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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 ...

Leon Spinks, who scored one of boxing’s greatest upsets when he defeated Muhammad Ali to capture the heavyweight championship in February 1978 but lost his crown in a rematch seven months later and ...

Heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist Leon Spinks died Friday at age 67. Spinks won gold as a light heavyweight at the 1976 Olympics and scored the biggest win of his professional ...

Leon Spinks Jr., the boxer best known for defeating Muhammad Ali in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, has died at the age of 67. According to the KNTV, Spinks died Friday evening in Las ...

Spinks’ 31 rounds as a pro just exceeded the 30 rounds Ali fought in his last two bouts. His level of opposition was suspect at best and he struggled against his two best opponents in Scott LeDoux (D ...

Former heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks Jr., who defeated Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight title in 1978, has died. He died Friday after a five-year battle with prostate and other cancers ...

Leon Spinks, who won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in only his eighth pro fight, has died. He was 67. Spinks, who lived his later ...

He was an Olympic champion with few pro fights under his belt when he surprised the world by beating the champ in 1978. Things did not go smoothly after that. By Richard Goldstein Leon Spinks, who ...

Imagine, if you will, the following scenario: A novice boxer less than two years removed from winning an Olympic gold medal – at 178 pounds no less – getting the chance to fight a living legend for ...