Record details

Leon SPINKS

"Neon Leon"

Heavyweight

Male

USA, Saint Louis, Missouri
Born: July 11, 1953, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Died: February 5, 2021, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
(some sources report: Henderson, Nevada, USA)
(He had been admitted to a Las Vegas hospital in December 2020,
when he had been battling to prostate and other cancers)
Height: 6ft 1in, mt 1,85
Weight: 196-202-216-221 lbs

(brother of Michael Spinbks; father of Cory Spinks and Darrell Spinks)

as an amateur:

1974 National AAU 81 kg champion
1974 Havana, Cuba, World Championships 81 kg bronze medal
1975 National AAU 81 kg champion
1975 Mexico City, Mexico, Pan American Games 81 kg silver medal
1976 National AAU 81 kg champion
1976 Montreal, Canada, Olympic Games 81 kg gold medal

Leon Spinks was the second Olympic Gold Medallist at light-heavyweight
to win a professional heavyweight world title

Amateur Results


1974
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States National Championships winner, 81 kg
+ June 14	Eddie Davis	Knoxville, Tennessee	WTKO 2
+ June 15	Mike Dokes	Knoxville, Tennessee	WPTS
Havana, Cuba, World Championships bronze medal, 81 kg
+ Aug. 25	Jacob Odonga	Havana, Cuba	WKO 1
- Aug. 28	Oleg Korotayev	Havana, Cuba	LTKO 3
Warsaw, Katowice and Gdańsk, Poland, Dual Match Poland vs USA, 81 kg
- Oct. 13	Janusz Gortat (POL)	Warsaw, Poland	LPTS
+ Oct. 20	Grzegorz Pigon	Katowice, Poland	WPTS
+ Oct. 24	Wieslaw Adamski	Gdańsk, Poland	WDQ 3

1975
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Saint Louis, Missouri, Dual Match USA vs Soviet Union, 81 kg
+ Jan. 25	Oleg Korotayev	Saint Louis, Missouri	WPTS
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States National Championships winner, 81 kg
+ June 20	Thomas Johnson	Shreveport, Louisiana	WPTS
Mannheim, West Germany, Dual Match FRG-West Germany vs USA, 81 kg
+ July 5	Guenther Peters	Mannheim, West Germany	WTKO
Madison, Wisconsin, US Panamerican Games Trials winner, 81 kg
+ Sept. 5	Paul Ramos	Madison, Wisconsin	WPTS
+ Sept. 6	Tom Johnson	Madison, Wisconsin	WPTS
Mexico City, Mexico, Panamerican Games silver medal, 81 kg
+ Oct. 19	Terrence Bristol	Mexico City, Mexico	WKO 2
+ Oct. 22	Joao Batista	Mexico City, Mexico	WPTS
- Oct. 25	Orestes Pedroso (CUB)	Mexico City, Mexico	LPTS

1976
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States National Championships winner, 81 kg
+ May 15	Milford Kemp	Las Vegas, Nevada	WPTS
Cincinnati, Ohio, US Olympic Trials winner, 81 kg
+ June 3	Reginald Phillips	Cincinnati, Ohio	WWO
+ June 4	Charles Smith (USA)	Cincinnati, Ohio	WTKO 2
+ June 5	John Davis	Cincinnati, Ohio	WPTS
Burlington, Vermont, US Olympic Box-Offs winner, 81 kg
+ June 26	John Davis	Burlington, Vermont	WPTS
Montreal, Canada, Olympic Games gold medal, 81 kg
+ July 22	Abellatif Fatihi	Montreal, Canada	WKO 1
+ July 24	Anatoliy Klimanov	Montreal, Canada	WPTS 5:0
+ July 26	Ottomar Sachse	Montreal, Canada	WPTS 5:0
+ July 28	Janusz Gortat (POL)	Montreal, Canada	WPTS 5:0
+ July 30	Sixto Soria (CUB)	Montreal, Canada	WRSC 3

