Leon Spinks vs. Muhammad Ali II John Tate and Gerrie Coetzee for the vacant WBA title. "We knew Muhammad Ali was going to retire," Arum said, "but as long as he delayed, I couldn't make definite plans." However, in October 1980 Ali returned to face WBC Champion Larry Holmes but was stopped by TKO in the 10th round. He then retired for good after a lackluster loss to Trevor Berbick in December 1981, thus making this fight the final win in Ali's career. Leon Spinks vs. Muhammad Ali II Leon Spinks vs. Muhammad Ali II, was a professional boxing match contested on September 15, 1978 in
Johanna Spinks Arnold and Karen York Spinks won The Daler Rowney Award for Painting Excellence at Oil Painters of America National Show in 2008. Spinks was honored as the 2012 "Artist in the Community" recipient at the Mayor's Arts Awards event at the Ventura County Museum on November 15, 2012. Johanna Spinks Johanna Spinks is a British-born, Los Angeles-based oil portrait artist whose work hangs in many museums, galleries, and private collections. Spinks is primarily a portrait artist of heirloom, family, corporate, religious, and bridal portraits, but also a landscape and still life painter. Spinks' work has been featured in the "Epoch