Mike Tyson vs Michael Spinks June 27, 1988 1080p 60FPS HD HBO Broadcast

Unlike the previous version of this fight I upped, this contains all prefight segments The fight was billed as “Once And For All.“ This was a fight between two undefeated fighters, each with a legitimate claim to the heavyweight championship of the world. The winner would have sole possession of the title. Spinks became the first reigning light heavyweight champion to win a heavyweight championship when he defeated Larry Holmes for the IBF heavyweight title in 1985. Spinks was stripped of the IBF title in 1987 for refusing to fight #1 contender Tony Tucker. Promoter Don King won the right to promote a Spinks vs. Tucker title fight with a purse bid of $711,000, of which Spinks would get 75 percent. Spinks chose to fight Gerry Cooney instead for a guaranteed purse of $4 million. Spinks knocked out Cooney in five rounds. Tyson entered the fight as the holder of all three major sanctioning body titles: He was the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight champion. Spinks entered the fight without an alphabet title, but he was
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