Who's the best HW Leon Spinks could beat (in his prime)?

This has become a more difficult question the more I have thought about it. Starting with Jeffries and going through the champions who followed, I can 't think of any that I would definitely favor 1978 Leon over. Hart and Burns maybe, but those guys were tough, and Burns was fast and could punch despite his small size, and both could go long distances. Leon was a big man and in his title-winning effort had a busy, aggressive style. He would prevail over someone who could not out-maneuver him or who didn't have the punch to hold him off. There are doubtless many top contenders who fit this bill over the years, but as of now I am drawing a blank.....

 

I would give him a shot vs Ingo though i favour Ingo.

Patterson would destroy Leon.

Which lineal champ would i favour him over? Burns and maybe Willard.

Spinks would lose to Sharkey, Schmeling and yes, to a fully motivated Baer.

Answer: Maybe Ingo

 

has a chance with most except liston and foreman and holmes

 

Hard to say, since Leon self destructed right after he won the belt from Ali.

 

Maybe Ray Windmill White or Butterbean, maybe even Terry Daniels.

 

Muhammad Ali!

 

Could See Leon beating Trevor Berbick, Mike Weaver, or Bonecrusher Smith in the right scenarios.

 

A prime Clay would probably take him just as lightly as an older, wiser Clay did, so in that sense he would have shot, as he would against just about any of the smaller HWs.
If he could have stayed focus he could have been a decent HW

 

Hardly no one, Leon was just in the right place at the right time

 

He'd beat Hart, Burns and Corbett. Dunno about any others. Willard and Briggs, who are the other two worse champions IMO, would beat Spinks.

 

I think he did about as good as he could've done beating an old Ali. He may have been able to accomplish a similar feet like his brother did against an old Larry Holmes. Most heavyweight champs throughout history would've been just to big for a young Leon Spinks to bother with his aggressive style I think hes much more fit for the cruiserweight division.

 

Tony Galento or Billy Miske

 

Could he have beaten his brother, Michael?