After the (Leon) Spinks loss (in February 1978), I asked him to promise me that he would never fight again.
Quotes about spinks (3 Quotes)
I think it's awful that because of a personal conflict, Mr. Spinks thinks it's necessary to do something that may have the effect of disrupting the whole festival and the whole county loses.
The last three years have just been going steadily downhill as far as the actions, methods and means that have been used by the foundation. Everyone would like to see a good festival, but the way things have been handled, it makes it next to impossible for Mr. Spinks to work with the Bill Monroe Foundation.