TYSON VS SPINKS - ONCE AND FOR ALL (FULL FIGHT)
Channel: The Greats
Date: 2019-03-16

"Once and For All"
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Date June 27, 1988
Venue Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey
Title(s) on the line WBA/WBC/IBF/Ring/Lineal Heavyweight Championship
Tale of the tape
Boxer  United States Mike Tyson United States Michael Spinks
Nickname  "Iron Mike" "Jinx"
Hometown  Catskill, New York St. Louis, Missouri
Pre-fight record  34–0 (30 KO) 31–0 (21 KO)
Height  5 ft 10 in (178 cm) 6 ft 2 1⁄2 in (189 cm)
Weight  218 1⁄4 lb (99 kg; 16 st) 212 1⁄4 lb (96 kg; 15 st)
Style  Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition  WBA/WBC/IBF
Heavyweight Champion The Ring/Lineal
Heavyweight Champion
Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks was a boxing match which took place on Monday June 27, 1988. Both men were undefeated and each had a claim to being the legitimate heavyweight champion. At the time, Tyson held the belts of all three of the major sanctioning organizations (World Boxing Council, World Boxing Association, and International Boxing Federation) while Spinks was the Ring champion and was considered the lineal champion.

Held at the Atlantic City Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey and promoted as "once and for all", it was at the time the richest fight in boxing history, grossing some $70 million of which Tyson earned a record purse of around $20 million and Spinks $13.5 million. Tyson won the fight, knocking out Spinks in 91 seconds.