Larry Holmes vs Michael Spinks ll (Highlights)
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- The fight was billed as "Vindication in Vegas."
Holmes was a 7½ to 5 betting favorite.
Spinks' purse was $2 million and Holmes' was $1.125 million.
Tickets were priced at $500, $300, $200, $100 and $50.
There was a crowd of 8,328.
The fight was televised live on HBO.
"The last time, I worked on becoming a heavyweight," Spinks before the fight. "For this fight, I started as a heavyweight and just worked on improving what beat Larry the last time."
Shortly before the fight, Holmes said the judges "must have been drunk" when they scored his first fight with Spinks.
As ring announcer Chuck Hull read off the scorecards after the fight, Holmes turned to his trainer, Richie Giachetti, and moaned, "Oh, no, I've got a big mouth."
After the fight, Holmes said: "The judges, referees and promoters can kiss me where the sun don't shine-and because we're on HBO, that's my big black behind."
Spinks landed 296 of 680 punches (43%) while Holmes connected on 293 of 724 (40%).
42 of 46 sportswriters polled after the fight scored it for Holmes.
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If this is the way corrupt judges make decision, I swear I will never watch judges' boxing. To hell with corrupt judges. Holmes got robbed.
Holmes should have been and deserved to be the one to fight Tyson instead of Spinks. It would have been far more competitive. Yes I know they fought later but Holmes was too old.
Didn' t he fight Holmes before Spinks ?
@@user-hr8dm4iy4g No. Spinks final fight was Tyson.
It’s amazing how quickly Tyson Ko ‘d these two great heavyweights what a monster he was until King got claws into him
Both were DONE by time Mike got to them.
Tyson reign as Undisputed Champion was SO OVERRATED!
He just picked bones of Larrys Left Overs.
Tyson was such a Young Phenom years ahead his peers.......except for Holyfield
By time they came into there prime as contenders to Challenge him.
Bowe, Lewis, Mercer, Moore and Morrison........Mike was in Jail.
Lost the Undisputed Championship to a journey men.
Which cost his SuperFight Vs Undefeated Prime HolyField.
Other than Razor who gave Tyson HELL 2X because Mike though Fit and Focused
Never went back to the Peek A Boo Style Cus Drilled into his HEAD for YEARS!
Don did not help but Tyson is to blame for throwing away the greatest gifts in Heavyweight History.
........his own.
@UCllUp3p6m5X3QZtql3pHZBg temptations got the best of him had he stayed with Rooney he would have stayed disciplined but we’ll never know
@@WZ912 , you’re delusional
He's bang on the money. You couldn't of said it, better than that. Maybe you are the one who's got no Idea.
If Tyson had beaten Holyfield, Bowe, Lewis, George Foreman after he won the championship or after Foreman fought a good fight against Holyfield, or if Tyson had beaten the Ukrainian champ (Tyson was still in his 30's), then Tyson could have been considered one of the greatest.
Tyson never beat 1 of these guys, just a middleweight Olympic champion named Michael Jackson......I mean Michael Spinks. Lol
I think Tyson's greatest victory was against Tony Tucker, but even then Tucker clearly broke his hand and was able to hit Tyson with multiple combinations......no doubt Ali would have used Tyson's head as a punching speed bag.
Holmes won that fight hands down. Something was very fishy about that decision.
Yeah Larry Holmes disrespectful words regarding Rocky Marciano cost him big time. Their is a point in life when knowing when to shut up is mandatory.
Well , i just read someone saying the dominion machines were at play in this fight.
@@michaeltruthson6262 Still not a justification to rob a fighter in a fight. Or it's a lousy reason excuse lmao Boxers always have a big mouth. Ali said worse and more disrespecting things to Joe Frazier. Boxers are known for trash talking, all the time. And corruption shouldn't be allowed anywhere in the sports. Rob a fighter, because he said some "mean stuff" about somebody, is...dumb lol We talk about boxers. Those two things shouldn't be connected to each other in any way. Weird to bring that up. .Boxing is a gladiator sport after all. Only those, who are better in the ring, should win. But sadly, boxing is horribly corrupted to it's core. Judges, who are bought, are just the tip of the iceberg.
@@gregorsamsa2271 not justifying it but just laying out that Larry Holmes never knew when shutting all kinds of the phuck up was okay.
Spinks won by a mile.
It's clear all u guys were on Crack...
Crazy decision.. One would think some Dominion machine did the scoring.... :-)
Thats a crazy right wing conspiracy theory!!🤣
Here's hoping that Sydney Powell never gets to see this because she would drag everybody back to 1986.
