WOW!! WHAT A KNOCKOUT - Michael Spinks vs Gerry Cooney, Full HD Highlights
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WOW!! WHAT A KNOCKOUT - Michael Spinks vs Gerry Cooney, Full HD Highlights
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Cooney was a fine fighter with a remarkable left hook, but he had a glass jaw (as heavyweight contenders go) and never seemed to be able to clear his head and figure out how to stay out of harm's way once he got really clocked. One of the most devastating punches I've ever seen was old-timer George Foreman knocking Cooney into another dimension of space and time with the wickedest uppercut I've ever seen.
Yes. Cooney had been down right before that punch and never saw it coming. Imagine being unprepared for a George Foreman uppercut.
I remember when Cooney v Foreman happened. That final left he knocked Gerry out with was the most casual ko punch ever landed! He strolled up to Cooney like he was meeting him in the park, then ‘bam!’ 💥🥊
Cooney was KO'd by every decent fighter he fought, who were still in his prime, he was a tomato can, a real 🤡, but mostly he was obviously 🌈
Michael Spinks was in Pure Warrior mode. Incredible performance
No excuses fact larry holmes had the best jab I ever saw of any heavyweight ever and Michael spinks was arguably the greatest light heavyweight champ ever right up there with Archie moore
@@jaymoon5906 "....spinks was arguably the greatest light heavyweight champ ever right up there with Archie moore" Hahahahaha.... What a joke that statement is
and the poor, dumb garcon lost to Tyson in the first few seconds of the first round. It was an absolute scream.
Only us boxing tragic watch such bad videos like this
Indeed he was. Great fight.
Just think what a 1987 Gerry Cooney could have been if he actually liked boxing and would have lived clean, trained hard, and fought legitimate contenders in the 5 years that followed the Holmes fight to this one. Instead, Cooney spent those 5 years in bars drinking, the occasional straw up his nose, rarely doing serious training or improving, and only 3 quick knockouts against tomato cans as his entire fighting resume in the 5 years since the Holmes fight. To hear Gerry talk about his past, his father constantly berated him, called him a loser, and told him he'd always be a failure, and they built him up so much before the Holmes fight, that he must have saw himself as a failure after the fight. What he should have done is been proud that he gave one of the best Heavyweight champs there ever was a heck of a fight as a young contender, and that he still had many ways he could improve while having thunder in his left hook. Alas, we'll never know what could have been, but great fighters need to have it in the inside as much as they do on the outside, and to hear Gerry talk about it looking back on his life, he never really cared about boxing all that much, doing it as much to seek his father's approval than for his own dreams.
Larry Holmes an all time great praised Cooney, a great compliment.
The Cooney that fought with Larry Holmes would absolutely trash Tyson Fury.
@@jedclampett6466 Holmes would've killed him... trump Lost.
Cooney was a bum
@jcsuperstar4646 Period
This proves the saying even the biggest fighters say, "Any man who is 200 lb can knock you out". I have heard many heavyweights say this and it's true.
Any man 160 or more you mean...
@@franksantucci3038 No, 160 is not heavyweights . 160 is middleweight. Maybe 176 because until the 80s or 90s heavyweights were over 175 lbs.
@michaelmohrle1773 yes I know where one division ends, and the next one begins. I've been around Boxing for 65 years. I was just responding to your statement that a 200 pound man is big enough to knock out anybody, that's absolutely true, but in reality 160 pound man, that knows leverage, and balance, and gets a good shoulder snap into his punches, coming from a good foundation, toes gripping the canvas, hip snap, and then most importantly good shoulder snap. A 160 pound man can knock out anyone as well...
@@franksantucci3038 I guess, but most of them would lack the height to do that in the HW division.
Some times, not always. There's another old saying, it's not the size of the Dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight inside the Dog. The most dangerous Heavyweights I ever knew, were 6' and under. That's from personal experience. For me punching up hard is easy, it's punching down That's a little more difficult. @michaelmohrle1773
George Forman said that the 2 hardest punches he ever took was 1 from Cooney and 1 from Ron Lyle. Said he went completely numb from both.
