Michael Spinks vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi set for September 27 of 1984, but it was cancelled after Qawi was injured during training, three weeks before the fight. Spinks went on to become the first world light heavyweight champion in boxing history to go up in weight and win the world heavyweight title. Qawi, for his part, went up to the cruiserweight division, where he reigned as WBA world champion from 1985 to 1986. Both fighters are now members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Confirmed bouts: Michael Spinks vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi Michael Spinks vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi, billed as "The Brawl for it All",
Nicky Spinks Graham Round in 45 hours 30 minutes, beating the previous record set by Roger Baumeister in 1979 by more than an hour. In April 2017, she ran the Joss Naylor Lakeland Challenge in 11:02, a new women's record. Spinks has won the Fellsman four times and in 2013 she won the Borrowdale Fell Race. She is sponsored by RaceKit and Inov-8. In 2005, Spinks was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a mastectomy in 2012. She is a farmer in Yorkshire. Nicky Spinks Nicola "Nicky" Spinks (born 22 April 1967) is a British long distance runner, specialising in fell running,