at The time of his struggle in the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas on the 15. February 1978 was Muhammad Ali (56-5, 37 Ko) in the evening hours of his Boxing career and was not in the best shape. His opponent, “Neon” Leon Spinks (26-17-3, 14 K. o’s), however, was a New-comer, who won as an Amateur while in 1976 the Gold at the Olympics, as a professional, but had contested just seven fights. Ali actually wanted to avoid a fourth fight against Ken Norton and opted for the brother of the half-heavyweight Michael Spinks. The 10-to-1 Underdog out fought, but the victory against “The Greatest” in a Split Decision of the judges and won the championship belt of the WBA and WBC.
As sensational winner of the Spinks wanted to compete next against his mandatory Challenger Ken Norton, but the rematch against Ali preferred, from recognized the WBC him the title again. But Spinks: Ali squandered the One-Hit-Wonder defeated in the Rematch on may 15. September 1978 clearly on points. It was better for “Neon”: In his next Fight against the future WBA Champion Gerrie Coetzee at the 24. In June 1979, he was knocked out of the South Africans in the first round. His world title fight against Larry Holmes two years later lost to Spinks by T. K. o. in the third. A move to the Cruiserweight division brought the desired success, because his only title fight in this weight class (against Dwight Muhammad Qawi, 22. March 1986) ended with a T. K. o defeat in the Sixth. In 1988, Spinks went in the rest, then started in 1991 a very successful Comeback.
Text: Nils Bothmann & Frank Schwantes
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