Trump lost his ass was fired by the dems lol
Looks more like a Trump con job to me.
Haha well played look at them jump out with their pitchforks lol
Jimmy I love the way you put this together, especially the music at the start, loads of gravitas
Hey thanks man, appreciate the support 👍
Holmes won this one. I remember seeing it.
Spinks beat Holmes hands down in the first fight. This one Holmes should have retained the title, he got robbed..
"regained" not "retained"
These are the type decisions that helped kill boxing.
Jugdes were on crack, Holmes won this fight 100%.
Concur!
Yawn
Stolen victory.
T-T 5
Crack wouldn't make someone cheat....wait a minute. Yes, it would. It was the 80's.
Very nice job at the highlights
Lol
Holmes clearly won
Nope. Spinks landed more punches.
clearly
@@deneshn No way, and even if he did punches accumulate over 12 rds which are scored individually. having overall more punches doesn't automatically mean you won the fight. I thought Spinks edged the first fight by a round or two, but imo Holmes won the second fight.
@@deneshn Absolutely he did
Spinks was such an awkward fighter. He has an unusual unorthodox boxing style, however, it gave him sort of an advantage and was effective. Also, he wasn’t as big as the other heavyweights but he still was able to outbox fighters and win.
I saw both of these fights live and I liked both fighters first one was close second was robbery.
Both don't have punching power to knock other.
They can be cruise weight fighters.
Heavy weight boxing is different class like Tyson, Ray Mercer, Riddick Bowe, Lennox Lewis, Tommy Morrision
@@soundar4270 Larry Holmes had Good Punching Power not Great but Good Power! Remember Larry Holmes Knocked Out Leon Spinks in 1 Round!
@@soundar4270 You know at age 42 Larry Holmes gave Ray Mercer a12 round boxing lesson.
If ever a decision could be reversed many years after it should be this fight, Larry Holmes clearly won this match and should be awarded the belts with a letter of apology from the sanctioning bodies, judges, and recognised as a two-time world heavyweight champion of the world.
that's exactly what i tought. It shouldn't be forbidden to re-score long time after. It would be a big mark of respect for all these great fighters like Holmes who got robbed in the past.
Correct!😉👍
Or just get it right with video reply between rounds. Most people watching on TV can wait until after a few commercials to get the official decision checked by replay. The live audience can be entertained by the post fight interviews before the decision. No reason why this can’t be done. This technology has existed for decades. Boxing has had too much “human element” in the judging throughout boxing history.
The judges were DRUNK. Drinking,Johnnie Walker,while watching the fight.
Your opinion when you watch it live is the best your best opinion. The more you watch the replay the more you can convince yourself of anything.
Spinks was like : " I clearly won"
Holmes was like : " Nope, I won"
Tyson was like : " Ok, Larry, i'll knock out Spinks, for you"
And you Spinks, i'll koed Holmes for you". It's settled then
Ha ha, and Gerry Cooney said, "...and before all that, I'll get knocked out by both of them."
And then mike Tyson started raping women went to prison lost his money then Douglas kicked his ass and the IRS
Actually Tyson fought Holmes, and then Spinx
@@mh2584 you're aware mike is doing amazing today right? .. he's rich again ..must keep you up at night
@@joeytrimble1558 so you saying none of that happened fuck boy
I think this fight is so hard for holmes because michael spinks style, he is an elusive fighter thats why holmes primary weapon, his jab didn't worked well, instead spinks jab and combo disturbed holmes so much. Spinks actually a good fighter, he remind me of holyfield before move up to heavyweight (they had similar style on attack mode, which is jab and combo punch, but in defence mode holyfield use guard and spink use slipping).
Spinks is the most awkward fighter of all time lol
_Michael Stinks,_ awkward? Yeah I suppose his footwork, head and body movement, distance when closing / attacking & retreating / defending is strenuously kack-handed, knock-kneed, and spasmodic-epileptic even-looking, and as for his punches, well yeah, its hard to deny he literally looks like a GI Joe or He-Man plastic figurine in the clutches of an autistic ADHD kid who just skulled three months worth of ritalin & prozac flavoured gummy bears, who keeps turbo-spamming the button on its back at 36 000 rpm to make it do its _"custom" "signature" "attack" "move"_ for a few seconds at a time, 5-10 times a minute...
