(Reuters) - Leon Spinks, the gap-toothed fighter from the St. Louis slums who pulled off one of the most stunning upsets in boxing history in 1978 by defeating Muhammad Ali to take the undisputed ...

Leon Spinks, a former Marine who became a gold-medal Olympic boxer and once defeated Muhammad Ali in a title fight, has died. He was 67. Spinks had been battling multiple types of cancers, including ...

“In Washington, D.C., during the 1970s, a black man could get into the newspapers in one of two ways: crime—or boxing.” Such begins the synopsis for boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard’s 2012 ...

The Master Chess players are always several moves ahead of their opponent. The Masters know almost by instinct, if not by the actual maneuver what their opponent is up to. When Bernard Hopkins ...

Leon Spinks (26-17-3) has had a wild ride during his boxing career. Ranging from toppling Muhammad Ali to fighting in the cruiserweight division, Spinks is etched in boxing history as a unique fighter ...

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CENTERVILLE, S.D. (AP) -- He is relentless, standing tall, advancing continually behind a left jab and throwing long rights at the heavyweight champion, who is fending off the leaner, younger man and ...

Cory Spinks once told me that “If you understand boxing, you know that boxing is an art. If you just go in there to get punched on and then try to hit, it’s not really a skill because anyone can do ...

FERGUSON, Mo. — A restaurant is suing the wife of a well-known St. Louis boxer after she posted about a dozen times on social media that her husband got sick with food poisoning from eating at the ...

CANTON − Retired boxing champion Michael Spinks will make a guest appearance at the Breakfast-N-Books "Breakfast of Champs" from 11 am. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Zion's Temple Church of God, 1103 Seventh ...

Former heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks, who once beat Muhammad Ali, died Friday night with wife at his side after a five-year fight with cancer, a spokesperson said in a statement. He was 67.