Late Night w David Letterman, 6/26/87 Pt. 5 

Thanks for this. I like Michael and never see him interviewed -- one of the best light heavyweights of all-time.

I love these treasured episodes. I miss this show sssooo much. Thank you Jerkylfish for posting.

Mr Spinks you are the real deal. Modest and a truly Great fighter.

Always liked Spinks...nice interview

a very polite, well spoken guy.

The one match I would have loved to see. Michael Spinks vs. Evander Holyfield. Both natural light heavyweights who did the impossible and won the heavyweight championship.

I remember when he fought Tyson,he was so scared that i felt sorry for him.

I'm looking for Dave's episode from March 2, 1988. He had a satellite interview with a guy from St. Louis Lambert airport and that was my dad

I just remember the fear in his eyes when squaring off with Tyson. He lost before it started.

I wonder what Suzanne Vega sang on the show, since that part wasn't uploaded. She was on SNL a month before this and sang "Luka" and "Marlene on the Wall." I really like "Luka," and am always surprised that song dates back to 1987.

that body punch tyson gave him was something vicious

All I gotta say is, you gotta love Classic Dave.

oh god he sounds exactly the same as today ^^

I feel bad for Spinks. He seems like such a nice person. It was amazing how much fear he had of Tyson.

Only if we knew some of us was only 17 at the time only if we knew the future

"...one step closer to ending my career." "YEAH!"-Letterman. HAHAHAHAHA

Fair play to him for getting in the ring with Tyson, it's a lot more than anyone else would ever do, and that's for any amount of money

I remember when i saw the match between him and mike.....he was terrified....his eyes said all...everybody was praying for him in that moment

Very nice guy indeed, good boxer too. But its obvious he is afraid of Tyson (No shame in that, only 2 men at this time wasent afraid of Tyson, the man with a deathwish and a the man without common sense).

3:43 uh yeah CLASSIC

Damn, the fight against Tyson was lost right here. He wasn’t keen on it at all!

I like Spinks but he lost the fight before the first bell rang. The look on his face said it all, he was terrified

"Please Oh Please dont let Mike see this Please...i dont really want no part of no Tyson oh please help me"

3:35 He said it.😄🥊🥊

I think that's nothing to be ashamed of. After all that hook came from Iron Mike Tyson

Micheal Spinks started off at 168 pound light heavyweight. Tyson's win over him looks good on paper now, and was a massive achievement back then, but doesn't compare to beaten a real heavyweight with good ability these days.

90 seconds he was gone

Michael Spinks wasn't in Mike Tyson's league, although he was great for a light heavyweight, he couldn't stand the might of a deadly force like Iron Mike... 1st round knockout loss...

Michael spinks greatest of all time😃

Lettermans disrespectful fatalistic view of MICHAELS upcoming tyson fight is not funny,its almost taunting.His interview as regards future tyson fight should have been more level imo

Really!?!

No, they don't :-)

I feel like they started repeating themselves over and over lol