO7 |
27 | Apr 28, 1987 | 33 | Jeff Jordan | Win | SD |
26 | Jan 17, 1987 | 33 | José Ribalta | Loss | TKO1 |
25 | Aug 2, 1986 | 33 | Rocky Sekorski | Loss | TKO6 |
24 | Mar 22, 1986 | 32 | Dwight Muhammad Qawi | Loss * | TKO6 |
23 | Dec 13, 1985 | 32 | Kip Kane | Win | TKO8 |
22 | Jun 29, 1985 | 31 | Tom Franco Thomas | Win | UD |
21 | May 9, 1985 | 31 | Tom Fischer | Win | UD |
20 | Apr 9, 1985 | 31 | Rick Kellar | Win | TKO2 |
19 | Feb 21, 1985 | 31 | Lupe Guerra | Win | TKO4 |
18 | Mar 6, 1983 | 29 | Carlos de León | Loss | RTD6 |
17 | Oct 31, 1982 | 29 | Jesse Burnett | Win | UD |
16 | Feb 24, 1982 | 28 | Ivy Brown | Win | UD |
15 | Jun 12, 1981 | 27 | Larry Holmes | Loss * | TKO3 |
14 | Oct 2, 1980 | 27 | Bernardo Mercado | Win | TKO9 |
13 | May 3, 1980 | 26 | Kevin Isaac | Win | TKO8 |
12 | Mar 8, 1980 | 26 | Eddie López | Draw | SD |
11 | Jan 12, 1980 | 26 | Alfredo Evangelista | Win | KO5 |
10 | Jun 24, 1979 | 25 | Gerrie Coetzee | Loss | TKO1 |
9 | Sep 15, 1978 | 25 | Muhammad Ali | Loss * | UD |
8 | Feb 15, 1978 | 24 | Muhammad Ali | Win * | SD |
7 | Nov 18, 1977 | 24 | Alfio Righetti | Win | UD |
6 | Oct 22, 1977 | 24 | Scott LeDoux | Draw | SD |
5 | Jun 1, 1977 | 23 | Bruce Scott | Win | KO3 |
4 | May 7, 1977 | 23 | Pedro Agosto | Win | KO1 |
3 | Mar 20, 1977 | 23 | Jerry McIntyre | Win | KO1 |
2 | Mar 5, 1977 | 23 | Peter Freeman | Win | KO1 |
1 | Jan 15, 1977 | 23 | Bob Smith | Win | TKO5 |
* World-title fight
Leon Spinks (Neon) was an American professional boxer. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. on July 11, 1953. He was a heavyweight world champion. Spinks died on February 5, 2021 at the age of 67 years. His professional boxing career spanned more than 18 years — from 1977 to 1995.
Spinks made his professional boxing debut against Bob Smith at the age of 23 on January 15, 1977, defeating Smith via 5th round TKO. He went on to win 4 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 4 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on February 15, 1978 after 7 professional fights, against Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight WBA, WBC, and The Ring titles. He defeated Ali via 15 round split decision to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
Leon Spinks was a one-time undisputed heavyweight world champion, and won three world titles at heavyweight. For all the details about Spinks' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Spinks had a total of 17 losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Fred Houpe at 42 years of age, on December 4, 1995. Spinks lost the fight via 8 round unanimous decision.
Spinks had a total of four world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and zero successful title defenses. He won one of these fights and lost three.
Leon Spinks fought for heavyweight world titles in three fights and won once. In total, he won three heavyweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Feb 15, 1978+ | Muhammad Ali | Heavyweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | SD |
Leon Spinks lost one world-title defense fight, and lost two titles in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Sep 15, 1978 | Muhammad Ali | Heavyweight | WBA, The Ring | UD |
Although Spinks had a total of 46 fights, this fight against Muhammad Ali is the sole highlight of his career.
February 15, 1978: Spinks becomes the undisputed heavyweight world champion in his first world-title fight by beating Muhammad Ali via 15 round split decision. He now holds the WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight world-champion belts.
Spinks knocked out 14 of his 46 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 30.4%. Of his total 26 wins, 14 of them were via KO (53.8%).
Spinks' first world-title win were the WBA, WBC, and The Ring belts at heavyweight. He defeated Muhammad Ali via 15 round split decision to win the titles.
Spinks won three world titles at heavyweight.
Spinks had one title defense fight, which he lost.