... in between screeching like a demented banshee at any biological lifeforms, machines, anything moving, making a noise, anything with a screen, and/or anything orange or purple within a 30' radius
Having said that, however, I believe in giving credit where it's due: his-oh yea, FYI I'm talking about Michael Sphinx again BTW-his sphincter movements are, well, I can't see as much as how it might be for-to-be one way or another, or vice versa, pretty much, or not, dude. Either way, why would you even ask, bro?
It's _"Sphinx"_ not _"stinks"_ or _"sphincter"_ or _"Mi Stinky Sphincter,"_ ...jeez(us), Dudebrüh*.
* Brüh: It's German for bruh, bruh.
@@soundgardener4940 well. Despite not really understanding why you wrote all of that, I guess I can appreciate the effort
He moves like a wounded deer lmao. But it was effective in his day!
That's as accurate as it gets, lol@@user-hg6mo1wl2q
I always thought Larry Holmes had one of the best jabs ever in the Heavyweight division!
@User Roland Holmes beat Ali .
@User Roland No, Holmes jab was way better.
@ℂ'𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕊𝕚 𝔹𝕠𝕟! whatever that means smarta$$!
@ℂ'𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕊𝕚 𝔹𝕠𝕟! Genius
@@johnbowkett80 Ali was already ill when he fought Holmes, not Holmes' fault though, Ali's and his handlers' fault.
Thanks for the video, JIMMY PINCE
This fight demonstrated a big flaw in Holmes' game: he wasn't a knockout puncher, and didn't finish guys when he had the opportunity. Considering how easily Mike Tyson blew through Spinks, one would have thought Holmes could have finished the job over 15 rounds...
Holmes won on points. Rigged.
@@SmokeShow1971 Maybe. But Holmes was well aware that the judges may have been against him. Solution? Beat Spinks up. Effective aggression. Not plodding around and throwing Spinks down like a playground fight. Holmes was too cautious and didn't change his style up.
By this time, Holmes was a shot fighter. The signs were there in the Carl Williams fight of 1984. Holmes should have quit right there and forgotten about chasing Marciano's record.
@@enod9746 Shot? Seems to me he was still competitive. People thought he was shot before he beat Ray Mercer & took Holyfield the distance.
Every time I hear the judges' decision I get sick. I wonder how many of them will admit robbing Holmes like that.
I totally agree. I wanted to throw up after hearing this decision.
Ésa fue una gran pelea. Los dos dieron una gran demostración de coraje y valentía. Así como demostraron como se busca un título. Para mí ganó Holmes. Desde Venezuela
There have been many champions who reached the top due to unusual styles.Larry Holmes was up there among the greatest boxers. 🥊🥊👍🙏
Unusual style? Who are you talking about? Are you kidding me? LARRY HOLMES IS PURE ALI!
He was not a great Heavyweight, but Michael Spinks is the greatest 175-lb Champion, ever, the first one to ever win the HW title, and still the only one who can actually be PROUD of beating the Lineal Champ, and he did it against one of the ALLTIME greats. Spinks is also one of the most AWKWARD boxers who ever got into a ring.
AND he won this fight!
Holmes all the way
Spinks wasn’t the only one to beat the lineal champ. Moorer beat Holyfield, who was at that time the lineal champ.
He never said Mike Spinks was the only challenger to beat a lineal champ
@@thelevisullivan Holyfield began his career as Cruiserweight, Moorer began at Light Heavy, so neither was a real modern day heavyweight, they’re not like the super-Heavies that were fighting by then. You are correct, Moorer beat the lineal champ, but long after Spinks had beaten Holmes, and Holmes was a natural heavyweight, not to mention dominant, and an alltime great, historic, long term HW champion, longer than anyone but Joe Louis. Also, this isn’t Moorer’s fault but Holyfield lost that fight as much as Moorer won it, that’s the fight after which they discovered a problem with Holyfield’s heart (non-compliant left ventricle, and a small hole between the upper ventricles, the symptoms of which were severe fatigue in the Moorer fight.).
Spinks is the one and only name that matters in this achievement. Roy Jones and James Toney - guys who won “a heavyweight title from some guy with a belt” - don’t belong in the same conversation as the LINEAL LH champ winning the LINEAL HW title by defeating the long term HW champ. It’s only been done once. And Moorer did it 8 years after Spinks against an Evander Holyfield who, that night, was missing one of the main attributes that made him the HW Champion, his conditioning & endurance. Holyfield won and retained the title (until Bowe) because he outworked bigger guys. He was a shell of himself in the Moorer fight. Again, not Moorer’s fault. Just saying.
