Darrell Spinks Darrell Spinks Darrell Spinks (born July 24, 1973) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.) is an American former professional boxer. Spinks was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, one of three sons his father Leon Spinks had with Zadie Mae Calvin (whom he never married). Darrell had a total of 4 siblings. His older brother Leon Calvin was shot to death in 1990. Darrell Spinks is the son of former heavyweight champion of the world Leon Spinks and the nephew of former light heavyweight and heavyweight world champion Michael Spinks. Darrell's younger brother Cory Spinks is a former welterweight champion. Spinks won his
Leon Spinks vs. Muhammad Ali II holding. The Associated Press scored the fight 12-3 for Ali, while the three judges had the bout 11-4, 10-4 and 10-4 all in favor of Ali giving him a Unanimous decision win. Ali regained the WBA heavyweight title and avenged his split decision loss to Spinks from seven months prior. He also became the first man to win the World Heavyweight Championship three times. In June 1979, Ali sent an official letter of retirement to the WBA. Promoter Bob Arum said he paid Ali $300,000 to announce his retirement because Ali's reluctance had delayed the scheduling of a fight between