Leon Spinks the late 1990s, Spinks was a headliner on year-round, touring autograph shows. In 2009 Spinks was featured as part of the 2009 documentary "Facing Ali", in which notable former opponents of Ali speak about how fighting Ali changed their lives. As of 2017, Spinks lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. He told a reporter his life is "comfortable", and that he keeps a low profile. In August 2017, Leon was inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame along with his brother, Michael. Leon's son, Cory Spinks, held the undisputed welterweight title, and was the IBF junior middleweight champion twice. In
Cory Spinks On July 8, 2006, Spinks earned his fifth world title, the IBF Junior Middleweight Championship (also called Super Welterweight by some sanctioning bodies), in a fight with reigning champion Roman Karmazin at the Savvis Center. Despite having some rough moments in the bout, Spinks beat Karmazin by majority decision with final scorecards of 114-114, 115-113, and 115-113. On May 19, 2007, Spinks moved up one weight class to Middleweight with a challenge against World Middleweight Champion Jermain Taylor at the FedEx Forum in Memphis. Taylor held on to the title, defeating Spinks in a split decision. On March 27, 2008,