Don king had something to do with this
So exciting to finish the round 15.
Larry really shouldve remained respectful towards the Marciano family. He really didnt do himself any favours by speaking out denigrating Rockys achievements.
Larry might've been a little shrewd in his assessment of Rocky Marciano but to be robbed of his title is appalling. Rocky didn't defend his title but six times only held it two years before retiring,Holmes defended his belt 20 consecutive time, only bested by Joe Louis' 25 times.
@@aarondigby9859Exactly. There's a huge gap between Rocky and Larry and between Larry and Louis.
@ jimmy price keep up the uploads
I can't believe Holmes let this go the distance. He could've knocked Spinks out in 5. But...
And that was the reason for the decision lost, because he didn't knock him out.
The guy who posted this has done a great job of editing out Spink's success.
Most of Spinks 'success' in the rematch was with the jab, it's a highlight video 🙄 no need to mention the great editing, your welcome 😁
@@JimmyPince Larry Holmes never was in any trouble in either fight with Spinks, he never was knocked down, never needed a standing eight count, how does the reigning champ lose the title on a split decision never had the champ in trouble, one time during the fight Spinks was dropped to one knee.
You dont see no point where Spinks was in control of this fight. Its hilarious. You see shots connect but never see Holmes bothered or hurt. Spinks was doing all that and holding on.
Holmes was robbed
Beaten
spinks best fighter! but tyson destroyed both.
Holmes wasn't liked by the boxing officialdom - he rubbed them up the wrong way , which he admitted to , and this can be the only reason the judges went against him . Although he lost the first fight , Larry Holmes won this rematch fairly and squarely in my opinion . There is no doubt that he outpointed Spinks , which makes the decision even more baffling - but not entirely unexpected .
Holmes didn't do enough to win. Close fight.
That was a robbery
Holmes bossed this fight from start to finish! Did spinks actually land a decent punch on Holmes?
Ducked and ran............. Michael Spinks in heavyweight boxing.
Holmes had marks on his face...so there is that. that said, Spinks made more money for the promoters fighting Tyson than Holmes would have drawn. we all know, it's about the cash, not legacies. Holmes was too old at this point and the public would have been expecting a quick KO with Holmes vs Tyson. The Public was sold that Spinks would be a hard fighter for Tyson to figure out....wasn't the case, but the money was made.
Boss= hold, stiff arm and forearm so there is even less action? STFU moron… Holmes lost this and didn’t control the ring, Spinks did for almost the entirety of the fight.
Yes
1.) Holmes got robbed
2.) Holmes couldn't time Spinks
3.) Holmes couldn't tell when Spinks was hurt
4.) Never understood why Holmes did attack Spinks in the 14th rd and finish him
I will give you that! It is true in the first fight Holmes slack off which cost him to make history with a 49-0 record. But come on!! The rematch??? Holmes was a firecracker from start to Finnish. However I will say Holmes should have knowing the Judges were going to screw him. He had four different opportunities to knock Spikes in the rematch so that was his big mistake. But all and all Holmes won it was the judges who beat him.
He is out of gass bro
@@bayoeblayboy No excuse...lol
@@bayoeblayboy Yes and that was a problem Holmes had and that was he wasted to many punches to the point he would run out of gas. That is how George Forman got his ass kick by Ail
Well Mad Dog if someone would have slapped a muzzle on Larry's mouth and told him to keep Rocky Marciano name out of his big disrespectful mouth then he would not have "lost" both fights. Knowing when to stfu is a good thing.
Highway Robbery!! Larry Holmes won the rematch hands down!! Holmes cleaned Spinks's clock from start to finnish and Spinks knows it!! Count how many punches Holmes landed and it does not take a genius to know that Holmes out punch him the entire fight. The fight was rigged because the judges hated Holmes they just wanted to find an excuse for him to loose. Granted Spinks won the first fight! However Holmes kick Spinks's Ass in total domination fashtion. The Judges beat Holmes not Spinks. It's called Paid Off!!
Well the punch stats showed spinks landing 4 more punches than holmes, so if that's the measure then spinks won on points even though larry hurt him more.
@@matsumoku1 The first fight yes I agree Spinks landed more punches. But the Second Fight??? Get Real!! Holmes clean Spink's Clock from Dtart to Finsh!! The only mistake Holmes made was he should have knowing to Knock Out Spinks and not depend on a Decision . He Should knowing the judges where going to be bias against him.
