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Michael Spinks vs Tom Bethea — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Michael Spinks

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Tom Bethea

Michael Spinks (31-1) and Tom Bethea (3-9-1 across 13 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Spinks

31

Wins21 KO · 68%

1

Loss

0

Draws32 tracked bouts

Bethea

Tracked record

3–9–1

counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Michael Spinks and Tom Bethea have met 1 time; Spinks leads 1–0.

Michael Spinks and Tom Bethea have met 1 time; Spinks leads 1–0.
Met1978Feb 15Series
Michael SpinksFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tom BetheaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Spinks 7 · Bethea 0 of 7 measurable rows
SpinksBethea
Record†
31-1 (edge)3-9-1
Win %0–100%
96.9% (edge)
26.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 21
21 (edge)
2
KO ratenot comparable
67.74%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
68% (edge)
67%
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 6
6 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.9
2.9 (edge)
1.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 32
32
13

† 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
Michael Spinks: 6′2″
Tom Bethea: No height on file
Reachnot held
Michael Spinks: 76″
Tom Bethea: No reach on file
Age12 yrs apart
Michael Spinks: 70
Tom Bethea: 82
Stance
Michael Spinks: Orthodox
Tom Bethea: Not recorded

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Tom Bethea3 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Tom Bethea: 3 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (67%) and 1 on the cards (33%). Counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 67%1 on the cards 33%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Michael Spinks 32, Tom Bethea 13 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Spinks better on 1

Spinks

Opponent

Bethea

  • Michael Spinks

    Win, KO 4

    1981

    JohnsonSpinks better

    Tom Bethea

    Loss, TKO 4

    1977

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

Michael Spinks last boxed on Jun 27, 1988 — 13,991 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

Tom Bethea last boxed on Nov 11, 1978 — 17,507 days ago. Bethea had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Douglas Mar 1976Quarry Oct 1976Johnson Apr 1977Spinks Feb 1978Camel Nov 19781.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Michael Spinks and Tom Bethea ever fought each other?
Yes. Michael Spinks and Tom Bethea met once on February 15, 1978, and Michael Spinks won by UD.
The meeting

WFeb 15, 1978 · Spinks · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Spinks or Bethea?
Michael Spinks is 31-1 and Tom Bethea is 3-9-1 across the 13 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Michael Spinks has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Spinks31–196.9%

Bethea3–9–126.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Spinks or Bethea?
Michael Spinks has 21 knockout wins and Tom Bethea has 2. Michael Spinks has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Spinks2167.7%

Bethea2

The Numbers ↓
Do Spinks and Bethea have any common opponents?
Michael Spinks and Tom Bethea share 1 common opponent: Marvin Johnson. Michael Spinks fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Marvin JohnsonWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Spinks and Bethea?
This comparison is drawn from 32 bouts tracked for Michael Spinks and 13 bouts tracked for Tom Bethea. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Spinks32bouts

Bethea13bouts

How They Win ↓

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