Michael Spinks followed a smart route. After catching one big fish after another he knew when to stop and lived happily ever after.

People forget this guy was the undisputed LHW champion and moved up and beat 48-0 larry holmes twice it was only prime tyson that beat him

Michael Spinks = class

Michael looks good for his age. It always makes me happy to see a legend in good shape. Respect the former champ

My condolences to Michael Spinks, his brother Leon passed away earlier this evening from cancer..

Mr spinks true warrior family of champions legends will live forever true gentleman .

He was an amazing fighter that dared to overachieve. He was never big enough to be a Heavyweight but sought out challenges and dared to be great.

I followed Michael Spinks from his first pro fight. He was amazing! My favorite light heavy of all time. Before the first Holmes fight during an interview Michael told the reporter “I’m not exactly suffering from a power shortage”!! He was humble when asked if he was going to win. With a big happy smile on his face he said; I’m just going to do the best I can and see what happens. No talking bs, just keeping it real. Huge respect! Michael is the man!!

One of the greatest light heavyweights in history-- class act..

What a down to earth, gentle and sweet man. I'm glad I found this interview with Michael Spinks. He's truly an amazing human being!

Michael spinks seem a really good dude

Such a down to earth grounded Gent , really good to see Micheal is healthy and functioning well . A extremely good boxer in his day and not mentioned enough nowadays.

Michael spinks was a good fighter, he beat holmes twice and should have gotten more credit.

He sounds pretty good still

Now that is a hat!

Anyone able to overcome a significant natural size disadvantage & mix it with Larry Holmes for 30 rds had to be a top boxer and tough as old boots. Great to see that he still looks & sounds like he's in good health.

“They’ll beat one us but they won’t beat both of us..” The love those brothers must have and had is amazing and the ability to rely on someone like that is beautiful. The Spinks brothers will always be remembered for the olympics in my family. My Dad always mentions that first before their actual careers and it goes to show it meant something to the the American people to win in boxing in any weigh class in those days.

As a kid in late 70s early 80s,I remember the spinks brothers being legends simply because they were in Olympics together and both got gold medals.

Spinks a legend. Only 1 loss against an all time great, kept some money too. Underrated giant of light heavyweight and heavyweight boxing

Michael Spinks 🥊🥊Legend

Next to Bob Foster, Michael Spinks was a devastating Light Heavyweight Champion.

I’ve seen Michael in the olympics here in Montreal Canada 1976. So fit lean and mean God bless him 🙏🏼♥️🇨🇦

He said he beat me like he didn’t know me 😂😂😂

Michael Spinks was a great boxer and should be given more credit. He was a superb stylist with knockout power.

Aw! Maaan what a Treat The Spinks Jinx Michael Spinks. I love this dude. Straight up of the Project of St. Louis, MO. Him and his brother fought their way out of the Project to stardom. We are still very proud of them. 💯❤

The always classy Michael Spinks. One of if not The best LH champs of all-time.

Come on man, first thing you bring up is him getting smashed by tyson. Sure, that kinda is what he is known for but you could have mentioned his 2 wins over the great larry holmes first. Smh

Michael is a class act! An inspiration for all of us trying to "punch above our weight" in life's struggles.

One seriously underrated ATG.

Two brothers both held sports. Biggest prize the world heavyweight title . pretty amazing and they both won gold medals. Also they do not get the respect they deserve. They are legends , RIP Leon Spinks.

Awesome light heavyweight probably top all time 5 if not #1.

Michael spinks looked like he was going to the electric chair when he fought Mike Tyson... props to both Mike's ...🥊🥊🥊

i thought about this guy this morning wtf !

I met Michael at of all places a Fleetwood Mac concert in baton rouge, la. He was early in his pro career just after the Olympics. I spotted the black cowboy hat. He and his lady were there enjoying the show. Im such a fan i couldn't help but approach him. Heck of a nice guy and a great in the ring. To this day my friends still say i was one toke over the line and i was mistaken. Not so. The champ likes Fleetwood Mac. Peace n smoke.

Respect to a living legend

Good to see Spinks healthy and sharp. Love his taste in hats! Long live the champ.

One of the best lightheavies of all time; it’s unfortunate that a lot of “fans” only know him for the Tyson fight.

What an awesome dude. Low-key, no ego, did his thing and moved on

A VERY smart humble man and top class boxer and person. He quit when he lost to Tyson and no comebacks or any brain damage whatsoever. He is a top man.

One of the greatest light heavyweights of all time

I like hearing Michael talk about him and his Brother his a really smooth chap

Michael Spinks was and still is a class act.

Michael Spinks coined the phrase Michael Buffer pimps whenever possible “somebody’s ‘0’ has got to go” in the lead up to 1st Holmes fight

I liked how the interviewer switched the topic to Tyson To Holmes, talked about how good it was, then finally switching to talk about Tyson. That's some good respect. Way better than suddenly going up to his face and ask about his worst and only loss in his career.

Great legend.glad to see he is well.esp after than tyson fight

Michael’s first fight with Larry Holmes was truly amazing

My favorite of that era. THE SPINKS JINKS

Michael Spinks was a True Gentleman Champion. All around great man and very smart to hang it up when he did. Came out with Money and his Mind still intact

Michael is underrated. Great fighter. Dominated the light heavies and moved up and got the HW title.