@Johnny Fash the way I see it is this. Spikes did not beat Holmes, Holmes beat him self. In another words he got lazy. Holmes knew the only way he would win is if he knocks out Spikes. His manger even said so before the fight started that he must win by a K.O or the judges would go againts him. Holmes had every opportunity to knock Spikes out but failed to do so. I still belive Holmes won the rematch and got robed but at the same time he screwed him self when he did not take Spikes out.
@Johnny Fash the reason why Holmes ran out of gas is because he wasted too many punches. Had Holmes saved his energy for the latter rounds he would had a chance to knock Spikes out. But again Holmes was 37 at the time and started to slow down.
Judges paid off
Larry Holmes was clearly robbed of his win. In no shape or fashion did Spinks pull this out. 😠😠
Punches landed were about even. 296-293. But clearly Holmes hurt Spinks more with harder punches.
I need to watch this second fight in its entirety again, Harold Lederman’s card seems kinda insane, he gave 7 of the first 8 rounds to Larry, and we all know Lederman, on HBO, is NOT an official scorer. I don’t even know where he watched the fight from...
I’m not saying he scored it badly, I’d like to watch it more closely is all...and see if it matches up w/his card...
I agree. I think Spinks may have done enough to maybe earn a draw. As an impartial fan to both guys, I was impressed with spinks ability to come back like that in the second half. He got rocked rounds 1-4. But put it together in the second half. Great combos.
lederman was always terrible as are the american commentators
@@joeb2588 I have no idea what fight you guys were watching. I have watched the fight many times, although it's sickening, because we knew it was totally rigged. Personally, I scored it 12 rounds for Holmes, 2 for Spinks and one dead even. Not even a remotely close fight. Then Spinks went on to fight bums like Stephen Tangstead and Gerry Cooney. I actually think had Michael Spinks and Cooney fought 10 times, Gerry would've knocked him out 8 of 10, but didn't have it on that night. Had he hit Spinks with that left hook he hit Norton with, Spinks would've died in the ring. Honestly, I would've loved to see it. My ONLY regret about the Tyson/Spinks fight is that Tyson didn't get to manhandle him even more so, and just absolutely PUNISH and destroy Spinks, and draw it out for longer, the same exact way Julio Caesar Chavez did to Not so Macho Camacho. Chavez could have knocked his ass out midway through that fight, but promised everyone that once the fight was over, even Camacho's family wouldn't recognize him the next day. He wasn't lying! I wish Tyson would have punished and disfigured that little coward, pansy, Michael Spinks. But hey, beating his sorry ass in 91 seconds was pretty satisfying too. I wish he would've landed an overhand right to Spink's face the same exact way he did to Michael Johnson, that knocked out Johsnon's two front teeth.
Spinks vs. Holmes I was close but still a joke, since it was basically a draw, and Holmes was the LONG TIME Heavyweight Champion, and looking to tie Rocky Marciano's record of 49-0. Spinks vs. Holmes II was a total and complete joke, that I think turned a lot of then boxing fans completely off, including me at the time. I was only 15-16 years old, and remember just being totally irate. I couldn't STAND Spinks' style of "fighting". Run, run, run, then have these little fits in the last 10-12 seconds of a round, doing NO damage to Holmes whatsoever, but would be able to persuade judges and win a round, he had zero business being in. Michael Spinks was a good, not great, Light Heavyweight fighter. But thank the Good Lord, that Mike Tyson made him look like the total bum that he was. It's a black eye to boxing that shows a Spinks victory over Holmes at any point. "Spinks Jinx, my ass". More like having the judges in your back pocket. I loved it after this fight, Spinks vs Holmes II, when The Great Easton Assassin, Larry Holmes, looked into the camera and said the immortal words, that still ring so very true. "I can say to all the judges, referees, and promoters, to kiss where the sun don't shine, and since we on HBO, that's my big black behind".
Yes SIR Mr. Holmes, and how well said. Larry will go down as a top 3-4 Heavyweight in history, and Michael Spinks will go down as a total pansy ass bum, that 75% of true fight fans say he lost the first fight, and 99% of them say he lost the second fight. Thank the Lord, Mike Tyson came around, just at the right time, and absolutely humiliated Michael Spinks. What jinx was that he was talking about? He was the most scared to death fighter I've ever seen before Tyson basically castrated him on live TV during that fight. Michael Spinks was total garbage as a Heavyweight fighter.
Holmes got robbed, they wanted to punish him bcuz he said Marciono couldn't carry his jock strap... payback. It would have been a good fight Holmes in his prime.
