Editing Michael Spinks (section)

==External links==
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*[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]

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{{s-ttl|title=[[List of WBC world champions#Light heavyweight|WBC light heavyweight champion]]
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{{s-break}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[List of The Ring world champions#Light heavyweight|''The Ring'' light heavyweight champion]]
|years=March 18, 1983 – November 5, 1985<br />Vacated}}
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{{s-break}}
{{s-vac|last=[[Bob Foster (boxer)|Bob Foster]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[List of undisputed boxing champions#Light heavyweight|Undisputed light heavyweight champion]]
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{{s-ttl|title=[[List of IBF world champions#Light heavyweight|IBF light heavyweight champion]]
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{{s-ttl|title=[[List of IBF world champions#Heavyweight|IBF heavyweight champion]]
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{{s-vac|next=[[Tony Tucker]]}}
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{{s-ttl|title=[[List of The Ring world champions#Heavyweight|''The Ring'' heavyweight champion]]
|years=[[Larry Holmes vs. Michael Spinks|September 21, 1985]] – [[Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks|June 27, 1988]]}}
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{{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]]}} }}
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|years=1985}}
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