Leon Spinks, who shocked the sports world in 1978 when he upset Muhammad Ali and won the heavyweight championship of the world, is fighting for his life.
HENDERSON, Nev. — Leon Spinks has trouble swallowing these days, so his wife, Brenda, crushes the seven pills he takes every morning, dissolves them in water and loads them into a syringe. She injects the contents into the retired boxer’s feeding tube.. He underwent three rounds of chemotherapy but the cancer spread to his bones. In November, Brenda said, one of the doctors treating Spinks said he had a about two weeks to live.and won the heavyweight championship of the world, is still fighting.
The couple's two-bedroom, three-bathroom house, about 20 miles south of Las Vegas, is replete with photos from Spinks’ boxing career, which include a gold medal from the 1976 Olympics and the heavyweight world championship. Her 29-year-old son, Michael, has moved in with the couple to provide help, and they have a caregiver seven days a week. Brenda also said she has gotten support from Spinks' brother, Michael, the former heavyweight and light heavyweight boxing champion; Spinks' sister, Karen, who spent a month in Henderson; Spinks' sons, Corey and Daryl; Spinks' grandson Leon Spinks III; and Brenda's sister, Sherry.
Spinks scored a stunning split-decision, 15-round victory. Amid bedlam in the ring, he closed his eyes and waved his arms above his head in celebration.Nasha Shigmatsu, a home health nurse, arrived at about 12:30 p.m. and Spinks' mood had darkened.Two months after his victory over Ali, Spinks was charged with felony possession of cocaine and misdemeanor possession of marijuana. At one time, Brenda said, she used to throw out marijuana Spinks got from fans.
Spinks suffered from aspiration pneumonia, a staph infection, sepsis, inflammation of the colon and showed early signs of renal failure, according to Brenda. She said they inserted a feeding tube in his abdomen because he stopped eating.
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