who did spinks beat to be so highly regarded as good??

[butterfly1964]

well, obviously mystyal2k5 made his thread to try to downgrade ali's competition, so i'll do the same for tyson. this was tyson's biggest win in his entire career, knocking out a light heavyweight. how good as a hw was spinks really? who in their prime did he really beat worth mentioning?

[Southpaw Stinger]

Spinks cannot be considered a great HW by anyones standards.

[machotime]

well, obviously mystyal2k5 made his thread to try to downgrade ali's competition, so i'll do the same for tyson. this was tyson's biggest win in his entire career, knocking out a light heavyweight. how good as a hw was spinks really? who in their prime did he really beat worth mentioning?

UUUUUUUMMMMMMMM? HMMMMMMMM? He held a belt, that's about it.

[king4fore]

he beat a 48-0 larry holmes, who went on later to give evander holyfield hell and beat up a prime ray mercer,he also kod the power punching gerry cooney

[Kid Canada]

He didn`t really beat Holmes. Watch the fight.

[moondog0]

He was a great light heavy weight, and a good heavyweight because of his boxing skill, he wasn't big enough to weigh in with the great heavyweights, I don't think Mystyal thinks that either, nice try Butterfly. Are You related to Ali, you seem to be enthralled with the man, get some help...

[Kid Achilles]

Michael Spinks was a pretender. Liston would beat that gimp with the left hand only.

Nah, he was actually an all time great LHW and a pretty decent heavyweight as well. Not top 20 material though as far as champions go, but he would kick a lot of ass if he were fighting today.

[The Noose]

But the question remains...why did alot of people think he would beat Tyson?

[RockyMarcianofan00]

Michael Spinks was a pretender. Liston would beat that gimp with the left hand only.

Nah, he was actually an all time great LHW and a pretty decent heavyweight as well. Not top 20 material though as far as champions go, but he would kick a lot of ass if he were fighting today.

yea but mostly anybody from years past could rip threw todays heavyweights

i guess that means in coming years we're do for some good fighters
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[Kid Achilles]

Tyson at the time was still untested. All the talent in the world means nothing if you don't have the intangibles (heart, intelligence, the ability to make adjustments during a fight) to back it up. Spinks had the experience, the skill, and the heart to give him a good test and possibly take him into the late rounds and dismantle him. Unfortunately, Spinks was intimidated and bombed out in short order before he was ever in the fight.