The fight was billed as "Vindication in Vegas."
Holmes was a 7½ to 5 betting favorite.
Spinks' purse was $2 million and Holmes' was $1.125 million.
Tickets were priced at $500, $300, $200, $100 and $50.
There was a crowd of 8,328.
The fight was televised live on HBO.
"The last time, I worked on becoming a heavyweight," Spinks before the fight. "For this fight, I started as a heavyweight and just worked on improving what beat Larry the last time."
Shortly before the fight, Holmes said the judges "must have been drunk" when they scored his first fight with Spinks.
As ring announcer Chuck Hull read off the scorecards after the fight, Holmes turned to his trainer, Richie Giachetti, and moaned, "Oh, no, I've got a big mouth."
After the fight, Holmes said: "The judges, referees and promoters can kiss me where the sun don't shine-and because we're on HBO, that's my big black behind."
Spinks landed 296 of 680 punches (43%) while Holmes connected on 293 of 724 (40%).
42 of 46 sportswriters polled after the fight scored it for Holmes.
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