Yeah and there's Futch too. Futch's gameplan was built around movement but someone forgot to tell Eddie that Spinks knee's were shot lol
Spinks generally listened to Futch during his fights. He respected what Futch had to say and was obedient in following instructions, but the man who had the most influence on him was Lewis. Against Futch's wishes, Butch instructed Spinks to trade punches with Tyson early on so he could land a hard blow to get his respect. Futch had wanted Michael to follow a more conservative fight plan, which was to keep away from Tyson's vaunted power throughout the fight.
Spinks followed an extremely complex Futch gameplan against Qawi, one that involved being extremely conservative with his biggest weapon. The gameplan was a masterpiece and worked to perfection. If Spinks shelved Futch's gameplan for one from Lewis he might not be the smartest tool in the shed. At any rate this is in contrast to what Spinks actually said in your initial post - My thought was that Tyson could have those early rounds, that I would start to attack in the middle of the fight and overtake him late when he would start to get tired.
Yeah, there is a lot of conflicting reports of what happened. Ultimately, Spinks only started to trade with Mike like Butch wanted after the KD.
I haven't seen such a fearful heavyweight title challenger fighter as Michael Spinks was against Tyson-Spinks since Max Schmeling-Louis II. they were both petrified stiff.