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Leon Spinks

1953 - 2021

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Leon Spinks (July 11, 1953 – February 5, 2021) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1995. In only his eighth professional fight, he won the undisputed heavyweight championship in 1978 after defeating Muhammad Ali in a split decision, in what is considered one of the biggest upsets in boxing history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leon Spinks has received more than 2,965,210 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Leon Spinks is the 37th most popular boxer (up from 59th in 2019), the 3,606th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,997th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Boxer.

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  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Leon Spinks ranks 37 out of 326. Before him are John L. Sullivan, Manny Pacquiao, Archie Moore, Mate Parlov, Max Baer, and Wladimir Klitschko. After him are Orlando Martínez, Henry Armstrong, Ernesto Hoost, Roy Jones Jr., Jersey Joe Walcott, and Emile Griffith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Leon Spinks ranks 127. Before him are Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Stephen Paddock, Sophie Calle, Yolande Moreau, Laurentino Cortizo, and Mark Thatcher. After him are Myung-whun Chung, Joseph Augustus Zarelli, Nan Goldin, Ian Khama, Leonel Fernández, and Salvatore Garau. Among people deceased in 2021, Leon Spinks ranks 264. Before him are Yitzhak Arad, Lee Wan-koo, Vasily Lanovoy, Judith Reisman, Sándor Puhl, and Michael K. Williams. After him are Ahmed Jibril, Willy van der Kuijlen, Edmund Gettier, James Michael Tyler, Anne Buydens, and Juan Rodríguez Vega.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leon Spinks ranks 3,606 out of 18,182. Before him are Jeff Lindsay (1952), Frank Sinatra Jr. (1944), Paul Gallico (1897), Spotted Elk (1826), Linda Fiorentino (1958), and Frederic Forrest (1936). After him are Michael Winslow (1958), Ethel Kennedy (1928), George Dewey (1837), L. Sprague de Camp (1907), T-Bone Walker (1910), and Brooke Adams (1949).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Leon Spinks ranks 23. Before him are Rubin Carter (1937), Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), Jack Johnson (1878), John L. Sullivan (1858), Archie Moore (1916), and Max Baer (1909). After him are Henry Armstrong (1912), Roy Jones Jr. (1969), Jersey Joe Walcott (1914), James J. Corbett (1866), Rocky Graziano (1919), and Ezzard Charles (1921).

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