Yeah, he cited Cooney first among the hardest punchers he ever faced.
Yeah but ,you gotta be able to Take it. He never could .
He hit the cavas even harder😂😂😂
You need more than a good punch to be a fighter .
@@cojaysea yes sirrrrr!!!
It is amazing how many "Experts" in the Sport of Boxing.
And most of those 'experts' have probably never even sparred a single round let alone had a proper bout
Cooney's ability to take a punch at this point in his career was about the same as Glass Joe in the old Arcade Game Knock Out. For a heavyweight Spinks punch was only average.
I remember that game! After glass Joe, you moved up to Piston hurricane, Bald Bull, and then funny enough the character who always reminded me of Michael Spinks. He went by Kid Quick. Yes tonight's bout was like watching Kid Quick vs. Glass Joe.🤣
@@Stratcatblue LOL good post.
He was fighting for money at this point.
@@borsch1115 Yup just a payday. Cooney was just looking for a place to fall.
Lol loved that game
Micheal spinks let boxing down when he fought against tyson. I was so disgusted at the performance. He just folded. Ive seen lesser fighter put up more of a fight with tyson than spinks.
Spinks froze, he was psyched out, it happened to a few of Tysons foes. No shame it happens when you’re up against one of the greatest intimidators in the fight game of all time. Not forgetting Tyson was simply a phenomenon at the time even though he never reached his physical peak throughout his entire career.
DIVE😮
If Spinks had at least gone in there and fought with a nasty attitude like Blood Green, who knows what might have happened. Spinks was a great boxer. He might have at least pushed Tyson a little. As it was, I've never seen a more thoroughly terrified boxer. He just took the money and ran.
@@MrZinnerman Dive? That was no dive, Spinks was genuinely out cold after that neck breaking uppercut/hook. You missed his eyes, a dead giveaway.
@@Pulsonar DIVE, DIVE, DIVE, He never put up any type of fight for a muliti division champion 🏆. DIVE
Proper call by the ref. Much respect for both fighters.
I love the Spinks Brothers! Amazing athletes both! Inspiring story from both.
Shame success came a little too early for Leon but Michael was fantastic going up the weights, a real class act.
Leon wasn't amazing
Leon was better than people give him credit. One of the very few to beat Ali.
Would've been great if Gerry Cooney won the title. I remember my grandfather told me Gerry never will because he didn't throw rights. In hindsight he was correct. Watched this live and seemed he threw nothing but lefts. He did give Larry Holmes a good fight, but never lived up to expectations.
all i can say is. david vs goliath
Michael Spinks was a great light heavyweight champion.
Both he and Leon won both Olympic gold medals and world championships.
Tough dudes, devoted brothers. Each truly appreciated by me.
Leon a colorful character endeared to many, Michael a classy guy throughout.
Bravo and Thank you Michael, Bravo and RIP Leon.
Well said!
He would have been a great HW too if he hadnt ran smack bang into Tyson! IMO he is a great HW he just never stuck around long enough to prove it but in my view.....he beat cooney and an undefeated Holmes Twice! I also think he would've beat Holyfield and many other Heavys....His style was akward & unique. RIP Leon.
Funniest moment in boxing history .
Leon being interviewed after beating Ali for the crown.
‘’ I was like a cobra out there. See? I was amazing. He couldn’t touch me. I was wonderous!’’’
Yep.
ThAts right up there in funny moments in boxing history with Bert coopers interview on live tv. after smokin Bert nearly ko’d Holyfield in his fight with Evander.
Where we find Bert being interviewed after the glorious fight he had with the real deal .
Interviewer says,
‘’Um bert, it looked like you had Holyfield in trouble in round four.
How come you couldn’t finish him off?
Why you just stop punching ?
Bert?’’’
To which bert brilliantly replies,
‘’’uh?
Umm? Uh ? Ummm? Uh? I a? Um? Uh,,, I a? I , I , I ah? I Don’t know!😮’
Truly the most brilliant response I ever heard a fighter or actually anyone ever give while being interviewed on live tv.
