Leon Spinks might very nicely be the worst of the fighters listed on this article, a fly-by-night heavyweight champion that shocked the world by beating Muhammad Ali however in a near-immediate rematch was utterly embarrassed shedding the title again to Ali. With simply 46 fights in his profession, Spinks misplaced 17 occasions and was knocked out 9 occasions. Extremely, after simply seven skilled fights that included a draw with Scott LeDoux, Spinks was granted a title shot on February 15, 1978 to attempt to win the title from Muhammad Ali. In one of many largest upsets in heavyweight historical past, Spinks gained the title incomes a cut up determination victory. Anticipated to be a simple struggle, the bout came about in the midst of the week on Wednesday and was broadcast on common tv. Embarrassed by the loss, a rematch came about simply seven months later and Ali was in a phrase … ALI. He utterly outclassed Spinks and the toothless ex-champion would by no means sniff one other title shot in that division however did get an opportunity on the cruiserweight title during which he misplaced to Dwight Muhammad Qawi by TKO. In his subsequent two bouts, Spinks was knocked out once more. In that interval from March 22 1986 when he fought Qawi to a loss to Tony Morrison in 1988, Leon Spinks misplaced 8 of 10 bouts getting stopped 5 occasions and solely incomes a draw and a victory of Jeff Jordan in between.
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