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China News Service, February 7, according to foreign media reports, American Olympic boxing champion Lyon Spinks died on February 5 local time at the age of 67.
Spinks won the gold medal in the 1976 Olympics and defeated boxing champion Ali in 1978 to win the title of world heavyweight championship.
Spinks was born in 1953 and defeated Ali in 1978, the pinnacle of his career.
Spinks was less than 25 years old at the time, and Ali was already a well-known boxing champion.
After defeating Ali, Spinks became famous in one fell swoop.
His income is also increasing but.
Soon Spinks ran out of money.
Seven months later, he fought a second battle with Ali.
After 15 rounds of matches, Muhammad Ali defeated Spinks by unanimous decision and regained the title of world champion.
In 1995, Spinks announced his retirement.
In 2017, he was inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame.
After retiring, Spinks has been in poor health.
In early 2020, his wife said that her husband is currently fighting cancer, and Spinks has been admitted to the hospital for treatment due to the spread of cancer cells.
A year later, Spinks passed away.
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