Tyson vs Spinks - 1st Round Knockout

I'm a Spinks fan, but Tyson was at the front end of his amazing run here. He could have destroyed anyone from late 86 until the Buster Douglass fight, where Mike beat himself.

Spinks was huge.

Spinks was like a rabbit in the headlights, wasn't interested, couldn't wait to hit the canvas, pathetic and scared to death

Spinks was terrified

I remember this so well. I had a crew of friends over. Just got done with the popcorn and brought it into the living room and all of a sudden , Tyson knocked him out. Fight over. Was over before I could even put button on the popcorn.

Fixed fight.

I'll always be convinced Spinks took a fall. He got paid and paid well for the fight. I think he felt Tyson out and was like ...Nope!

The fact that people find this entertaining is shameful. Grown men beating themselves up to the point of permanent injury and sometimes premature death just to entertain us and make other people rich? Really? Not to mention that boxing is completely corrupted by organized crime syndicates and gamblers.

Referee: watch it Mike, knock it off!
Mike: you mean his head?

I still believe to this day Spinks knew there was absolutely no way he was going to win. I also believe he was deathly afraid of Tyson. Who could blame him?!

Everyone paid for a quickie!😂

Mike Tyson's Punchout

I was knocked out by this video

I met Leon Spinks in Las Vegas, but that was before Tyson even came on the scene.

I remember being at Target and somebody announced this over the loudspeaker. First time I’ve seen it though.

My friend's dad said he went out to watch it with his buddies- turned around after ordering a beer and fight was over- lol

In 1980 whatever that would have cost you $100 to see..

MY UNCLE GOT THIS FIGHT IN GUATEMALA. HE WAS SOO MAD BECAUSE IT ENDED SO QUICK😅. RIP TIO

Jacob and Esau before Isaac nay only jacob with goat skins

TRUMP!!

Spinks was soft.

Spinks was beat before Tyson ever got in the ring.

Spinks kind of reminds me of the Ukrainian "counteroffensive".

Spinks moves so weird he fights like a 13-year-old girl 🤣

Look at the guy in the white suit by the ring he missed the ko lol

His first visit w the canvas and mike sends him right back for a 2nd opinion to take the win xD Seemed like an appropriate way of Tyson telling spinks his time is up.

What an embarrassment.

Tyson would have beat Ali in 3 rounds in both of their primes.

I was 13 at the time and wasn't familiar with Tyson. I remember I was on summer vacation in St. Louis. My stepmother went over to her friend's house to watch the pay per view fight. I watched the whole thing. I know it was a loooong time ago but I remember watching Spinks dripping with sweat and Tyson wasn't sweating at all. Spinks was talking junk all the way up till the match. He looked more scared as he approached that ring...and then it was over. There were so many people who were mad about how short that fight was because a lot of people missed it. Then Tyson did it again in the early 2000's after being away from boxing for a few years. I can't remember who he beat in less than a minute but again, there were a whole lot of angry people who paid all of that pay per view money and missed it thinking it was going to be a long fight.

momma said!

Spinks always sucked.....

Como el combate del año, nos lo vendieron 🙃🙃

What a joke. Spinks was too slow and not a true heavy weight. Tyson was always going to eat him alive.

Joe Frazier would have beat Mike Tyson just like this

This right here is the encapsulation of why psychology in boxing is important. Spinks was done before he even got into the building.

When Spinks fell to his knee Tyson was ready to unleash another but stopped. If it was modern day MMA they'd have punched his head in and people say its ok and part of the sport. Nothing sporting about it.

Spinks graveled on the canvas. Wasted ppv buyer and ticket buyer money.

Credit it to Spinks, he tried to get up for more

Spinks was scared before this then he got dropped jumped straight up and was like yh am good let's go then just got a left right goodnight

On those years Tyson used to finish his fights in the first round.

That first knockdown by Tyson he waited patiently for Spinks to drop his right hand then gave him a left uppercut to upstairs then went back downstairs to the body.😂😂😂😂

That was the most ridiculous defence of a world title I've ever seen, Spinks knew the outcome before entering the ring!

He should have listened to Doc, and joined the Nintendo Fun Club to learn how to actually beat peak Tyson.

He took a dive

Interesting to me that the commentators seem to be ignoring how badly Spinks is getting pushed around right from the bell and then with every exchange. They seem rather detached from the action. I guess commentators today are much faster to hype up each exchange.

I remember watching this live and thinking “let’s see how Tyson does against a fighter like Spinx”.
I was a true believer quickly.

I GUES SU57 JS YET TO COME THIS IS JUST ILLUSION TO THINK YOU WON

As fierce as Tyson was in the ring he would ALWAYS go over to the corner of the guys he knocked out to check on them and make sure they were OK! Always showed great compassion for his opponents.

If you literally did not pay per view mikes fights you most likely missed them ! LOL