SPINKS WORKING THE SPEED BAG, SKIPPING ROPE, SWIMMING, WOMAN ADMIRER LOOKS ON. SPINKS SHOWS UP LATE FOR SOFTBALL MATCH, GETS INTO SHOUTING MATCH WITH BYSTANDER, DRINKS BEER. PLAYS A BIT OF SOFTBALL.




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ED NOTE: THE REPORTER IS JOE GIARDINA

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Background: SEMI-PROMOTION IS PART OF PLS READ SELF-PROMOTION IS PART OF THE JOB OF ANY HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION BUT LEON SPINKS GOES ABOUT IT IN A VERY DIFFERENT WAY THAN MUHAMMED ALI. LAST WEEK HE WAS IN MONTICELLO NEW YORK TRAINING FOR HIS NEXT BOUT, AND ENRAGING FANS BY SHOWING UP LATE FOR PUBLIC APPEARANCES.