A clear case of styles make fights. I believe Larry Holmes is a class above Spinks but Spinks’ style proved to be a challenge for Holmes in both fights.
He couldn’t find Spinks with...The Hammer!
Absolutely
Spinks was skilled, and did well against Holmes in both fights. But Holmes got robbed here big time. He didn't beat Holmes.
Yes Holmes had a more impressive career but Spinks was his nightmare and WON BOTH fights!!!
Larry won this fight 9 rounds to 6. Should've recaptured the belt but the powers that be were done with the aging champ.
I think this fight was closer than a lot of people are saying. I don't think it was a run away for Holmes. Spinks fought too conservative as compared to first fight, but it Spinks pulled it out because the judges didn't feel Holmes blew him away. A lot of times fans are looking at the same thing when they judge who won a round
no, you're just wrong. Holmes clearly won this fight. There's a reason that's the overwhelming consensus all these years later.
@@Blackson187 Exactly. The first fight was at least close, but I think Holmes edged it out. The second fight was as one sided as you'll ever see. Anybody who thinks Spinks won the second fight, needs to attend the Stevie Wonder, school for the Blind. Holmes won AT LEAST 12 rounds, maybe 13. Had Muhammad Ali fought the SAME exact fight, against Michael Spinks, all three judges would've scored the fight, 15-0, 15-0, 15-0 for Ali, and everybody damn well knows it. Holmes took it up the ass in this fight, and it's hard to ever forgive these two crooks, who had the extreme audacity, to give the fight for Spinks. What a total disgrace to boxing, this night was. Thank GOD Mike Tyson quickly came around and ended Spinks' career in devastating fashion. I wish he would've knocked Spinks two front teeth totally out of his mouth.
I had Holmes up 3 rounds.. these judges were mad sus
Damn I was 1 month when this fight happen
So was millions and millions of other people. Big deal
Based on the videos I have see Michael Spinks wasn't a good fighter. Larry Holmes was clearly robbed. The fix was in.
He was a good light-heavyweight, an undisputed champion. He caught Larry on an off-night in the first fight. This one he clearly lost. He got a KO against Jerry Cooney in '87, but Cooney had no defensive skills at all, never did. The Tyson fight showed what a bonafide heavyweight he really was.
Spinks sucked
What fight were these judges watching? Spinks had a few good rounds, but Holmes won 9 rounds to 6.
Spinks spent most of this fight running
That's not the problem.There are diffrent ways to win a fight. You can run and score in boxing. The problem here is the fact that Spinks won, TO THE MOST, 6 rounds and so lost this fight. politics in this bout prevailed among anything else...
Larry Holmes was clearly robbed. The powers that be were punishing Holmes for his comments about Rocky Marciano.
However the cards, such a heart both guys
Michael Spinks prayed and was redeemed by the SPHINX to win a controversial victory.
Spinks got a gift with this one and he knew it so he only fought bums until he had to fight Tyson
Good fight
Spunks should have stuck with light heavyweight devision, he would have went farther.
Great fight, Spinks fought a great fight and had a lot of heart but Holmes won that fight.
Nope. Try again.
Here, I will try again -- good effort here by Spinks, but Holmes figured him out and did enough to win this fight.
Really good footage you shouldn't add the music though
No entiendo como este hombre con ese boxeo pudo llegar tan lejos
Todos nos preguntamos lo mismo. Spinks era un horrible boxeador.
I like the video
If judges had scored this fight worth a damn, maybe Larry would've stayed in the game and been able to give a better, more telling fight against Tyson.
Larry won absolutly!!!!!
It was a closer fight than all gge score cards reflected
But as much as I was for Spinx...
Larry won narrowly imo
Holmes made the boxing establishment angry with is statement about Marciano. They would make him pay although I agree with what he said about Marciano.
The decision in this fight was robbery.
Not the first time we have seen unfair decision. But as Lennart said. He had his chance especially in round 14. And he should have jumped all over him. But he might have punched him self out. But respect to Michael for coming back from everything Holmes did. Lennart is surprised but big men gets more tired
These two boxers had ever win againts Muhammed Ali 🎉🎉🎉
Holmes was a mean sob lol love watching his brilliant career
Larry Holmes got involved in too many slugging matches. It didn't play to his strengths, making that brilliant jab less effective when he wasn't controlling the range. A top rank fighter in any company all the same.
Where the sun don't shine..
Jack Johnson or Jack Dempsey against either of these guys would be short work.
