Boxing-Former heavyweight champ Spinks battling prostate cancer, says wife

Former heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks, who was hospitalized last month in a serious condition, is suffering from prostate cancer, his wife Brenda said on Thursday. Spinks, 66, an Olympic Gold medallist in 1976 best known for a memorable upset victory over Muhammad Ali two years later in a world heavyweight title fight, was battling for his life in a Las Vegas hospital last month.

"It's going to be a long road and a lot of work," Brenda said in a statement to USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/boxing/2020/01/02/former-boxing-champ-leon-spinks-suffering-cancer/2797723001. "But we are bound and determined for the champ to make a comeback." The report says cancer has spread to Spinks' bladder. Brenda said that he has returned home and will undergo cancer treatment on an outpatient basis.