Grade a fighter day 4: What grade do you give Michael Spinks?

[Sweet_Science_]

I voted A. Atg at LHW and beat Holmes twice.

[_Rexy_]

He was gifted the Holmes rematch and got stripped of a belt for not fighting Tony Tucker ,he also has a win over a washed out Cooney who could have won that fight.

Other then those few points ,he’s a solid CW , very crafty and for his time could have maybe even had a run at a title beyond Holmes if not for one of the most dangerous heavyweight fighters Mike Tyson .

Well balanced guy ,underated puncher but won with speed and great angles .

B + .

oh yeah, Cooney could have totally won, had he not gotten KTFO less than halfway through the fight


jesus you're an idiot. Not even gonna comment on you calling him a solid cruiserweight, who never fought in the division.

[richardt]

I rank him higher as a heavyweight TBH. Beat Larry Holmes twice and stopped Gerry Cooney in 5 rounds (who outweighed him by thirty pounds)

He was absolutely great, A-Plus! But the fighter who wins my heart from that era is Matthew Saad Mohammed. What a backstory and what a truly fine human being. And to say he had the heart of a warrior is almost an insult because of how deep he had to dig at times. His heart was monstrous. Spinks vs Mohammed would have been one of the great fights but Dwight Mohammed Qawi derailed that one.

[richardt]

Who in the ***ING hell gave Spinks only a D+??????

[just the facts]

How could a top 3 all time light heavy be less than an A+?

[Rockin']

Who in the ***ING hell gave Spinks only a D+??????

abracada did. He's either 12 years old or simply does not know the sport. Or maybe both. Spinks was not the greatest ever, but a D+? ........Rockin'

[Kagami Taiga]

He's considered to be the ATG at Light Heavy and he fought in the golden era of that division. Then he went on to win a Heavyweight title. Great fighter. Easily A+

[TonyGe]

A+ no doubt about it. He had dynamite in both hands and a awkward style that he made work for him.

[Affogato`]

He's kinda underrated tbh A great LH fighter !

Sadly people forgot how good he was after Mike Tyson KO'd him

[REDEEMER]

oh yeah, Cooney could have totally won, had he not gotten KTFO less than halfway through the fight


jesus you're an idiot. Not even gonna comment on you calling him a solid cruiserweight, who never fought in the division.

Cooney was winning the fight sure the announcers claimed otherwise but where ? He was pressed and was a bit shaken with just jabs landed ,even in the second round he just steals the round in last seconds yet the announcer says it was a Spinks round ? Cooney stuns Spinks a few times in the next rnd 3 with left hooks not to mention the digging body shots he threw the entire time and in rnd 4 you can see Spinks knees go weak a bit with a double left hook bf he got caught in the last rnd 5 ...the only real round Cooney was losing clearly but he wasn’t winning beforehand ? Ha.

To show you how bias the commentary was ,Spinks was warned for excessive holding in rnd 4 ,yet the announcer says both fighters are warned . That guy is on someone’s payroll for sure .Ha

The fact is you just don’t watch fights and always getting corrected on here . You also think Spinks won twice over Holmes but no one who really watched both fights thinks that and Holmes was very badly injured in the first fight and was advised not to to take that’s why he didn’t throw many right hands ,it had something to do with his spine . You didn’t know that because you don’t know boxing .

The last statement I don’t even know what that is but it proves to you are a moron more then I though you were which is very hard . You shouldn’t comment at all,you have to be one of the ******est posters I’ve encountered on here and lies daily .