Convince me Michael Spinks won the rematch with Larry Holmes!

Holmes started strong, but faded in the later rounds, which cost him. Holmes also could've showed up in better shape, since when he rocked Spinks late in the fight he didn't show any urgency to capitalize.

Spinks also had the edge in ring generalship through the majority of the fight, so Holmes had himself to blame for the loss.

 

I refuse to sit through that sleep inducing fight, but an argument is that for some reason every fan who watches it, and they're all Holmes fans, scores the early rounds for Holmes. I have no idea why they do this because very little actually happens in these rounds other than feinting and missed jabs by each. If you score the rounds as split, use 1010s, or edge them to Spinks, it becomes a lot easier to score the fight for him.

 

Spinks lost

 

I turned it off halfway through.

 

It was a very controversial decision and easily and likely should have gone Holmes way but not the worst decision ever. Holms open strong, won the first four rounds and then the fight became more level as Holmes tilted a bit and Spinks stole rounds with his funky style ... still Holmes stunned him on multiple occasions and should have gotten it but Larry had pissed off a lot of folks with his post fight comments the first bout and I'm sure that impacted things too ..