On March 22, 1986, Dwight Muhammad Qawi (25-2-1, 14 KOs), the cruiserweight WBA champion, defends his title against former world champion Leon Spinks (17-4-2, 11 KOs).
Dwight Muhammad Qawi is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round KO victory over Rick Enis, 2 months and 14 days ago. Leon Spinks is on a 5-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, with his last fight being a 8th round TKO win over Kip Kane, 3 months and 9 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Dwight Muhammad Qawi at 99-1 winning odds. Leon Spinks really doesn't have much to present against Qawi.
Dwight Muhammad Qawi stopped Leon Spinks via TKO in the 6th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA cruiserweight title. Qawi improves his record to 26-2-1 (15 KOs), while Spinks adds a loss to his record at 17-5-2.