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

David Sears

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Michael Spinks

David Sears (0-2 across 2 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Sears

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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 Sears and Michael Spinks have met 1 time; Spinks leads 1–0.

David Sears and Michael Spinks have met 1 time; Spinks leads 1–0.
Met1985Feb 23Series
David SearsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Michael SpinksFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Sears 0 · Spinks 6 of 6 measurable rows
SearsSpinks
Record†
0-231-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
96.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 21
0
21 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.74%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—68%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 6
0
6 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.9
1.1
2.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 32
2
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 Sears: No height on file
Michael Spinks: 6′2″
Reachnot held
David Sears: No reach on file
Michael Spinks: 76″
Agenot held
David Sears: No date of birth
Michael Spinks: 70
Stance
David Sears: Not recorded
Michael Spinks: Orthodox

David Sears 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 Sears0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

David Sears: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Sears yet.

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 Sears 2, Michael Spinks 32 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

David Sears last boxed on Dec 26, 1986 — 14,541 days ago. Sears had lost two straight.LL

Spinks Feb 1985Czyz Dec 19861.1 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 Sears and Michael Spinks ever fought each other?
Yes. David Sears and Michael Spinks met once on February 23, 1985, and Michael Spinks won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LFeb 23, 1985 · Spinks · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sears or Spinks?
David Sears is 0-2 across the 2 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 %

Sears0–20%

Spinks31–196.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Sears or Spinks?
David Sears has 0 knockout wins and Michael Spinks has 21. Michael Spinks has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Sears0

Spinks2167.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Sears and Spinks have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both David Sears and Michael Spinks have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sears and Spinks?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for David Sears and 32 bouts tracked for Michael Spinks. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sears2bouts

Spinks32bouts

How They Win ↓

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