On June 12, 1981, Larry Holmes (37-0, 27 KOs), the heavyweight WBC and The Ring champion, defends his titles against former world champion Leon Spinks (10-2-2, 8 KOs).
Larry Holmes is coming in to the fight on a 37-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Trevor Berbick, 2 months and 1 day ago. Leon Spinks is on a 2-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, with his last fight being a 9th round TKO win over Bernardo Mercado, 8 months and 10 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Larry Holmes at 99-1 winning odds. Leon Spinks really doesn't have much to present against Holmes.
Larry Holmes made easy work of Leon Spinks, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 3rd. Holmes improves his record to 38-0 (28 KOs), while Spinks adds a loss to his record at 10-3-2.