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Facts

Born July 11, 1953 • St. Louis • Missouri
Died February 5, 2021 (aged 67) • Henderson • Nevada
Awards And Honors Olympic Games
Notable Family Members brother Michael Spinks

Photos

Leon Spinks, wearing black trunks and red gloves, faces Muhammad Ali, in white trunks, during their 1978 boxing match in the ring.
Leon Spinks
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Muhammad Ali, shirtless and sweating, trains with a speed bag in a wood-paneled gym at his Pennsylvania training camp, circa 1974.
Muhammad Ali
American boxer
Champion boxer Michael Spinks
Michael Spinks
American boxer
Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier
American boxer
George Foreman
George Foreman
American boxer
Sugar Ray Leonard in white trunks throws a punch at Marvin Hagler, who is blocking with his arms, during their 1987 middleweight title fight in a boxing ring.
Sugar Ray Leonard
American boxer and television commentator
Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson
American boxer
Joe Louis posing shirtless in boxing gloves and shorts, arms raised in a fighting stance, photographed in 1946.
Joe Louis
American boxer
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Roy Jones, Jr.
American boxer
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Robert Fitzsimmons
English boxer
Cuba's Teofilo Stevenson, wearing boxing gloves and shorts labeled Cuba, faces USSR's Pjotr Zayev in the ring during their 1980 Olympic heavyweight final match.
Teófilo Stevenson
Cuban boxer
Floyd Patterson
Floyd Patterson
American boxer
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Eddie Eagan
American boxer and bobsledder
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Ken Norton
American boxer
Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield
American boxer
Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson
American boxer
Boxer Larry Holmes sits on a stool in his corner of the boxing ring between rounds, wearing red gloves and white trunks, with his trainer standing behind him.
Larry Holmes
American boxer
Hearns, Thomas
Thomas Hearns
American boxer
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Pernell Whitaker
American boxer
Edwin Moses
Edwin Moses
American athlete
Georges Carpentier, left, throws a punch at George Cook during a boxing match, both men wearing boxing shorts and shoes inside the ring.
Georges Carpentier
French boxer

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