Almost as good a statement as when Bert decided to quit in round two in Bert’s glorious fight against George foreman.
Where fight officials asked bert if he wanted to continue after being pummeled by foreman in round one.
To which bert gloriously righteously replied,
“I ain’t goin out there and getting hit by anymore of them punches .
He’s a big guy. I might get hurt .’’’
Good call.
Bert.
Good call.
That’s using your noggin logically.
Exactly.
Yes.
Exactly.
In truth.
@@stavros693000Michael Spinks was the best Lightheavy weight of his era. Brother Leon was the worst Heavyweight in history. Enough said! 🥊🥊👍
@@melvinsims5379 I agree that M.Spinks is the best LHW of his era and would argue he was the best LHW ever!... But L.Spinks the worst HW ever??? I can think of quite a few HWs worse than L. Spinks!
@@stavros693000In the annuals of boxing history there has never been a worst Heavychamp than the(toothless wonder)Leon Spinks👹.My Grandmother with her 2 arthritic legs could have beaten him.And no, I don't mean over the head with one of them🦵. Bob Foster the best Lightheavy of the 1970s would have wiped the floor with Michael Spinks.He was a bigger version of Tommy Hearns.A murderous puncher he was.🥊🥊👍
No way Cooney should lose this fight .
After what Jerry did to Ken Norton, I can't believe he lost to Michael Spinks.
Why do people hate Michael Spinks and Leon Spinks so much? Michael Spinks is legitimately one of the greatest boxers of all time
@@crabb9966 who hates the Spinks Brothers?Love them Olympic boxing hero's. Made comment that smaller Michael Spinks should've have beat Cooney. Must be you who hate them subconsciously
@@Mike-xp3kl Cooney lost the fight, at the time, and in retrospect, it is not a even a little surprising. Cooney was not as technically sound as Spinks, nor did he work as hard at his craft.
If that loss surprises you, maybe you don't no that much about boxing?
Ask Larry Holmes... a much better fighter than either.
This was a tough one for me. I like both boxers. Always felt they didn't get the credit they deserved. ❤🎉
Totally agree!!
Spinks deserved all the credit in the world for being a great fighter and champion. Clooney didn’t achieve much at all
Spinks was great light heavyweight and beat Larry Holmes. Cooney was good , just not good enough to win it.
Thease comments are so hateful to Spinks 😂😂😂
Yeah, he had a ton of speed for a heavy. I guess many people want the one punch knockout power he didn't have. He was champ... something most people can't claim.
Lol😂
Such is America to most black men like that geek merchant to Mayweather
Cooney’s right was just for decoration. He forgot he had one.
true, its a shame his trainers never taught him to use it. thats why his infighting was so trash, every time a fighter got close to him the only thing cooney could do is shell up.
@@TallJakee-je6ho He wasn't that good of a fighter - 'nuff said
@@mollkatless Well he gave peak Holmes a tough fight, destroyed Norton, Lyle & young! He was better than top 10 HWs today imo!
@@stavros693000 please
@@mollkatless He knocked out Ken Norton...
very sad to see cooney lose - I was good friends with his uncle who went to Vegas for the Holmes fight in which cooney decided to box and this was his downfall and his uncle was devastated at the loss
Michael Spinks was a natural, one of the best fighters of his era.
Cooney only had one arm.
Wah. Excuses. Wah. White boy tears. Almost as phony as white girl tears, but less masculine
Cooney was the ultimate glass cannon. He could knock out a horse with that left hook, but at the same time he could be beaten senseless by little Michael Spinks. Tyson showed Spinks what a real heavyweight is…
This is the Michael spins everyone wanted to see fight Tyson; not the fight everyone got from Tyson spinks.
Cooney hit a lot of fists with his head😂
Cooney was good but was a one-armed fighter who wasn't hungry enough.
Meh - Cooney v Foreman ... now THAT deserves the title Wow! What a Knockout!
A great period in time..
It's about time boxing ruled it's own house and scrapped the 12 rounds & opt to reinstate all title fights back to 15 rounds.
Imagine the announcer: "Tyson don't want NO part of Spinks after this, believe me."
