Editing Leon Spinks (section)

==Life after boxing==
During the 1990s, Spinks worked for [[Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling]], winning its [[FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship|world title]] in 1992, making him only the second man (after [[Primo Carnera]]) to hold titles in both boxing and [[professional wrestling|wrestling]].<ref name="auto"/> In the late 1990s, Spinks was a headliner on year-round, touring [[autograph]] shows. In 2005 Spinks was living in [[Columbus, Nebraska]], working as a janitor at a YMCA and at a McDonald's.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trott |first=Bill |date=February 6, 2021 |title=Leon Spinks, boxing's former heavyweight champion, dead at 67 |website=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/sports/leon-spinks-boxings-former-heavyweight-champion-dead-at-67-idUSKBN2A7011/}}</ref>

In 2009, Spinks was featured as part of the 2009 documentary ''[[Facing Ali]]'', in which notable former opponents of Ali speak about how fighting Ali changed their lives.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Del Rosario |first1=Alexandra |title=Leon Spinks Jr. Dies: Ex-Heavyweight Boxing Champ Who Defeated Muhammad Ali Was 67 |url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/leon-spinks-jr-dies-heavyweight-boxing-champion-muhammad-ali-1234689103/ |website=Deadline |access-date=February 7, 2021 |date=February 7, 2021}}</ref>

Spinks lived later in his life in [[Las Vegas|Las Vegas, Nevada]]. He told a reporter his life was "comfortable", and that he kept a low profile.<ref>Steve Sipple, "Ex-champ Leon Spinks cleans up in Columbus". ''Lincoln Journal Star'', April 4, 2005.</ref>

In August 2017, Leon was inducted into the [[Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame]] along with his brother, Michael.<ref>{{cite web |title=Leon Spinks, heavyweight champ who once beat Ali, dead at 67 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/leon-spinks-heavyweight-champ-who-once-beat-ali-dies-67-n1256951 |website=NBC News |date=February 7, 2021 |access-date=February 7, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>