Leon Spinks, who shocked the boxing world with his 1978 defeat of Muhammad Ali to claim the heavyweight championship, died Friday in Henderson, Nev. He was 67. His death was announced by the public ...
Spinks was inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame in 2017 Leon Spinks — former undisputed heavyweight boxing champ who defeated Muhammad Ali in 1978 — has died after a lengthy battle with cancer ...
SAINT LOUIS, Mo. — Leon Spinks, the St. Louis native who went from growing up in the Pruitt Igoe housing project to defeating the legendary Muhammad Ali at the Hilton in Las Vegas for the world ...
*In the end, it was an opponent he couldn’t beat. Leon Spinks, the former undisputed heavyweight boxing champ has succumbed to cancer after a 5-year battle. Spinks passed away Friday evening at the ...
A boxer who delivered one of the biggest upsets in the history of the sport, Leon Spinks, has died aged 67. Spinks won an Olympic gold medal in 1976 but went on to shock the boxing world a year and a ...
*We’ve just learned that legendary boxer Leon Spinks is in a Las Vegas hospital literally fighting for his life. The situation is apparently dire as his wife is asking for prayers. For our younger ...
Leon Spinks — former undisputed heavyweight boxing champ who defeated Muhammad Ali in 1978 — has died after a lengthy battle with cancer. According to TMZ, Spinks passed away Friday evening at the age ...
SAINT LOUIS, Mo. — Leon Spinks, the St. Louis native who went from growing up in the Pruitt Igoe housing project to defeating the legendary Muhammad Ali at the Hilton in Las Vegas for the world ...
Leon Spinks, who shocked the boxing world with his 1978 defeat of Muhammad Ali to claim the heavyweight championship, died Friday in Henderson, Nev. He was 67. His death was announced by the public ...