I went to the Tyson-Spinks fight. It was over before most people found their way back from the bathroom after the prior fight on the card that night. Spinks took one shot to the ribs and realized he was in with the wrong guy. Theonly way todefeat Tyson was to have a strong and fast jab that could knock Mike off balance, which was easy enough to land as Mike separated his hands before throwing his punches. Spinks had the speed but not the power, because he was not a natural heavyweight.
Yeah, in his workouts prior to the fight, they showed Spinks in the gym struggling to bench 55 lbs dumbbells. Holmes said his weakness is "his weakness" when asked to comment. I saw the Tyson/Bonecrusher Smith fight live in Vegas; terrible fight. Bonecrusher's gameplan was to hug Mike at every chance. @@raycommisso6448
😂😂😂
Ah yes, The War at the Shore from '87 in Atlantic City. Remember it well. Michael TKO'd Gerry good & solid. Spinks had that overhand right that slammed Gerry clean to the jaw. That may have not been the TKO shot, but it started it.
In that fight. You could see Cooney was just a shell of the fighter that KOd Kenny Norton and gave Holms a good fight.
Had they fought a couple yrs earlier I think Cooney would have beaten him. He just wasn't the same fighter after getting KOd by Holmes.
Plus I agree with the vast majority that Holmes got robbed in the 2nd fight against Spinks...
Spinks wouldn't have lasted 5 round with Evander Holyfield at light heavyweight or heavyweight...
He wasn't half the fighter Holyfield was. Spinks also followed through with his elbow quite a bit, disguising it so he could cheat...
Never liked him. As a heavyweight, he's not even in the top 15 of all time, IMHO...
NEVER UNDERSTOOD THIS FIGHT -- COONEY ONLY THREW A COUPLE OF HIS LEFT HOOKS TO THE BODY -- THAT WAS A DEVASTATING PUNCH -- LITTLE DOUBT IN MY MIND IF HE'D HAVE THROWN 4 OR 5 MORE OF THOSE SPINKS WOULD HAVE FOLDED UP -- SPINKS MADE HIM LOOK SILLY IN THERE THAT NIGHT
Cooney looked huge! Don't know much about Spinx. Looked like a great fight though.
GC problems with alcohol, and emotions really came out in this fight. There is no way MS a very talented boxer should have won this fight. It is a shame when fighters with issues just let those issues determine whether they win or lose. I am happy for GC that he is in a better place today.
That version of Spinks is undefeated just after coming off 2 wins vs the unbeaten Holmes, That version of Spinks was an Olympic Gold medalist & the undisputed LHW Champion, arguably the best ever LHW Champion, he had every right to beat Cooney.
He should not have gotten in the ring. GC overrated, a bust+
Cooney might not have been a superstar but he definitely wasn't a bum. His only losses were to 3 excellent Champions.
Actually, you make a very good point. It's not just GC. We all do it in life.
@@TheBobbysteel old champions.
LOL... i dont know what i was expecting.. i remember this fight .. and forgot about it
Spinks beat Holmes.
Spinks was a good HW. If he didn't retire, he would make a lot more money. Spinks could outbox all of his contemporaries except for Tyson. Losing to a prime Tyson was no shame. No boxers could survive the onslaught of a prime Iron Mike.
James bone crusher smith Tony tnt tucker and Mitch blood green, survived .
In fact quite a few people even think tucker and smith decisioned Tyson.
Tyson was good.
I agreee .
From 1986 to 1989.
But he wasn’t super man.
My quess?
Micheal spinks took a dive against Tyson.
And then took the 31 million he got for one minteofwork and ran from boxing.
Why?
Because micheal spinks was way better then that,
Tyson was good.
Yes.
But he wasn’t that good.
Micheal spinks took a dive.
I believe
Mitch Blood Green was a little better than a journeyman and went the distance with Tyson and even cracked him hard a few times. People make Tyson out to be the GOAT, but I was alive and well and an ex-boxer at the time of Tyson's prime, and while he was great and would topple anyone in the HW division now, I sincerely doubt he'd run right through a prime Ali, Foreman, Louis. Even little Marciano would have a puncher's chance because that Suzie Q punch of Marciano's was right there with Tyson's best punch.