Spinks just getting out of jail for robbery against Holmes
2 exceptional boxers.
Larry’s lack of likability does him no favors.
Close match but I lean toward Larry.
Never listen to commentators, they talk shit, turn the volume off and just watch the fight, you will know yourself who won, never listen to them.
Larry knew he could not leave the win to these corrupt judges.
While spinks won their first bout, Larry was a clear winner here.
i agree , terrible corrupted judges
It turned out to be a good fight towards the end, Larry was robbed big time. He never looked troubled by Spinks for the first five rounds, Spinks was on the defence it was almost as though he'd been told as long as you don't go down you will win.
@13:20 until the end of the round I can't believe Holmes didn't take Spinks out right then... SMDH
What fight were those judges watching? Holmes blew a couple chances for the KO, and it really cost him.
They only gave that win to Spinks is because of the comments Larry Holmes said about Rocky Marciano
Yeah but the comments he made sounded like they came from the mouth of a complete idiot, and I love Holmes.
@@BazookaToe Agreed. But try to put yourself in his shoes dude, this guy was hated since day one, long before the fight vs Ali. Medias, sport journalists never liked him, he had zero recognition, those guys were hoping for him to loose at each fight. In a way, I can undestand his anger and biterness. I rewatched many of his fights recently, he had zero respect,. The fight with Cooney was shame, EVERYBODY was dreaming to see Cooney win, even the judges were giving more rounds to cooney, you should watch the reaction of Cossel when Cooney was knock down at the end, he was so pissed, he couldn't even comment anymore. For all these reasons ( and of course, once again, i agree, he should have never said this silly thing about the jockstrap ) i dont agree with him at all but i can understand. Honestly , if Ali was in Holmes's place for this second fight vs Michael spinks, do you figure Spinks would have "won" the rematch ?
Rocky Marciano could not hold Larry Holmes jockstrap. That is the rude remark that he made.
Maybe but Spinks is a die hard. 👆
@@BazookaToe Not if you keep hearing the same ignorance the media and people kept telling him about Rocky Marciano it possibly got annoying to him
Ain’t that Spinks a gutsy undersized heavyweigh?
What , I watched that live back in the day . Thought Holmes won but my memory I guess was off .
Some people don't understand or remember how judges score fights. If you want to beat a defending champion, you have to clearly defeat him and not hope on tight point scoring. He must be outclassed. This is what Spinks did to Holmes in the first fight. If fight is even, defending champion gets the nod. Happened with Ali-Norton too on one side and Ali-Frazier I (1971) on the other side
Finally someone with some brains. Thank you my friend. As Champ SPINKS kept his crown. He outboxed Larry both fights!!!
@@counterpuncher01 Frazier vs Ali 1? Come on. Ali didn't - as you describe it - win that fight but not with a big enough margin (since he was the challenger in a title fight).
I agree with you, and I can’t believe that we are so far down in the minority with that same opinion.
No doubt, Larry is the bigger, more powerful true heavyweight here, and he shows up big many times. But, Spinks just keeps battling back, even backing Larry up, which looks impossible because of Larry’s muscular heavy stature, compared to Spinks’ lean physique.
But, it was Spinks’ spirited rebuttals throughout the fight, where the judges, in clear boxing conscience, could not say that Larry convincingly performed better, enough to take the title away from the reigning champion.
Jinx Spinks always had in mind the way Larry beat up on Michael’s brother, Leon. Like a good brother, Michael avenged his beloved brother.
According to that logic Holmes should’ve never be champ because he did not beat Norton clearly.
Exactly. These guys dont know what they are talking about. The rule about beating a champion decisively only applies to long reigning champs.The rule does not apply to a new champion with zero title defenses.
Che incontro avranno visto loro??
Holmes was robbed on # 2. He clearly won the fight in my estimation...had Spinks hurt several times, and Holmes was never hurt.
I don't like one guy over the other but "hurt" means nothing if you got out boxed the rest of the round. I wouldn't say "robbed" I could see it being a draw but i need to see the whole fight again. Even if spinks lost the first 5 rounds. There were a lot of later rounds where spinks out boxed holmes. I was impressed with spinks ability to come back like that. If Holmes won it wasn't by much.
@@joeb2588 Bro honestly you have everthing on this video.Spinks didn't threw a punch for the first 4 rounds and barely threw a punch in the 5th. Holmes was CLEARLY 5 rounds ahead in the beginning of the 6th round. Don't you think that he won at least 3 others around to have the fight won ?
