SPORT & NOTE
Terry SPINKS

Male

(Terence Spinks)
(Terence George Spinks)
Featherweight, Great Britain, Canning Town, London, England
Born: 28 February 1938, West Ham, London, England, Great Britain
Died: 26 April 2012, in Essex, England, Great Britain

as an amateur:
1956 ABA flyweight champion
1956 Melbourne, Australia, Olympic Games flyweight gold medal
Wpts Samuel Harris, Pakistan
Wpts Abel Ricardo Laudonio, Argentina
Wpts Vladimir Stolnikov, USSR
Wpts Rene Libeer, France
Wpts Mircea Dobrescu, Romania

Spinks was the youngest Briton to win an Olympic boxing gold medal


No amateur results

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1957
+ Apr. 9Jim LoughreyHarringay, Great BritainTKO 4
+ Apr. 30Jerry ParkerWalworth, Great BritainW 6
+ May 14Billy KaneShoreditch, Great BritainTKO 2
+ June 4Jerry ParkerHarringay, Great BritainTW 3
+ July 16Pat GlancyShoreditch, Great BritainTKO 3
+ Aug. 12Jerry ParkerSouthampton, Great BritainW 6
+ Aug. 27George McDadeCanning Town, Great BritainTKO 3
+ Sept. 10Ivan McCreadyShoreditch, Great BritainW 8
+ Oct. 8Pancho BhattachajiKensington, Great BritainW 8
+ Dec. 2Stanislas SobolakLeyton, Great BritainTKO 6
+ Dec. 10Malcolm McLeodHarringay, Great BritainW 8
1958
+ Jan. 14Malcolm McLeodKensington, Great BritainTKO 3
+ Feb. 6George McDadeLiverpool, Great BritainW 8
+ Mar. 11Attia Ben AissaStreatham, Great BritainKO 7
+ Mar. 31Alex BollaertLeyton, Great BritainW 8
+ Apr. 15Eric BrettHarringay, Great BritainW 8
+ Apr. 29Henri SchmidShoreditch, Great BritainW 8
+ May 20Pierre CossemynsKensington, Great BritainW 8
+ July 15Terry TooleStreatham, Great BritainTKO 7
- Aug. 28Billy RaffertyPaisley, Great BritainTKO by 5
+ Oct. 7Eddie O'ConnorShoreditch, Great BritainW 8
+ Nov. 27Mohamed ZarziMarylebone, Great BritainW 8
+ Dec. 9Pat SuppleWembley, Great BritainW 10
1959
+ Jan. 12Sugar RayKensington, Great BritainKO 7
+ Jan. 26Eddie BurnsLeyton, Great BritainTKO 5
+ Feb. 16Con Mount BassieLeyton, Great BritainW 8
+ Mar. 24Pierre CossemynsStreatham, Great BritainW 10
+ Apr. 13Eric BrettNottingham, Great BritainW 8
- June 2Bobby NeillWembley, Great BritainKO by 9
- Sept. 1Derry TreanorStreatham, Great BritainL 10
- Sept. 15John O'BrienWembley, Great BritainL 12
+ Dec. 7George DormerLeyton, Great BritainW 8
1960
+ Jan. 18Junior CassidyLeyton, Great BritainW 8
+ Jan. 26Johnny KiddKensington, Great BritainW 12
= May 31Roy JacobsWembley, Great BritainDraw 10
+ June 13Dave CrollWalthamstow, Great BritainW 8
+ Sept. 27Bobby NeillKensington, Great BritainTKO 7
British Featherweight Title
+ Nov. 22Bobby NeillWembley, Great BritainKO 14
British Featherweight Title
1961
+ Mar. 7Dave HiltonWembley, Great BritainWDQ 7
- May 2 Howard WinstoneWembley, Great BritainTKO by 10
British Featherweight Title
+ Oct. 3Kimpo AmarfioPiccadilly, Great BritainW 8
+ Oct. 25Con Mount BassieCardiff, Great BritainW 8
1962
+ Feb. 7Eugene LecozanetMarylebone, Great BritainW 8
+ Feb. 15Ron JonesWest Ham, Great BritainW 8
+ Mar. 6Jean BioscaMarylebone, Great BritainW 8
+ Mar. 27Billy DavisWembley, Great BritainW 8
- May 22Billy DavisWembley, Great BritainL 10
- July 17Bobby FisherFinsbury Park, Great BritainTKO by 7
+ Dec. 11Johnny MantleKensington, Great BritainTKO 8

 

Summary

Total bouts: 49, Won: 41 (13 inside the limit), Lost: 7 (4 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0