Tony Tucker vs Michael Spinks in 1987 who wins?

I thought Spinks was stripped for avoiding Tyson.

 

Tucker stopped Douglas who was better than Cooney.

 

Wrong, Spinks got 4 million, and was stripped for refusing to fight Tucker!

 

Wrong. Guaranteed $7 million. Made more from the PPV. I bought it.

 

Spinks was stripped by the IBF for avoiding the IBF's number 1 challenger Tony Tucker. Look it up on Box Rec!

 

Spinks didn`t earn elite status at heavyweight, Holmes was pretty slow v Spinks in `85 and `86.

 

Nope he was guaranteed $4 million and I don't care if you were the referee!
You are like Rhas Al Guhl, you just cant be wrong can you!
I didn't buy it,I saw it for free.

 

No. Mike Tyson was the WBC and WBA champion. Spinks was the IBF champ. Tyson had to fight his WBC mandatory Pinklon Thomas, who had already been in the tourney but lost to Berbick. Spinks was supposed to fight Tucker, his mandatory, on the same card. But Spinks was offered the Cooney fight for $7 million. The IBF said Spinks could fight Cooney if Cooney agreed to enter the tournament. Cooney said no. Tucker and Douglas said they'd enter the tourney if they won. So Spinks was stripped and Tucker fought Douglas for the vacant belt on the undercard of Tyson-Thomas, while Spinks and Cooney fought a week or so later.

It worked out better for Spinks and Tyson anyway.

IF they'd faced each other in the HBO tournament final, they'd have both made $2 million.

When they fought a year later on PPV, Spinks made $13 million and Tyson made around $20 million.

 

Yeah, he did. He beat the undefeated Larry Holmes and won the World Heavyweight title. (LOL) And became the first light heavyweight champion in history to win the world heavyweight title.

And made three defenses.

Was Gene Tunney not an elite heavyweight because Jack Dempsey had slowed down?

Michael Spinks was an elite heavyweight.

 

Tucker never would have fought Douglas if he fought Spinks. Think about it.

The whole reason Douglas even Fought Tucker was because they were in a vacant title fight together because the IBF ridiculously taken their recognition away from Spinks. They selected those two from a bunch of much higher regarded fighters.

And Douglas had yet to become a fighter good enough to beat Tyson. The making of Douglas was the 6 fight unbeaten run of fights between losing to Tucker and beating Tyson where he beat McCall, Mike Williams andTrevor Berbick in regular fights. Buster benefited from these fights, improving each time.

Back when Douglas met Tucker it was literally a bout between two unknowns who really should have been fighting to decide who the USBA champion was. Not a world title.

If anyone thought Douglas was a better fighter than Cooney in 1987, I certainly never heard a single person say it.

 

What he made is NOT what he was guaranteed ,which was $4 million,its on Box Rec
Produce a primary source that states he was guaranteed $7 million or stop posting this lie,easy peasy!

 

Spinks was the worlds hwt champion and Olympic gold medalist. Tucker never achieved that level of success. Spinks wins the decision over 15 rounds.

 

Tommy Burns was heavyweight champion,does he beat Tucker?
Spinks beat a slowed up Holmes who, if he had been given the chance ,Tucker might very well have beaten.Silly analogy.

 

Holmes was nowhere near as faded as you are saying. Holmes fought on for almost another decade and beat Ray Mercer, should have got the decision against Oliver McCall and gave a prime Evander Holyfield a tough fight.

In 87' Spinks was definitely wearing down as a fighter while Tucker was in his prime. Spinks is without question the better fighter but I could see Tucker possibly beating him in that time period. What Spinks accomplished as a fighter was remarkable. Gold Medal, undisputed Lightheavyweight champ in one of the best era's ever and of course beating the long reigning heavyweight champion of the world. It's a shame that so many just remember his blow out loss to Tyson. He was much better than that.

 

I would say Holmes was definitely on the downside when he fought Spinks. Their first fight he was ill prepared thinking I assume he would have an easy fight. He lost. The second fight he was in excellent condition and came into the first round gunning for a KO. I remember watching that bout and at fights end not even wanting to stick around for the decision Holmes so decisively won. The crowd around me gasped and then cursed the worst decision of my lifetime.