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David Conteh vs Michael Spinks — record, stats and common opponents compared

David Conteh

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Michael Spinks

David Conteh (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) and Michael Spinks (31-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Conteh

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Spinks

31

Wins21 KO · 68%

1

Loss

0

Draws32 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Spinks leads 1–0

David Conteh and Michael Spinks have met 1 time; Spinks leads 1–0.

David Conteh and Michael Spinks have met 1 time; Spinks leads 1–0.
Met1980Aug 2Series
David ContehFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Michael SpinksFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Conteh 1 · Spinks 6 of 7 measurable rows
ContehSpinks
Record†
1-431-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20%
96.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 21
1
21 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.74%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
68%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 6
0
6 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.9
1.5
2.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 32
5
32

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
David Conteh: No height on file
Michael Spinks: 6′2″
Reachnot held
David Conteh: No reach on file
Michael Spinks: 76″
Agenot held
David Conteh: No date of birth
Michael Spinks: 70
Stance
David Conteh: Not recorded
Michael Spinks: Orthodox

David Conteh left, Michael Spinks right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
David Conteh1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

David Conteh: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Michael Spinks31 wins · from 32 tracked bouts

Michael Spinks: 31 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (68%) and 10 on the cards (32%). Counted from 32 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 68%10 on the cards 32%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — David Conteh 5, Michael Spinks 32 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Spinks better on 1

Conteh

Opponent

Spinks

  • David Conteh

    Loss, TKO

    1979

    MuhammadSpinks better

    Michael Spinks

    Win, UD

    1981

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

David Conteh last boxed on Aug 2, 1980 — 16,878 days ago. Conteh had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Halpern Apr 1977Johnson Feb 1978Muhammad Jan 1979Mundine Apr 1980Spinks Aug 19801.5 tracked bouts per year

Michael Spinks last boxed on Jun 27, 1988 — 13,992 days ago. Spinks had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Mike Tyson.WWWWL

Holmes Sep 1985Holmes Apr 1986Tangstad Sep 1986Cooney Jun 1987Tyson Jun 19882.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have David Conteh and Michael Spinks ever fought each other?
Yes. David Conteh and Michael Spinks met once on August 2, 1980, and Michael Spinks won by TKO in round 9.
The meeting

LAug 2, 1980 · Spinks · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Conteh or Spinks?
David Conteh is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Michael Spinks is 31-1. Michael Spinks has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Conteh1–420%

Spinks31–196.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Conteh or Spinks?
David Conteh has 1 knockout win and Michael Spinks has 21. Michael Spinks has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Conteh1

Spinks2167.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Conteh and Spinks have any common opponents?
David Conteh and Michael Spinks share 1 common opponent: Eddie Mustafa Muhammad. Michael Spinks fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Eddie Mustafa MuhammadLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Conteh and Spinks?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for David Conteh and 32 bouts tracked for Michael Spinks. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Conteh5bouts

Spinks32bouts

How They Win ↓

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