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Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks Jr. dies at 67

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February 6, 2021February 7, 2021News Room

Spinks won gold at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, but he rose in prominence when he beat Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight title in 1978.

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