Michael Spinks vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi recommended him not to fight, as he had been diagnosed with pneumonia. This diagnostic put the fight on jeopardy, but he decided to go on with the fight. The bout was carried live on HBO Boxing. The bout was fought at Atlantic City, New Jersey, near Qawi's hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Some fans and critics would later say that the fight did not live up to its name, because they were expecting an action packed fight. Spinks surprised many observers by taking a technical stance from the beginning, and Qawi, in his typical style, charged forward, chasing Spinks. Rounds one
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,