Good evening fans! Welcome to Week Two of Athletes and Eras' Brotherly Love Special Event! This week, we're taking a look at the legendary Spinks brothers, and how they'd fight each other in the ring. And we're starting out with Michael Spinks.
Though retired now, Michael Spinks is far from forgotten in the boxing world. He is a champion in the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. As an amateur, he had a stunning record of 93-7 and went to the 1976 Olympics. He won the gold in the middleweight class!
From then on, Spinks was determined to make his imprint in the ring. After destroying Eddie Benson in 1977, Michael went pro. And his first 31 professional fights went undefeated! In 1978, Michael won the Middleweight championship from Tom Bethea. In 1980, he took on a future Super Middleweight Murray Sutherland. In 1981, Spinks had become the number one challenger to the Light Heavyweight champion Eddie Mustafa Muhammad! When the two fought, Michael defeated Eddie in the 12th round. He defended that title five times in the next two years!
The next year, 1983, Michael dealt with both severe tragedy and amazing triumph. His wife passed away, but he won the WBC crown. He defended it once in 1984, and then twice in 1985. Michael challenged Larry Holmes for the IBC Heavyweight championship, and won unanimously. With that fight, Michael Spinks became the first Light Heavyweight to win the world Heavyweight title!
Michael only had one loss during his entire professional career - to Mike Tyson in 1988. We'll bring you up to speed on that in the second profile, fans!
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