Gotta love this guy guy!!

Michael Spinks was always a humble fighter 👍👍🤝🤝

Great Champion,Olympic and Professional, my respect for Michael Spinks, still look in great shape, I enjoyed many of his fights 🥊 👋🏻 🙏

Michael ! You ARE a legend . You look great and I hope youre enjoying a nice life .! From a fan in Britain.

He should have been asked why Tyson was his last fight Maybe he left at the right time. He seems to be all there, and he had the respect.

Awesome cowboy hat that he's wearing. Some of the most famous cowboys ever, are from the state of Missouri. Jesse & Frank James, Bob Ford and his brothers, Clell Miller, Cole Younger & his brothers, just to name a few🎩

Tyson was the only guy Michael spinks lost to he didn't get the recognition that he deserved spinks is one of the ALL TIME GREATS along with Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, George Feorman, Evander Holyfield and Roy Jones.

RIP World Chanpion Leon Spinks I had watched Michael Spinks fight so many times on HBO and became a fan as he moved up weight divisions. I had always hoped to see him fight my other favorite boxer, Marvin Hagler, but they were always too far apart in weight. I thought World Champion Michael Spinks had the boxing intelligence and skills to thwart & outlast World Champion Mike Tyson as it seemed like Ali vs. Foreman to me. At that time it was rare for Tyson to go deep into the later rounds and I had seen the stamina that Spinks had. Also, many felt like me that Tyson was a bully and a 'one trick pony' and had not really been tested by a good strategic fighter. What I didn't account for was the visceral fear that Mike Tyson struck into his opponents, and it was painfully apparent that this is the demon that haunted Michael Spinks in that fight. All-in all, Michael Spinks deserved to compete to be The World Heavyweight Champion, no question about it.

that was a lovely interview. guy gave him the respect he desreves.

Great interview!!!! Thank you.

How can you not like this fine gentleman who tells it like it is?

I hate to say it, but Michael looks to be in much better shape than his brother. It always seemed like Michael was always a true class act and he knew when to cash in his chips in boxing and call it a career. And he looks real good in his older years. Dude won the boxing game.

Michael Spinks, one of the best Light- Heavyweights ever. Peace.

He’s smart as hell for retiring after the Tyson fight.

Great interview. Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 26th November 2023.

Happy 65th Birthday Michael Spinks

Radio RAHEEEEEEEM

Power in both hands. A great for sure.

Very very respect for him

He was soo good man in my opinion right there among the best of the best

Spinks is and was an amazing Champion.

One of the smartest to ever do it. People forget he was one of the greatest light heavyweight fighters in history. Got a massive pay day with his brain intact and walked into the sunset.

Great boxer and very nice person

The Spinkssss (plural) were class inside and outside of the ring. Great athletes and nice people.

Both brothers are legendary boxer s

this fight in the US is great all the old legends are attending thanks very much for these interviews

Best Light Heavyweight of all time.

He sounds clear and lucid, great to hear :)

Sorry for your loss Michael. RIP Leon.

And still as sharp as a fucking tack. Love the jinx.

All his faculties intact after boxing is the best achievement

Another gladiator from the 80s

What most don't realise is that spinks in a naturel light heavyweight not a heavyweight...he is definitely one of the best boxers ever and in my opinion the greatest light heavyweight ever

Class act. People like him make the black community and all humanity proud.

1976 Olympic Gold Medalist. Undfeateated as a light heavyweight and unified the division. Became heavyweight champion with an upset win over long raining champion Larry Holmes.

Great interview..Michael gave wonderful answers

I Love Michael spinks hes a good Human

Mike Spinks = Good guy

Boss hat that Mike's wearing🎩

Keep up the good work really like your interviews!

Great Fighter

Michael spoke with true class

The Holmes and Cooney fights were great but forget that Mike was the greatest Lt heavy Champ of all time Moore Foster Conn and Jones were great but Michael's awkward style great jab and 1 punch power were UNBEATABLE at 175

Mike was a great fighter and great champion. Olympic gold medal... with his brother... what a story that was. An absolute beast as a light heavy... all time great... moves up to challenge Larry Holmes for the heavyweight belt... probably didn't think he would win, but it was a chance to make the big money. But then he won the decision. Let Larry challenge again for the rematch... beat him again... then put it all on the line for Tyson. Then called it a career. It's just a perfect ending. Of course now, they say Butch Lewis stole all his money. That is a tragedy. I hope he can have a decent retirement.

Well done interview

Great champion✌

Great and very underrated boxer. Very cool guy

Love Ya Mike Spinks

Legend was Spinks. Such. Great light heavyweight champion.

One of the greats..

Spinks was a great champion. In terms of actual boxing, he is right up there. Technically very good, no weak areas in his game and was and still is, a good role model for anyone learning how to box. Remember, the only person that can fight like Mike Tyson is Mike Tyson. There are just not that many people that can cram all that muscle and power into such a relatively small frame and be able to keep that power and speed. Combined with a perfect execution of the peek-a-boo style which only really suits shorter, powerful, quick and compact fighters, it would always be difficult to beat that. Had Tyson learned traditional orthodox or south paw, I do not believe he would have been anywhere near as successful.