Cory Spinks
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Corey Spinks is a professional boxer
. He is a former IBF
Light middleweight
champion, and a former Undisputed
Welterweight Champion.
Spinks is the son of former heavyweight champion of the world Leon Spinks
and the nephew of former light heavyweight and heavyweight world champion Michael Spinks
. Cory was born five days after his dad defeated Muhammad Ali
for the heavyweight world title in 1978. He is one of three boxing brothers: older brother Leon Calvin was a top St. Louis amateur and 2-0 as a pro when he was murdered in 1990, older brother Darrell Spinks is a retired pro.
He's a southpaw with good skills, handspeed, and mobility. He's known for keeping a busy pace, keeping his opponents off-balance, and outworking them. Spinks also has a good amateur background. He won in first major title in March 2003, when he defeated Michele Piccirillo
by unanimous decision for the WBC Welterweight Championship.
.
Spinks won the National Police Athletic League
(PAL) Jr. championships in 1993. He was hospitalized when he was 17 years old suffering from gunshot wounds to the upper torso. He recovered from his injuries, becoming the 1997 National Golden Gloves
champion at 147 pounds, and the 1997 National PAL champion at 147 pounds. In the National PAL finals, Spinks won a 4-1 decision against Dante Craig, who went on to make the 2000 US Olympic team.
Spinks reportedly had 91 amateur bouts (78-13). He fought against Ken.
stardom by unifying the WBC
, WBA
, IBF
, and Ring Magazine welterweight titles on December 13, 2003, when he defeated Ricardo Mayorga
by majority decision. Spinks was a 5 to 1 underdog going into the fight with Mayorga. The judges scored the fight 114-112, 117-109, 114-114, favoring Spinks.
. Spinks controlled the action over the first four rounds. In the later rounds, however, Judah's quick left hands began to find their target. Both men hit the deck late, but all three scorecards favored Spinks, as the champion won with scores of 116-111, 114-112, 114-112.
Spink's second Welterweight defence came when the two fighters met in a February 2005 rematch. The second fight was the first major bout in St. Louis in more than 40 years, and it was a 22,000+ sellout at the Savvis Center
in St. Louis, Missouri
. Spinks received star treatment during introductions, with rapper Nelly
accompanying him into the ring and leading the crowd in a singalong.
Midway through round 9, Judah landed a huge left that hurt Spinks, with a follow-up putting him on the canvas. Spinks rose, but Judah rushed in with a series of hard punches that left Spinks defenseless on the ropes. Judah tried to get the official to step in, but the bout continued until another right-left sent Spinks sprawling into the ropes, where the official finally halted the bout with 11 seconds left, transferring the undisputed Welterweight Championship to Judah.
Junior Middleweight Championship (also called Super Welterweight by some sanctioning bodies), in a fight with reigning champion Roman Karmazin
at the Savvis Center. Despite having some rough moments in the bout, Spinks beat Karmazin by majority decision with final scorecards of 114-114, 115-113, and 115-113.
On May 19, 2007, Spinks moved up one weight class to Middleweight
with a challenge against World Middleweight Champion Jermain Taylor
at the FedEx Forum in Memphis. Taylor held on to the title, defeating Spinks in a split decision.
On March 27, 2008, in a fight with Verno Phillips
at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Spinks lost the IBF Junior Middleweight Championship in a split decision.
On April 24, 2009, Spinks reclaimed the vacant IBF Junior Middleweight Championship in a close split-decision victory over fellow St. Louis native Deandre Latimore
. Spinks fought back after suffering a 1st round knockdown to win by the scores of 115-112 Spinks, 115-112 Latimore and 114-113 Spinks. The fight was held at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
On August 7, 2010, after a five month delay due to scheduling conflicts, Spinks lost the IBF Junior Middleweight Championship in a fight with mandatory challenger Cornelius Bundrage
at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. The fight was decided by a technical knockout in the fifth round.
