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==External links== *{{Boxrec|id=001286}} *[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/mspinks.htm Michael Spinks profile] at Cyber Boxing Zone *[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/spinks.html Boxing Hall of Fame] {{s-start-collapsible|header={{s-sports}} }} {{s-text|style=background:#C1D8FF; font-weight: bold;|text=Amateur boxing titles}} {{s-before|before=Dale Grant}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of US national Golden Gloves light middleweight champions|U.S. Golden Gloves<br>light middleweight champion]] |years=1974}} {{s-after|after=Ray Phillips}} {{s-before|before=Tom Sullivan}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of US national Golden Gloves light middleweight champions|U.S. Golden Gloves<br>middleweight champion]] |years=1976}} {{s-after|after=Keith Broom}} {{s-text|style=background:#C1D8FF; font-weight: bold;|text=World boxing titles}} {{s-bef|before=[[Eddie Mustafa Muhammad]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of WBA world champions#Light heavyweight|WBA light heavyweight champion]] |years=July 18, 1981 β November 5, 1985<br />Vacated}} {{s-vac|next=[[Marvin Johnson (boxer)|Marvin Johnson]]}} {{s-bef|rows=2|before=[[Dwight Muhammad Qawi]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of WBC world champions#Light heavyweight|WBC light heavyweight champion]] |years=[[Michael Spinks vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi|March 18, 1983]] β October 9, 1985<br />Vacated}} {{s-vac|next=[[J. B. Williamson]]}} {{s-break}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of The Ring world champions#Light heavyweight|''The Ring'' light heavyweight champion]] |years=March 18, 1983 β November 5, 1985<br />Vacated}} {{s-vac|rows=2|next=[[Roy Jones Jr.]]}} {{s-break}} {{s-vac|last=[[Bob Foster (boxer)|Bob Foster]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of undisputed boxing champions#Light heavyweight|Undisputed light heavyweight champion]] |years=March 18, 1983 β October 9, 1985<br />Titles fragmented}} {{s-break}} {{s-non|reason=Inaugural champion}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of IBF world champions#Light heavyweight|IBF light heavyweight champion]] |years=February 25, 1984 β November 5, 1985<br />Vacated}} {{s-vac|next=[[Slobodan KaΔar]]}} {{s-bef|rows=2|before=[[Larry Holmes]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of IBF world champions#Heavyweight|IBF heavyweight champion]] |years=[[Larry Holmes vs. Michael Spinks|September 21, 1985]] β February 19, 1987<br />Stripped}} {{s-vac|next=[[Tony Tucker]]}} {{s-break}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of The Ring world champions#Heavyweight|''The Ring'' heavyweight champion]] |years=[[Larry Holmes vs. Michael Spinks|September 21, 1985]] β [[Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks|June 27, 1988]]}} {{s-aft|after=[[Mike Tyson]]}} {{s-break}} {{s-ach|aw}} {{s-before|before=[[Muhammad Ali]]<br>{{small|and}}<br>[[Joe Frazier]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Sugar Ray Robinson Award#1970s|BWAA Fighter of the Year]] |years=1976|with=[[Howard Davis Jr.]], [[Leon Spinks]],<br>[[Leo Randolph]], and [[Sugar Ray Leonard]]}} {{s-after|after=[[Ken Norton]]}} {{s-before|before=[[Gene Hatcher]]<br>{{small|TKO11 [[Johnny Bumphus]]}} }} {{s-ttl|title=[[The Ring magazine Upset of the Year#1980s|''The Ring'' Upset of the Year]]<br>{{small|UD15 Larry Holmes}} |years=1985}} {{s-after|after=[[Lloyd Honeyghan]]<br>{{small|RTD6 [[Donald Curry]]}} }} {{s-end}} {{Footer Olympic Champions Boxing Middleweight}} {{Footer USA Boxing 1976 Summer Olympics}} {{Sugar Ray Robinson Award}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Spinks, Michael}} [[Category:1956 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:African-American boxers]] [[Category:Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Boxers from St. Louis]] [[Category:International Boxing Federation champions]] [[Category:International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees]] [[Category:Olympic boxers for the United States]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in boxing]] [[Category:World Boxing Association champions]] [[Category:World Boxing Council champions]] [[Category:World heavyweight boxing champions]] [[Category:World light-heavyweight boxing champions]] [[Category:American male boxers]] [[Category:Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:The Ring (magazine) champions]] [[Category:Middleweight boxers]] [[Category:National Golden Gloves champions]] [[Category:Light-middleweight boxers]] [[Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen]] [[Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen]] [[Category:Vashon High School alumni]]
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