Editing Michael Spinks (section)

===Heavyweight champion===
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In 1986, Spinks and Holmes fought a rematch as part of the [[heavyweight unification series]], and had nearly the same result, this time Spinks winning by a 15-round split decision. After that, he retained the world heavyweight championship once again, by a knockout in four against [[Steffen Tangstad]]. In 1987 he was stripped of the crown by the IBF for refusing to fight their [[mandatory challenger]], [[Tony Tucker]], and accepting a higher offer to fight [[Gerry Cooney]] instead. Spinks knocked out Cooney in five rounds, and after [[Mike Tyson]] had unified the heavyweight belts, fans started clamoring for a fight between them as many still recognized Spinks as the legitimate lineal champion.