What is Leon Spinks?
[[File:Leon Spinks 3.jpg|thumb|Leon Spinks in 1995]] '''Leon Spinks''' (July 11, 1953 &ndash; February 5, 2021) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Boxing|boxer]]. He won the world [[heavyweight]] championship. He won a [[gold medal]] in the [[1976 Olympic Games|1976]] [[Olympics]] in the boxing category. He became a professional boxer. In his eighth bout, he won the heavyweight championship from [[Muhammad Ali]]. In his first defense, he lost the title back to Ali.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=262&cat=boxer | title=Leon Spinks | publisher=BoxRec.com | accessdate=2012-07-21 | archive-date=2012-10-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006183905/http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=262&cat=boxer | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was born in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. Spinks continued boxing with little success after that. He fought [[Larry Holmes]] for the heavyweight title in 1981, but lost. He also fought for the [[cruiserweight]] championship, but he lost that fight, too. He stopped fighting in 1995. He ws the brother of boxer [[Michael Spinks]] and the father of boxer [[Cory Spinks]]. In December 2019, Spinks was hospitalized in [[Las Vegas]] after his [[prostate cancer]] spread to his [[bladder]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2019/12/13/leon-spinks-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer-intensive-care/|title=Leon Spinks Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer Showing Signs of Improvement|publisher=[[TMZ]]|date=December 13, 2019}}</ref> He died on February 5, 2021 from the disease in [[Henderson, Nevada]] at the age of 67.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/boxing-legend-leon-spinks-dies-at-67-001655175.html |title=Boxing legend Leon Spinks dies at 67 |date=February 6, 2021 |accessdate=February 6, 2021 |publisher=Yahoo!}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons cat-inline|Leon Spinks}} * [http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=262 Boxing Record]{{Dead link|date=October 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{start