Editing Leon Spinks (section)

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* [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/leon.htm Leon Spinks—CBZ Profile]
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* [https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=8613]
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{{s-ttl|title=[[List of United States national amateur boxing light heavyweight champions|U.S. light heavyweight champion]]
|years=1974–1976}}
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{{s-ttl|title=[[list of NABF champions#Cruiserweight|NABF cruiserweight champion]]
|years=October 31, 1982 – May 1984<br />Vacated}}
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{{s-vac|last=[[Michael Dokes]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[World Boxing Council|WBC]] Continental Americas<br />[[heavyweight]] champion
|years=December 13, 1985 – March 1986<br />Vacated}}
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{{s-vac|last=Adílson Rodrigues}}
{{s-ttl|title=WBC Continental Americas<br />heavyweight champion
|years=April 28, 1987 – April 1988<br />Vacated}}
{{s-vac|next=Michael Dokes}}
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{{s-ttl|title=[[List of WBA world champions#Heavyweight|WBA heavyweight champion]]
|years=[[Muhammad Ali vs. Leon Spinks|February 15, 1978]] – [[Leon Spinks vs. Muhammad Ali II|September 15, 1978]]}}
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{{s-ttl|title=[[List of WBC world champions#Heavyweight|WBC heavyweight champion]]
|years=February 15, 1978 – March 18, 1978<br />Stripped}}
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{{s-ttl|title=[[List of The Ring world champions#Heavyweight|''The Ring'' heavyweight champion]]
|years=February 15, 1978 – September 15, 1978}}
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|years=February 15, 1978 – March 18, 1978<br />Titles fragmented}}
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{{s-ttl|title=[[FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship|WWA World Martial Arts<br />heavyweight champion]]
|years=March 25, 1992 – May 24, 1992}}
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{{s-ttl|title=[[Sugar Ray Robinson Award#1970s|BWAA Fighter of the Year]]
|years=1976|with=[[Howard Davis Jr.]], [[Sugar Ray Leonard]],<br />[[Leo Randolph]], and [[Michael Spinks]]}}
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|years=1978}}
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|years=1978}}
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