There are many fighters who could survive against Tyson and beat him.
@@mrw1208
Practically Every pro fighter Marciano fought was bigger then him , muscular and weighed more.
And for the record, in todays age?
Marciano isn’t even a heavyweight.
Actually Marciano never fought at a weight of more then 195 pounds as far as I know.
That means rocky marciano was never an actual true heavy weight in professional boxing.
Strange that , on record then, Rocky’s the only undefeated heavy weight of all time.
That’s a little bit weird.
I suspect rocky wasn’t truly a mortal in this life.
He’s connected to hebrews 13:2 and genesis 3:22.
According to the spirit world.
But on an average level.
Unlike Jesus.
But whatever.
@@vinnievenus3570 Please don't dishonour any sport just because you think you can if you don't know anything it's better to keep shut rather than opening up to prove it to the World who you actually are,a lowlife that is, don't you think so...🤔🤔
Cooney was an awful defensive fighter.
He had zero head movement.
Or footwork@@ssviking81
Couldn't clench, its like he didn't want to learn.
@@markcarchedi915 He had too many easy fights.
But he could hit.
I always felt that Spinks was overrated. Yeah, he did a great job here, but Cooney, in spite of his power, was known for having lousy defensive skills and a glass jaw.
Spinks was a true legend, should’ve been named top heavyweight of the 80’s! Came up from lt heavyweight to beat Larry Holmes TWICE for the title, then KOd Cooney convincingly.
Although Spinks has a good record and fought well during his time, I really don't think Spinks was of a high enough caliber to be named the #1 Heavyweight of the 80's...as along came Holyfield & Tyson in the 80's.
Then, with Tyson dominating and destroying Spinks in their championship match in just 90 seconds of the first round in 1988.
Just my opinion...and it's okay to have a different one.
:)
@@BrotherPatriotHe didnt say #1, just top. Obviously he was not #1, but he was one of the most talked about HW fighters of that era, his fight with Tyson was a huge event.
@@Boxing_Gamer
Greetings, Boxing_Gamer.
Hey man, I really don't want to argue.
I don't.
I'm sorry there has been some clash but the Body Public will have difference of opinions, etc.
Anyway, regarding "He didn't say #1"...well, yes he did.
...and I quote, "should’ve been named top heavyweight of the 80’s"...is clearly saying #1.
So, let's just agree to disagree and carry on.
Have a good day.
Cooney was an over-hyped bum.
Calling this "Full HD" should have a big asterisk on it.
Geez, Spinks beats another big heavyweight. Jinx Spinks!!!
It wasn't even a KO, Mr. Clickbait. It was a TKO.
Man live, Spinks shows what a smaller, skilled man can do to a super heavyweight!
Michael Spinks is a lot better than his big brother.
I have to assume that this was when Cooney was boozing and not at his best.
i agree
If it makes you feel better then you can believe that.
@tommackay7433- In 1989 Cooney found Jesus and said he straightened out his life. His next fight was against Foreman in 1990, who at 41 starched Cooney in the second round. Cooney had no defense. That was his downfall. He didn't know how to grab and hold when he was hurt.
@@speakthetruth5308 It's well known that Cooney spent a LOT more time in bars and coke ridden after parties in the 5 years between the Holmes fight and this one than he did in the gym. He never really cared for the sport, and for all intents and purposes, his blossoming career was over after he lost to Holmes. Only 3 fights against tomato cans from 1982 to 1987 can attest to that, but once he needed money again, he decided to cash in again while he still was marketable. Why you think that reality of a statement is some sort of ruse to make the poster "feel better" is rather weird. Being a top level fighter is as much mental as it is physical, and there are thousands of fighters who had top level ability who for whatever reason no longer had the intestinal fortitude to train, fight, and still be a top level fighter anymore. If you need a shining example of that, simply watch the great Aaron Pryor fight Bobby Joe Young after a few years of partying, or the end of Riddick Bowe's career.
