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With a split decision in the Las Vegas Hilton, Spinks fulfilled his dream last night, winning the Heavyweight Championship of the World by defeating The Greatest, Muhammad Ali. But more than a personal victory, Spinks' win represents a belated Valentine's Day present to the boxing world.
For too long now, Ali has sat atop the boxing world playing rope-a-dope with unworthy opponents and carrying second-rate fighters through 15 rounds. The pattern was a tiring one and the heavyweight ranks needed some shaking up. Leon Spinks provided that dynamic force.
For Spinks, the win marks the long-awaited knockout of Ali's no-fight fighting. Spinks came out like a hungry tiger, flashing his sparsely-toothed grin continuously. He patted Ali on the behind after each round and stared the champ down with his own incredulous looks. But most of...
For seven rounds, Spinks made the fight go while Ali played bystander. Then Ali scored in the middle rounds, working an especially-strong right-left combination through rounds nine, 10 and 11. Ali danced, Spinks punched, and when it came down to the wire, Spinks had more.
All that means that now there's real life in the heavyweight ring. All those hungry challengers will be eager to get Spinks, and he'll be the spunky, determined, Cinderella champ.