Muhammad Ali vs. Leon Spinks
Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks fought two boxing matches with each other. Their first match took place on February 16, 1978 and the second on September 15, 1978. Spinks won the first match through a split decision on points, while Ali won the second match through a unanimous decision on points.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
References
- ^ "Muhammad Ali's ring record". ESPN. 19 November 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Muhammad Ali meets his match as young Leon Spinks stuns the champ to take heavyweight title". New York Daily News. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Read Peter Finney's column on Ali vs. Spinks 2 at the Superdome in 1978". The Times-Picayune. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. 2003. pp. 254–258.
{{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ Hugh McIlvanney (1982). McIlvanney on Boxing. Beaufort books. pp. 163–71.
- ^ Ferdie Pacheco (1992). Muhammad Ali: A View from the Corner. Birch Lane Press. pp. 153–58.
- ^ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali:His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 350–60.
- ^ "One more time to the top". Sports Illustrated. 25 September 1978. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
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