Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leon Spinks Jr., who won the world heavyweight boxing championship in 1978 after defeating Muhammad Ali, died on Feb. 5. He was 67 ...

HENDERSON, Nev. — Leon Spinks has trouble swallowing these days, so his wife, Brenda, crushes the seven pills he takes every morning, dissolves them in water and loads them into a syringe. She injects ...

Leon Spinks, the boxing legend who upset Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight title in 1978, has died. He was 67. Spinks died on Friday night with his wife, Brenda Glur Spinks, by his side after a ...

Leon Spinks, the former undisputed heavyweight boxing champion who in 1978 defeated Muhammad Ali in one of the biggest upsets in the sport’s history, is battling health complications in a Las Vegas ...

Leon Spinks, who along with his brother won an Olympic gold medal for the U.S. as part of the legendary U.S. Olympic boxing team and then defeated Muhammad Ali in just his eighth pro fight to become ...

Dec 11 (Reuters) - The wife of former world heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks has asked for prayers for her husband amid a media report that he is in a Las Vegas hospital in a serious condition.

(Reuters) - Former heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks, who was hospitalized last month in a serious condition, is suffering from prostate cancer, his wife Brenda said on Thursday. Spinks, 66, an ...

Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks passed away on Friday, Feb. 5, due to cancer. He was 67 years old and is survived by his son Cory and wife Brenda. It is with a heavy heart that FanSided ...

Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks has been hospitalized with an undisclosed serious illness, according to a statement given to ESPN by his wife Brenda Glur Spinks. While his exact illness and ...

LAS VEGASLAS VEGAS — Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks Jr. has died after battling prostate and other cancers. He was 67. Spinks died Friday night, according to a release from a public relations ...