Spinks too fast for Cooney. Tyson too fast for Spinks.
I have a poster of this event, Spinks vs cooney, the war at the shore
Wasn't Cooney already into abusing alcohol by this point?
He was an addict...made spinks job easy !
Cooney got destroyed by Spinks point blank.
@@FormerIFBBJudge yes, but this was not the cooney that fought holmes..js
Spinks looks like he knocked out his OWN front tooth when he smiles!
Spinks was too fast for most HWs except Tyson, who was way faster than him.
Wow! What a TKO
Cooney was a good fighter with incredible knockout power in his lead left hand, because he was a natural lefty fighting in a righty stance. But he was too slow and methodical to defeat the best fighters of his time. His punching power carried him against the three guys on the downside of their careers that he beat to set him up for the fight with Holmes. But once in the ring with a guy like Holmes whose powerful jab was so fast that most fighters didn't see it until it was making contact with their heads, Cooney could not beat Holmes to the punch and it was amazing that Cooney lasted 13 rounds in that fight.
I think that the Holmes fight wrecked Cooney's confidence in himself that he could ever be a champion. He never developed the hand speed he would need to compete at the highest levels as his punching power diminished with age. Which is why he lost to a glorified light heavyweight like Michael Spinks. It just shows how difficult it was to become a heavyweight champion, you needed speed and power to win titles. Even Tyson with his incredible punching power had hand speed that made most heavyweights jealous. Foreman was one of the only heavyweights to defy that rule, and only because he had such exceptional power. But as was seen in Zaire, once the power was exhausted - in that case due to the climate of the fight's location and a poor fight plan by Foreman - he was not a difficult fighter to defeat. Whereas a young Ali, who did not have exceptional punching power, could defeat all his opponents with the most amazing speed any heavyweight ever displayed.
For heavyweights, it doesn't take a lot of power to knock an opponent on his keister. But you have to get the punch(es) to the target, which is why speed is the quintessential quality needed to be a heavyweight champion. You need natural albeit average heavyweight power, but its the speed that you project that power with that determines whether you will be a champion. Holyfield was the paradigm of this reality, average heavyweight power but above average speed that made him a champion. Cooney didn't have speed and never developed it, which is why his career stopped short of winning a title.
Michael Spinks had a very unique style of boxing that threw a lot of boxers off
Another "great white fall guy" picked by Don King. That's why Don King fought so hard behind the seems against the Klitschko bros. boxing here.
Full HD highlights....lol if you say so
Cooney had no defense when he was hurt. He didn't know how to grab and hold or run when in trouble.
He never had to learn because he was fed a steady diet of mostly tomato cans that he easily walked through.
He was lucky that Jimmy Young got cut and the fight was stopped. Young had his number and would have thwarted Cooney's fight with Holmes , had Young not been cut badly.
Cooney was done after the Holmes fight. Larry took his heart. He realized he could no longer left hook his way to victory against a real fighter. When he would throw the left hook to the body he left himself wide open 2:48 Spinks and Foreman at 41, exposed his lack of defense once again.
Cooney could punch, but he didn't have the entire package top heavyweights did. I was surprised he lost this fight to an average puncher.
Well he was a big heavyweight who lost to bassically a light heavy weight. Cooney was grossly overrated and got famous beating old fighters.you know the drill.over hyped hope.every time he got in with a Real one, spinks,holmes,forman, he got Stopped..hes was never on that level. Always got exposed for what he was.and as we all know ,they didnt bring him no where near mike tyson.
Tyson made Spinks like he was standing still.
Cooney's most devastating punch was the one he often delivered BELOW the BELT. He was an absolute bum!
Wow Spinks. He reminds ne of Holyfield ...with his combinations.
Cooney took this ass whooping personal and took it out on Ken Norton
I might recommend a calendar.
@@chrisrasmussen2870 I`ve read that Gerry was so furious he built a time machine to deliver a KO on
Norton.
Cooney hit hard when he connected but to lose to Michael Spinks isn't saying much for your overall, boxing ability.
