Terry Spinks

Name: Terry Spinks
Alias: The Golden Boy
Birth Name: Terence George Spinks
Hometown: Canning Town, London, United Kingdom
Birthplace: West Ham, London, United Kingdom
Died: 2012-04-26 (Age:74)
Stance: Orthodox
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Amateur Career

• Flyweight Gold Medalist in the 1956 Olympic Games:
  • Defeated Samuel Harris (Pakistan) points
  • Defeated Abel Laudonio (Argentina) points
  • Defeated Vladimir Stolnikov (Soviet Union) points
  • Defeated René Libeer (France) points
  • Defeated Mircea Dobrescu (Romania) points
• Spinks was also the 1956 ABA flyweight champion.

External Links

• Olympic boxing gold medallist Terry Spinks dies aged 74 [1]
• Boxing mourns death of Spinks after Olympic legend loses battle with illness [2]