Micheal Spinks ATG Forgotten. Travesty

[chirorickyp]

Micheal Spinks is the most underrated fighter of the last 50 years. Undefeated undisputed light heavyweight champ who beat the best collection of tough fighters since the 1970's. Never got beaten up, beat every fighter, Period!
He would have beaten any light heavy since his era including the great Roy Jones Jr. At 6'2 with the Spinks Jinx he would have KO'd Prime Roy.
The guy then goes and outboxes the great Larry Holmes at heavyweight. Absolutely astounding.
No credit.
All he's remembered for is for going against a prime Animal Mike Tyson.
Can anyone tell me who's better than Micheal Spinks and achieved more at Light heavyweight in the last 50 years.
Would they have beaten Larry Holmes?

[DaBeastO]

spinks is best remembered for his entrance against mike tyson and the look on his face just before he got slaughtered in 90 seconds or whatever it was no doubt about it he's a top 3 ATG light heavyweight. spinks moving up and beating holmes not once but twice was just the cherry on top.

[_Rexy_]

Spinks is one of the ATG fighters at 175. He isn't forgotten at all amongst real boxing fans.

[Real King Kong]

Spinks is one of the ATG fighters at 175. He isn't forgotten at all amongst real boxing fans.

That era at 175 was awesome. So many good fights.

[SugarRayCurtain]

Yeah kinda sucks how one fight overshadows a fighters achievements spanning his whole career.


I think if Duran never fought on after his 'No Mas' debacle he would primarily be remembered for that one fight
Its just a shame it had to be Spink's last fight

[Dip_Slide]

Tremendous fighter and definitely top 5 all time great light heavyweight. However I wouldn't be so sure about him beating Roy Jones in one on one competition.

[STREET CLEANER]

He was the fighter that put Tyson into super stardom and legitimized him because who he was.

It wasn't like people were saying that Sphinks was exposed or no good to begin with. If anything it was like damn, look how Tyson dominated Spinks...

[PRINCEKOOL]

He was the fighter that put Tyson into super stardom and legitimized him because who he was.

It wasn't like people were saying that Sphinks was exposed or no good to begin with. If anything it was like damn, look how Tyson dominated Spinks...

[The plunger man]

Great era for light heavyweights.
Michael spinks was the daddy of that division which included some amazing fighters.....Dwight Muhammad qawi, Marvin johnson , Eddie mustafa Muhammad etc.
Olympic champion on greatest American team in history.
Fact of the day spinks kept calling Marvin hagler out but hagler declined on many occasion.
I think the Tyson loss did damage his credibility because he seemed defeated before he entered the ring and then never made a comeback and never even talked on his loss.
But he was a great fighter especially in his division with a devastating right hand

[boliodogs]

Micheal Spinks is the most underrated fighter of the last 50 years. Undefeated undisputed light heavyweight champ who beat the best collection of tough fighters since the 1970's. Never got beaten up, beat every fighter, Period!
He would have beaten any light heavy since his era including the great Roy Jones Jr. At 6'2 with the Spinks Jinx he would have KO'd Prime Roy.
The guy then goes and outboxes the great Larry Holmes at heavyweight. Absolutely astounding.
No credit.
All he's remembered for is for going against a prime Animal Mike Tyson.
Can anyone tell me who's better than Micheal Spinks and achieved more at Light heavyweight in the last 50 years.
Would they have beaten Larry Holmes?

Spinks was a great light heavyweight. Holmes was 36 years old when Spinks just barely beat him twice in fights many thought Holmes won. He could not have defeated a prime Holmes. I think Bob Foster was a better light heavyweight than Spinks and would have defeated him. Foster did not do well against heavyweights but he was unbeatable at 175. Foster was not that big and could not carry the weight to fight as a heavyweight and still weighed 175 when he did fight heavyweights. Foster and Spinks both had many successful title defenses. But Foster was still light heavyweight champ at age 36 while Spinks was KOed by Tyson and retired for good at age 32.Foster had 46 KO wins for 71% KO ratio while Spinks had 21 KO wins for a 65% KO ratio. Foster was lightning fast and had incredible punching power for a light heavyweight.