Paged Section II Portland Observer Thursday. Octobers. 1978
just a tune-up for A li who was scheduled to meet Ken
Leon Spinks has often been pictured as a clown
Norton in a S12-S14 million battle in the fall. Spinks
because of two missing front teeth. He won the Olympic-
took home only $320,000 as his share of the purse while
Gold Medal as a light Heavyweight (under 175 pounds),
A li was paid $3(6 m illion. What did matter was that
was 197 pounds when he beat Muhammad A li and
Leon Spinks won and that the poor kid from the Pruitt-
became the Heavyweight Champion o f the World on a
Igoe Housing Project in St. Louis had made it to the
split decision in Las Vegas in February o f 1978.
top.
A ii was an eight to one favorite and that, to most, was
When A li signed to defend his title against Spinks,
veteran boxing fans looked at it as a first good payday
for a kid who might someday be champ. He became that
champ, he had beat the King.
A lt’s pro record, which dates back to 1960, shows 57
victories with three losses (37 recorded KO’ s). He first
won the title in 1964 in a 7-round KO over Sonny
Liston. Ten years later he became the second man to
regain the Heavyweight Title.
Spinks, who was as much an underdog against A li last
February as Cassius Clay was in 1964 against Liston,
went into the September 15th bout with eight pro fights
under his belt and the crown on his head.
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