@@emzid5105 I can go with that
@@joeb2588 Lol Scoring a boxing fight is a subjective thing to do, that's we have to respect everybody's opinion. so I respect your's :)
@@emzid5105 same here:)
Holmes dominated this fight
Yep - a steal. Spinks fought with heart but Larry did not deserve that
Daaaaayum, Larry came out like Michael done called his momma somethin bad!
Michael Spinks is a elusive fighter A great fighter too Just going the Distance with Holmes as a blown up light Heavyweight..But being undefeated in this fight I guess they thought he was worth more then Holmes..I had it a draw but It should’ve been Holmes both times I wonder If Holmes was Champion when he fought Tyson how he would have done.
Holmes could outbox almost anyone ever, but aggressive fighters gave him some problems (Shavers, Weaver, even Cooney). Still, I think the Holmes who beat Shavers twice would have survived Tyson’s onslaughts and outpointed him.
@@PhilAndersonOutside never , mike still would have murder that ass
This decision by the corrupt judges stinks right to hell. Hell, this is outrageously corrupt decision. To hell with those judges. I disagree.
First, a DRAW; second, Larry's WIN - a draw, perhaps.
1st 1/2 of fight 2, Larry Holmes; 2nd 1/2 of fight 2, Michael Spinks.
He went on to hamstring a Parkinson-infected, aged Muhammed Ali, Larry did.
Michael Spinks had lost to Michael Tyson even before he entered the ring; a loser was he out of FEAR.
champion s smaile told every thing,,,,,larry a wonderfull person and fighter
Larry is an asshole. Always was and always will be.
gano Larry Holmes, al igual que Maidana contra el corredor Mayweathers
Holmes should have went for the KO in the 14th.
Fixed fight, that's why he didn't
@@thecounselorace621 why would Holmes have put in all that effort, winning many rounds and outworking to win them if the fight was fixed anyway. However i do find it odd how Holmes did not follow up in the 14th round and go for the KO.
Спинксу нужно было подождать с выходом на Тайсона, несмотря на 2 победы над Холмсом он мало с кем боксировал из серьёзных крупных тяжей. Не исключаю что и у Холмса он выиграл из-за своей неудобной манеры и неожиданных движений как у ДЦПшника.
Нужно было еще оббиться, мясом обрасти, возможно и с Тайсоном сложилось бы иначе.
Holmes won easily. Even the announcers were saying in the 15th round that Spinks needed a knockout to win because he was so far behind.
Holmes should have open up more in the 14th Spinks was hurt
i wonder if it was fixed... did they ask to Holmes not konck down Spinks cause Larry was gone to retire, it's weird...
Larry let him off the hook, which was a first, so it’s a question mark on his career for sure.
@@connshawnery6489 yes, i agree. We all know Holmes was a very patient fighter, but in this case, it's really weird, Spinks legs were complety gone and Larry kept walking slowly instead of jumping on him to finish him, plus he perfectly knew, with the controversy about the referee and Marciano, that he had to get a knock out to win. Maybe someday we'll know better what really hapenned that night. i had the same doubts about the two fights Ali vs leon spinks, and we now know that the fbi was doing an investigation about those 2. One thing is sure, boxing world isn't a complete clean sport...
Paperback Boxing isn’t clean for certain. How’s this for a conspiracy theory? Larry threw both fights with Spinks. Larry was undefeated in 48 pro fights and basically was the worthy heir to succeed Ali and really carried on his tradition. Great balance, chin, movement and a tactician in the ring like Ali. Spinks was a natural light heavy and the second fight proved that Spinks couldn’t even hurt Holmes, even with proper conditioning. Holmes has a history with Don King and the idea of fights being fixed by King and his organization is not only an widely known inside the sport, as far as most experts and journalists are concerned it’s incontrovertible. Anything is possible, but just look at the evidence and make up your own mind. Also consider his later comeback where he defeats a younger, stronger (more technically skilled opponent than Spinks IMO) in Ray Mercer. Ray Mercer gave Lennox Lewis a lot of trouble and probably robbed of the decision in their fight as well. All theories, but more question marks...
he was probably very tired
If both would have used steroids they would have had a lot more power. This was one of Tyson's advantages.
Many observers thought Holmes was robbed in both of these fights with Spinks as the Good Old Boy boxing establishment punished him for his Marciano comments/ If Spinks had left the heavyweights alone his reputation would be untarnished by the Tyson debacle and he would be considered the greatest light-heavy of all time !!!###
When the rounds clicked into double digits Larry got old.