It's doesn't but he wasn't the same guy he had been when he came up through the ranks. Idol time, sitting on the sidelines.
He had only 2 fights since 1982.
Losing one of best boxers no shame. He is arguably the goat at light heavyweight going undefeated in division toughest divison in fight game. Only loss was to Tyson in his career. Must not watch boxing much..,, 😳
@@blackwidowsm Like I said, losing to Spinks at the heavyweight level isn't saying much.
@@Dana-wq5tp You must be a gay.
What a knockout??? Spinks was OK as a LHW. But he sucked as a HW. Cooney landed the harder punches before he went down. I'm surprised this fight was stopped so quickly.....
Ok as a LHW!?!?!? Michael Spinks was one of the greatest light Heavyweights of all time! Do your research!🤦♂️
@@decent.587 He's top ten definitely but he's 8 9 or 10. Definitely not top 5.
I agree. He beat a shot Cooney, Tangstad (lol) ,was given a bs decision over Larry Holmes who kicked his ass bad in the rematch, and got smoked by Tyson. I'm not even sure he won against Holmes the first time. They were looking to stop Larry Holmes from getting past 50 -0 because they didn't want him to top Marciano and possibly even get 26 defenses and top Joe Louis. Just my thoughts.
Cruiseweights at most and marvis frazier never true heavyweight they dont suck henry tillman spinks brothers michael moorer
What??? Another one! Why y'all mad at Spinks? I wonder why............
Understandable getting rocked by Foreman, but this loss was embarrassing for Cooney.
Dude had no defense...
@@KilibardaMujo no he didn't,also never tied up when in trouble.
@@chuckcollins2349 agree! 👍
Your life is an embarassment. Michael Spinks is one of the all-time greats of LightHeavyweight, and his first fight at HW after 5 month-transitioning against LARRY HOLMES, literally TOP 5 ATG HW of all time, which he won, and went the full distance against him in rematch, arguably losing but dominating the later rounds. Larry Holmes in his prime would blow your Tyson
@@masterchiefpettyofficer1176 shut up...
I didnt get it. Why did Cooney put on the glove on his right hand when barely used it? Maybe his team could explain this.
The Great White Hope.. 😂
Wonderful fight. Spinks' cherry on the top of his career.
The Cooney that beat Lyle Young and Norton died the night he fought Holmes.
So annoying watching this and him being gun shy until finally Spinks stops him. Totally defeated mentally long before the opening bell.
Was Cooneys right hand broken?
Edited by Stevie Wonder having an epileptic fit
Michael Spinks, a great light heavyweight but not a great heavyweight
And now....let's hear from the experts.
Cooney looked like he was in a trance in this fight. Should have waited out Holmes one year. Larry started going downhill around 1983.
Stopped way too early. Wow.
Never seen anyone fight like Spinks, pure confusion
Cooney was ultimately betrayed by his handlers in not focusing on defensive skills and holding on and fighting out of trouble when hurt/ and Spinks should have left the Heavyweight division alone/ as his Tyson debacle tarnished his legacy as likely the best light-heavyweight in history !!!###
Gerry Cooney underestimated Michael Spinks more than Larry Holmes.
I would like seeing Spinks vd Holyfield
Jerry , needed to train properly for this fight
This is an example why Larry Holmes should not have fought Spinks. Larry was slower, older. He could have fought two top ranked heavyweights. Then retired at 50-0. Seems like there was a push to have him fight a light Heavyweight in his 49th fight. The same way Marciano did.
Agree, Holmes fighting a young light heavyweight for his 50th fight was a big mistake. Holmes could have easily defeated any ranked heavyweight. In comparison, Marciano fought an older light heavyweight and from what I read Marciano felt very confident he would defeat Archie Moore.
@@johnnoone4323 Marciano might have thought that going into his last fight. But got a surprise. Smart decision for Marciano to retire. He said in an interview, his fight with Joe Louis influenced him to retire before it was too late. Other readers have texted Marciano was starting to have serious back problems. Larry Holmes got caught up on the hype . Surprised none of his mgrs, trainers pulled him aside to drop knowledge.
