Record details

Michael SPINKS

"The Jinx"

Heavyweight

Male

USA, Saint Louis, Missouri
Born: July 13, 1956, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Height: 6ft 3in, mt 1,90
Weight: 165-170-175-199-201-208-212 lbs

(brother of Leon; uncle of Cory and Darrell)

as an amateur:

1974 Denver, Colorado, National Golden Gloves Super-Welterweight winner
1976 Miami, Florida, National Golden Gloves Middleweight winner
1976 Montreal, Canada, Olympic Games Middleweight gold medal

amateur record: 93-7-0 (35)

Michael Spinks was the first Olympic Gold Medallist at middleweight
to win a professional light-heavyweight world title

Michael Spinks was the second Olympic Gold Medallist at middleweight
to win a professional heavyweight world title

Amateur Results


1976
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Montreal, Canada, Olympic Games gold medal, 75 kg
+ July 24	Jean-Marie Emebe (CMR)	Montreal, Canada	WWO
+ July 26	Ryszard Pasiewicz	Montreal, Canada	WPTS 5:0
+ July 28	Alec Nastac (OMA)	Montreal, Canada	WWO
+ July 30	Rufat Riskiyev (UZB)	Montreal, Canada	WRSC 3

Professional record


1977
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 16	Eddie Benson	Las Vegas, USA	KO 1
+ May 7	Luis Rodriguez	Saint Louis, USA	W 6
+ June 1	Joe Borden	Montreal, Canada	KO 2
+ Aug. 23	Jasper Brisbane	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 1
+ Sept. 13	Ray Elson	Los Angeles, USA	KO 1
+ Oct. 22	Gary Summerhays	Las Vegas, USA	W 8

1978
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 15	Tom Bethea	Las Vegas, USA	W 8
+ Dec. 15	Eddie Phillips	White Plains, USA	KO 4

1979
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 24	Marc Hans	Bloomington, USA	TKO 1

1980
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 1	Johnny Wilburn	Louisville, USA	W 8
+ Feb. 24	Ramon Ranquello	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 6
+ May 4	Murray Sutherland	Kiamesha Lake, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 2	David Conteh	Baton Rouge, USA	TKO 9
+ Oct. 18	Yaqui Lopez	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 7

1981
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 24	Willie Taylor	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 8
+ Mar. 28	Marvin Johnson	Atlantic City, USA	KO 4
+ July 18	Eddie Mustafa MUHAMMAD	Las Vegas, USA	W 15
(Won WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 7	Vonzell Johnson	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 7
(Retained WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)

1982
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 13	Mustafa Wassaja	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 6
(Retained WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Apr. 11	Murray Sutherland	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 8
(Retained WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ June 12	Jerry Celestine	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 8
(Retained WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 18	Johnny Davis	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 9
(Retained WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)

1983
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 18	Dwight Muhammad QAWI	Atlantic City, USA	W 15
(Retained WBA and won WBC Light-Heavyweight Titles)
+ Nov. 25	Oscar Rivadeneyra	Vancouver, Canada	TKO 10
(Retained WBA and WBC Light-Heavyweight Titles)

1984
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 25	Eddie Davis	Atlantic City, USA	W 12
(Retained WBA and WBC & won inaugural IBF Light-Heavyweight Titles)

1985
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 23	David Sears	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 3
(Retained WBA, WBC and IBF Light-Heavyweight Titles)
+ June 6	Jim MacDonald	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 8
(Retained WBA, WBC and IBF Light-Heavyweight Titles)
+ Sept. 21	Larry Holmes	Las Vegas, USA	W 15
(Won IBF Heavyweight Title)

1986
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 19	Larry Holmes	Las Vegas, USA	W 15
(Retained IBF Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 6	Steffen Tangstad	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 4
(Retained IBF Heavyweight Title)

1987
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 15	Gerry Cooney	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 5

1988
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- June 27	Mike Tyson	Atlantic City, USA	KO by 1
(For WBC, WBA and IBF Heavyweight Titles)

Summary