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Leon Spinks vs Randall "Tex" Cobb

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Meetings on record

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Leon Spinks and Randall "Tex" Cobb met 0 times, on dates the sources do not establish.

SOURCE·Leon Spinks and Randall "Tex" Cobb — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

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  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Leon SpinksRandall "Tex" Cobb
76″ (193 cm)Reach—
73″ (185.4 cm)Height75″ (190.5 cm)
+4.1%Reach advantage—
26–17Record42–7
54%Finish rate83%
6Longest unbeaten run—
45Recorded bouts—
OrthodoxStance—

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 2. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentLeon SpinksRandall "Tex" Cobb
Larry Holmes L L
Bernardo Mercado W W

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Leon Spinks

197019801990win v Alfio Righetti, 1977draw v Scott LeDoux, 1977, drawwin v Bruce Scott, 1977, kowin v Pedro Agosto, 1977, kowin v Jerry McIntyre, 1977, kowin v Peter Freeman, 1977win v Bob Smith, 1977loss v Muhammad Ali, 1978, decisionloss v Gerrie Coetzee, 1979, kowin v Bernardo Mercado, 1980, kowin v Kevin Isaac, 1980, kodraw v Eddie López, 1980, decisionwin v Alfredo Evangelista, 1980, koloss v Larry Holmes, 1981, kowin v Jesse Burnett, 1982, decisionwin v Ivy Brown, 1982, decisionloss v Carlos de León, 1983win v Kip Kane, 1985, kowin v Tom Franco Thomas, 1985, decisionwin v Tom Fischer, 1985, decisionwin v Rick Kellar, 1985, kowin v Lupe Guerra, 1985, koloss v Rocky Sekorski, 1986, koloss v Dwight Muhammad Qawi, 1986, koloss v Ladislao Mijangos, 1987, decisionloss v Terry Mims, 1987, decisiondraw v Jim Ashard, 1987, decisionloss v Angelo Musone, 1987, kowin v Jeff Jordan, 1987, decisionloss v José Ribalta, 1987, koloss v Tony Morrison, 1988, koloss v Randall Cobb, 1988win v Lupe Guerra, 1991, kowin v Kevin Poindexter, 1992, koloss v Kevin Porter, 1992, decisionwin v Jack Jackson, 1992, kowin v Rocky Bentley, 1992win v Rick Myers, 1992, decisionwin v Andre Crowder, 1992, decisionloss v James Wilder, 1993, decisionloss v John Carlo, 1994, koloss v Shane Sutcliffe, 1994, decisionwin v Eddie Curry, 1994loss v Fred Houpe, 1995, decisionwin v Ray Kipping, 1995, decision
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1977–1995
1980 1990 win vs Alfio Righetti (1977)draw vs Scott LeDoux (1977)win vs Bruce Scott (1977)win vs Pedro Agosto (1977)win vs Jerry McIntyre (1977)win vs Peter Freeman (1977)win vs Bob Smith (1977)loss vs Muhammad Ali (1978)loss vs Gerrie Coetzee (1979)win vs Bernardo Mercado (1980)win vs Kevin Isaac (1980)draw vs Eddie López (1980)win vs Alfredo Evangelista (1980)loss vs Larry Holmes (1981)win vs Jesse Burnett (1982)win vs Ivy Brown (1982)loss vs Carlos de León (1983)win vs Kip Kane (1985)win vs Tom Franco Thomas (1985)win vs Tom Fischer (1985)win vs Rick Kellar (1985)win vs Lupe Guerra (1985)loss vs Rocky Sekorski (1986)loss vs Dwight Muhammad Qawi (1986)loss vs Ladislao Mijangos (1987)loss vs Terry Mims (1987)draw vs Jim Ashard (1987)loss vs Angelo Musone (1987)win vs Jeff Jordan (1987)loss vs José Ribalta (1987)loss vs Tony Morrison (1988)loss vs Randall Cobb (1988)win vs Lupe Guerra (1991)win vs Kevin Poindexter (1992)loss vs Kevin Porter (1992)win vs Jack Jackson (1992)win vs Rocky Bentley (1992)win vs Rick Myers (1992)win vs Andre Crowder (1992)loss vs James Wilder (1993)loss vs John Carlo (1994)loss vs Shane Sutcliffe (1994)win vs Eddie Curry (1994)loss vs Fred Houpe (1995)win vs Ray Kipping (1995)
winlossdraw / NC1977–1995

Randall "Tex" Cobb

UNFILEDwin v Andre Smiley, no date on recordwin v Mike Acklie, no date on recordwin v Guile Wilkinson, no date on recordwin v John Warrior, no date on recordwin v Mike Smith, no date on recordwin v Paul Lewis, no date on recordwin v Jim Taylor, no date on recordwin v Rick Kellar, no date on recordwin v Jeff May, no date on recordnc v Sonny Barch, no date on recordwin v Leon Spinks, no date on recordwin v Michael Johnson, no date on recordwin v Aaron Brown, no date on recorddraw v Bill Duncan, no date on recordwin v Louis Pappin, no date on recordwin v Frank Lux, no date on recordwin v Stan Johnson, no date on recordwin v Phil Rendine, no date on recordloss v Dee Collier, no date on recordloss v Eddie Gregg, no date on recordloss v Michael Dokes, no date on recordloss v James Douglas, no date on recordwin v Mark Lee, no date on recordwin v Ernie Smith, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION no dated bouts · 47 UNDATED
Cross-references
Leon Spinks

The full ledger: 45 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.

26–17 Randall "Tex" Cobb

The same, from the other corner — 0 bouts and the cohort Cobb is ranked inside.

42–7 Every confirmed matchup

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