@@johnnoone4323 not just a young light Heavyweight. An undefeated light Heavyweight champion. Known to have a very good right hand. The Spinks Jinx.
@@gregorybush3224 at the time pound for pound I thought Michael Spinks was the best fighter of his time. He never got the credit he deserved.
@@johnnoone4323 He definitely was in the top 5. Sad thing is, he gets more publicity on his only defeat/ last fight.
Wow, I thought Michael Spinks always got his lights put out. I guess he needed stiffs to fight.
4:02
Who ever won this fight would be the loser, because the next fight would mean total annihilation at the hands of Iron Mike Tyson in historical fashion.
IF Cooney was around today ?
I rekon he would be a unified champ multiple times.
Maybe not outright undisputed but definitely capable of holding a belt multiple times.
Would he beat Andy Ruiz & Joseph Parker ?
I think so, the Cooney who fought Holmes woulda went on to become pretty GREAT if he had of won.
THAT Cooney goes 50/50 with Fury, Joshua & Wilder. I think Usyk might be too disciplined for him n he would lose it on points but those other 3, if they got into it with Cooney he takes em out.
FC beat named fighters well past their prime. Overrated, he would not be a contender today.
@RevDrJohnWWilsonIII
Read what I actually wrote, not the imaginary Spice Boy drivel you are imagining.
Only an idiot would say that the guy who fought PRIME Holmes was over rated , or that he beat Holmes.
That version of Cooney is well capable of being champ today.
This version of cooney was just a shell ! The Cooney that fought Holmes woulda hurt Spinks ! Cooney had demons that destroyed his career !
Not saying he could of won but Spinks was a great light heavy and good heavy who if not frozen with fear could of done better against a prime iron mike
Good lef hook but not rigth hand that was his weekness
Spinks career highlight was definately the tyson fight!
You might have written one of the dumbest things I've ever read on the internet, and that's really saying something. Michael Spinks won a Gold Medal at the 1976 Olympics as part of the legendary '76 US team, he then went pro where he won the WBA Light-Heavyweight title by defeating a very good Eddie Mustafa Muhammad. He would defend his Light Heavyweight title 10 times, including a title unification win against the great Dwight Qawi (formerly Dwight Braxton, the vanquisher of Matthew Saad Muhammad), and is regarded as one of the best Light Heavyweight champions of all time. Then, he moved up to Heavyweight and beat the undefeated 48-0 legendary Larry Holmes who was Heavyweight champ for 7 years and had TWENTY successful title defenses (personally I thought he lost both fights against Holmes but that's besides the point) to become the Heavyweight champion. So with all of these accolades and career accomplishments, you think his last fight, where he cashed in for a huge purse and got KO'd in the first round against a young savage Mike Tyson was his career "highlight"? That's an odd take, even for an idiot.
The Spinks jinx🤔?
In a way Cooney would have been better suited to the modern,current era where bigger slower guys fight at a slower pace and 12 not 15 rounds as the 70s and early 80s fights were. Could probably have weighed around 250 or so at a similar size to Vitali Klitschko.
True smaller guys was too much for him Cooney now he would be great.
Imagine what Mike Tyson would've done to Cooney, I think 15 second KO
1 second KO!
Shades of Fury vs Usyk??
Obviously, Tyson Fury is MILES better an operator than Cooney! No question!!
But Spinks, just as slippery and quick, if not quicker than Oleksander...
🤔🥊👑
Great night from Frank Cappuccino.
If its not about Spinks , its about Cooney, bunch of haters (instead of commenting about the fight)
The great white flop!
I liked Michele. Leon was just a trouble making thug. Even after becoming champ he was still getting in trouble. I don't really know about Mickeal.
Coney really never was much of a boxer,,,,he was just a big boxer.
Editing a bit annoying....
if there was a one armed fighter tour Cooney would have done well.
YOU CANT WIN JUST BY USING ONLY YOUR LEFT HAND, COONEY ONLY NEEDED 1 BOXING GLOVE
Coney looked better than I remembered. He was kinda lucky he lost. Tyson loomed.