Corporal Leon Spinks Vs Cuba's Sixto Soria--Great fight!!

I just watched this fight for the first time in years and I have to say, this is one of the most exiciting gold medal matches that I can remember. This is when Leon was still in the Marines and away from all the distractions/vices that lead to his downfall. He was a heavy underdog going into this fight and took it to Soria who was regarded as the better boxer and the odds on favorite for the gold. I was only a year old when this fight took place. I would have loved to have watched that unbealivable USA team compete in 76'.

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Leon at his sober and snarling best! He willed himself to victory in that fight. Walked through all of those Eastern European and Cubans like a man with zero ****s to give.

 

That right hand was a monster! He had a really good right uppercut as well. This fight was at 178, can you imagine if he would have been able to make 175 as a pro? He really was a ferocious fighter in his younger days.