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Johnny Wilburn vs Michael Spinks — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Wilburn

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Michael Spinks

Johnny Wilburn (0-6 across 6 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 3 common opponents.

Wilburn

Tracked record

0–6

counted from 6 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

Johnny Wilburn and Michael Spinks have met 1 time; Spinks leads 1–0.

Johnny Wilburn and Michael Spinks have met 1 time; Spinks leads 1–0.
Met1980Feb 1Series
Johnny WilburnFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Michael SpinksFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Wilburn 0 · Spinks 6 of 6 measurable rows
WilburnSpinks
Record†
0-631-1 (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 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 6
0
6 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.9
1.8
2.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 32
6
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
Johnny Wilburn: No height on file
Michael Spinks: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Johnny Wilburn: No reach on file
Michael Spinks: 76″
Agenot held
Johnny Wilburn: No date of birth
Michael Spinks: 70
Stance
Johnny Wilburn: Not recorded
Michael Spinks: Orthodox

Johnny Wilburn 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
Johnny Wilburn0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Johnny Wilburn: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Wilburn 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 — Johnny Wilburn 6, Michael Spinks 32 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Spinks better on 3

Wilburn

Opponent

Spinks

  • Johnny Wilburn

    Loss, TKO

    1980

    DavisSpinks better

    Michael Spinks

    Win, UD

    1984

  • Johnny Wilburn

    Loss, UD

    1979

    QawiSpinks better

    Michael Spinks

    Win, UD

    1983

  • Johnny Wilburn

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO

    1979

    Loss, KO

    1977

    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

Johnny Wilburn last boxed on May 9, 1980 — 16,963 days ago. Wilburn had lost six straight.LLLLL

Muhammad Aug 1979Qawi Nov 1979Mundine Dec 1979Spinks Feb 1980Davis May 19801.8 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 Johnny Wilburn and Michael Spinks ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Wilburn and Michael Spinks met once on February 1, 1980, and Michael Spinks won by UD.
The meeting

LFeb 1, 1980 · Spinks · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Wilburn or Spinks?
Johnny Wilburn is 0-6 across the 6 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 %

Wilburn0–60%

Spinks31–196.9%

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

Wilburn0

Spinks2167.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Wilburn and Spinks have any common opponents?
Johnny Wilburn and Michael Spinks share 3 common opponents: Eddie Davis, Dwight Muhammad Qawi and Eddie Mustafa Muhammad. Michael Spinks fared better against 3 of them.
3 shared opponents

Eddie DavisLW

Dwight Muhammad QawiLW

Eddie Mustafa MuhammadLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Wilburn and Spinks?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Johnny Wilburn and 32 bouts tracked for Michael Spinks. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Wilburn6bouts

Spinks32bouts

How They Win ↓

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