# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-spinks
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:37:01.936Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-spinks"
name: "Michael Spinks"
slug: "michael-spinks"
description: "Michael Spinks is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1988. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the undisputed light heavyweight title from 1983 to 1985, and the lineal heavyweight title from 1985 to 1988. As an amateur he won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "American boxer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Spinks_by_Bill_Apter.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1956-07-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.03
  momentum:             0.08904719501335707
  historical:           18.43769866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "迈克尔·斯平克斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Spinks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مايكل سبينكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مايكل سبينكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Spinks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Spinks"
    title: "Michael Spinks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Spinks"
    title: "Michael Spinks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مایکل اسپینکز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Spinks"
    title: "Michael Spinks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Spinks"
    title: "Michael Spinks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Spinks"
    title: "Michael Spinks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "マイケル・スピンクス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "마이클 스핑크스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Spinks"
    title: "Michael Spinks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Spinks"
    title: "Michael Spinks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Spinks"
    title: "Michael Spinks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Spinks"
    title: "Michael Spinks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Спинкс, Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Spinks"
    title: "Michael Spinks"
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    title: "Майкл Спінкс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump