Editing Leon Spinks (section)

==Amateur career==
Spinks won three consecutive national [[Association of American Universities|AAU]] light heavyweight championships from 1974 to 1976, the first of which came against future champion [[Michael Dokes]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moriello |first1=John |title=Leon Spinks Is Facing a Sad Ending After a Wasted Boxing Career |url=https://www.sportscasting.com/leon-spinks-is-facing-a-sad-ending-after-a-wasted-career/ |website=Sportscasting |access-date=February 6, 2021 |date=April 11, 2020}}</ref> He was serving in the [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] at the time.<ref name=barber/>

===Olympic results===
Spinks won the [[Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight|light heavyweight]] gold medal at the [[Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Spinks welcomed home |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69546272/the-gaffney-ledger/ |access-date=February 6, 2021 |work=[[The Gaffney Ledger]] |date=August 11, 1976 |pages=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Leon Spinks, 67-Years-Old, Passes Away After Long Battle With Cancer |url=https://www.boxingscene.com/leon-spinks-67-years-old-passes-away-long-battle-with-cancer--155246 |website=BoxingScene |date=February 6, 2021 |access-date=February 6, 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref> He defeated [[Abdel Latif Fatihi]] from Morocco, Soviet-Ukrainian [[Anatoliy Klimanov]], East-German [[Ottomar Sachse]] and [[Janusz Gortat]] from Poland en route to the final, where he defeated Cuba's [[Sixto Soria]] to win the gold.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. boxers haul gold |url=http://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/07.31.html?scp=1&sq=sugar%2520ray&st=cse |website=archive.nytimes.com |access-date=February 6, 2021 |date=July 31, 1976}}</ref>

Spinks finished his amateur career with a record of 178–7 with 133 knockouts.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Sam |title=Leon Spinks finds his way |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-03-31-8501180451-story.html |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=March 31, 1985 |access-date=February 6, 2021}}</ref>