Word: spinkses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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It seems that "Poor Mike," as People has christened him, has been so distracted by his manipulative wife and mother-in-law, Ruth Roper (who, by the way, has sued Yankee outfielder Dave Winfield for infecting her with an undisclosed venereal disease--a fact SI deemed highly relevant to the...
That isn't the point. What we have is a matchup between two boxing greats. Tyson--the seemingly unbeatable, indestructable, current heavyweight champion of the world--and Spinks--also undefeated, but older, more seasoned.
"He had his time; his reign is over now completely," pronounced Tyson, declaring that his next opponent would be Tony Tubbs. Michael Spinks' promoter seemed more incensed by this than Michael Spinks. After 33 victories and 29 knockouts, Tyson restated his feelings about this and every fight. "If anyone's...
Tyson next fights in March, meeting the winner of a Tony Tubbs-Tim Witherspoon match for the World Boxing Association title. The International Boxing Federation's Michael Spinks is standing by to face the survivor in May, without noticeable enthusiasm. Then there will be one champion.
...Spinks' upset ended the seven-year reign of his opponent, who was just one fight away from matching Rocky Marciano's all-time heavyweight record of 49 wins without a loss. In 1978 Spinks' older brother Leon took the heavyweight championship from Muhammad Ali for seven months, and the Spinkses are the first brothers to be kings of the ring. (Max Baer held the heavyweight title, but Buddy lost his two title fights.) Michael presumably wants to wear the championship belt longer than Leon, though. Says he: "I know how to fight...