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[QUOTE=DooGee#33;n32130718]Being a great lightheavyweight then becoming the first to ever move up from that weight class and win the Heavyweight Championship.
yes he was one of the greatest modern fighters. Certainly it mainly due to his work at 175. I didn't care for the way he beat Holmes, Spinks fighting style was irritating to a Larry Holmes fan. The first fight Michael did win it.
Beeing the first to beat a great heavyweight champion of Larry Holmes's caliber seals the deal for Spinks. [/QUOTE]
First LHW Champion title holder to move directly up and win the HW title (without preliminary HW fights.)
But not the "first great lightheavyweight" to win the HW title, e.g Tunney, Charles, Braddock, Fitzsimmons.
yes he was one of the greatest modern fighters. Certainly it mainly due to his work at 175. I didn't care for the way he beat Holmes, Spinks fighting style was irritating to a Larry Holmes fan. The first fight Michael did win it.
Beeing the first to beat a great heavyweight champion of Larry Holmes's caliber seals the deal for Spinks. [/QUOTE]
First LHW Champion title holder to move directly up and win the HW title (without preliminary HW fights.)
But not the "first great lightheavyweight" to win the HW title, e.g Tunney, Charles, Braddock, Fitzsimmons.
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