Professional record


1977
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 15	Bob Smith	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 5
+ Mar. 5	Peter Freeman	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Mar. 20	Jerry McIntyre	Louisville, USA	KO 1
+ May 7	Pedro Agosto	Saint Louis, USA	KO 1
+ June 1	Bruce Scott	Montreal, Canada	KO 3
= Oct. 22	Scott LeDoux	Las Vegas, USA	Draw 10
+ Nov. 18	Alfio Righetti	Las Vegas, USA	W 10

1978
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 15	Muhammad Ali	Las Vegas, USA	W 15
(Won World Heavyweight Title)
^ Apr. 25	Leroy Diggs	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Exh 4
^ June 30	George Mostardini	Chicago, USA	Exh 4
- Sept. 15	Muhammad Ali	New Orleans, USA	L 15
(Lost World Heavyweight Title)

1979
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- June 24	Gerrie Coetzee	Monte Carlo, Monaco	TKO by 1

1980
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 12	Alfredo Evangelista	Atlantic City, USA	KO 5
= Mar. 8	Eddie Lopez	Las Vegas, USA	Draw 10
+ May 3	Kevin Isaac	Redwood City, USA	TKO 8
+ Oct. 2	Bernardo Mercado	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 9

1981
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- June 12	Larry Holmes	Detroit, USA	TKO by 3
(For WBC Heavyweight Title)

1982
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 24	Ivy Brown	Atlantic City, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 31	Jesse Burnett	McAfee, USA	W 12
(Won vacant NABF Cruiserweight Title)

1983
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 6	Carlos De Leon	Atlantic City, USA	TKO by 6


1984 Inactive

1985
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 21	Lupe Guerra	Detroit, USA	TKO 4
+ Apr. 9	Rick Kellar	Honolulu, USA	TKO 3
+ May 9	Tom Fischer	Detroit, USA	W 10
+ June 29	Tommy Franco Thomas	Santa Rosa, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 13	Kip Kane	New York, USA	TKO 8
(Won vacant WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title)

1986
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 22	Dwight Muhammad Qawi	Reno, USA	TKO by 6
(For WBA Cruiserweight Title)
- Aug. 2	Rocky Sekorski	Detroit Lakes, USA	TKO by 6

1987
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 17	Jose Ribalta	Coconut Grove, USA	TKO by 1
+ Apr. 28	Jeff Jordan	Nagoya, Japan	W 12
(Retained WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title)
- May 22	Angelo Musone	Jesi, Italy	KO by 7
= Aug. 29	Jim Ashard	Eugene, USA	Draw 10
- Oct. 20	Terry Mims	Cleveland, USA	L 10
- Dec. 20	Ladislao Mijangos	San Antonio, USA	L 10

1988
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 18	Randall Cobb	Nashville, USA	L 10
- May 30	Tony Morrison	Trumbull, USA	TKO by 1


1989-1990 Inactive

1991
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 15	Lupe Guerra	Gary, USA	KO 3

1992
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 28	Andre Crowder	Countryside, USA	W 10
+ Mar. 20	Rick Myers	Saint Louis, USA	W 10
+ June 17	Rocky Bentley	Atlanta, USA	W 10
+ July 24	Jack Jackson	Countryside, USA	KO 3
- Sept. 26	Kevin P Porter	Lansing, USA	L 10
+ Dec. 11	Kevin Poindexter	Countryside, USA	KO 1

1993
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 27	James Wilder	Davenport, USA	L 10

1994
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 22	Eddie Curry	Raleigh, USA	WDQ 9
- Oct. 1	Shane Sutcliffe	Nanaimo, Canada	L 8
- Oct. 22	John Carlo	Washington, USA	KO by 1

1995
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 19	Ray Kipping	Saint Louis, USA	W 8
- Dec. 4	Fred Houpe	Saint Louis, USA	L 8

Summary