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|Win
|38–6
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United States Shakir Ashanti
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|Loss
|37–6
|align=left| United States Cornelius Bundrage
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|Win
|37–5
|align=left| United States Deandre Latimore
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|Loss
|36–5
|align=left| United States Verno Phillips
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|Loss
|36–4
|align=left| United States Jermain Taylor
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|Win
|36–3
|align=left| United States Rodney Jones
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|Win
|35–3
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Russia Roman Karmazin
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|Loss
|34–3
|align=left| United States Zab Judah
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|34–2
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Mexico Miguel Ángel González
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|33–2
|align=left| United States Zab Judah
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|32–2
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Nicaragua Ricardo Mayorga
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|31–2
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Italy Michele Piccirillo
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|30–2
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Colombia Rafael Pineda
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|29–2
|align=left| Italy Michele Piccirillo
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Spinks and his ex-wife Kimberly King have one daughter, Brianna Calvin. King was charged with domestic assault in the first degree and armed criminal action, in 2005, for stabbing Spinks, then her husband, in the shoulder and abdomen during a domestic dispute. Spinks was taken to Christian North East hospital (St Louis, MO) and later released with what his trainer described as "minor" wounds.
Spinks's brothers Darrel and Steve are also fighters, and his eldest brother Leon Jr., was also a fighter before his death.
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Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
. He is a former IBF
IBF
IBF may refer to:*International Boxing Federation is one of several boxing organisations* International Bandy Federation former name of Federation of International Bandy , an international governing body for bandy...
Light middleweight
Light middleweight
Light Middleweight , is a weight division in professional boxing, above 147 pounds and up to 154 pounds ....
champion, and a former Undisputed
Undisputed Champion
In professional boxing, the undisputed champion of a weight class is a boxer who is recognized as the world champion at that class by each boxing organization.-History:...
Welterweight Champion.
Spinks is the son of former heavyweight champion of the world Leon Spinks
Leon Spinks
Leon Spinks is a former American boxer. He had an overall record of 26 wins, 17 losses and 3 draws as a professional, with 14 knockout wins, and was the former World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association heavyweight champion of the world...
and the nephew of former light heavyweight and heavyweight world champion Michael Spinks
Michael Spinks
Michael Spinks is a retired American boxer who was a world champion in the light-heavyweight and heavyweight divisions...
. Cory was born five days after his dad defeated Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist...
for the heavyweight world title in 1978. He is one of three boxing brothers: older brother Leon Calvin was a top St. Louis amateur and 2-0 as a pro when he was murdered in 1990, older brother Darrell Spinks is a retired pro.
He's a southpaw with good skills, handspeed, and mobility. He's known for keeping a busy pace, keeping his opponents off-balance, and outworking them. Spinks also has a good amateur background. He won in first major title in March 2003, when he defeated Michele Piccirillo
Michele Piccirillo
Michele Piccirillo is a professional boxer in the welterweight division.- Professional career :...
by unanimous decision for the WBC Welterweight Championship.
Early Years & Amateur Career
Spinks started boxing at the age of 7 for the North Side Bombers boxing team in St. Louis, Missouri. Charles Hamm (the owner and coach for the team) introduced him and his two older brothers to the sport. Hamm trained Cory well into his professional career. His current trainer and former St. Louis policeman Kevin Cunningham, opened a boxing gym in the basement of an old police building, where Hamm took them to train until his retirement. Cunningham was also a former boxer in the ArmyArmy
An army An army An army (from Latin arma "arms, weapons" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine), in the broadest sense, is the land-based military of a nation or state. It may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps...
.
Spinks won the National Police Athletic League
Police Athletic League
The Police Athletic League is an organization in many American police departments in which members of the police force coach young people, both boys and girls, in sports, and help with homework and other school-related activities. The purpose is to build character, help strengthen police-community...
(PAL) Jr. championships in 1993. He was hospitalized when he was 17 years old suffering from gunshot wounds to the upper torso. He recovered from his injuries, becoming the 1997 National Golden Gloves
Golden Gloves
The Golden Gloves is the name given to annual competitions for amateur boxing in the United States. The Golden Gloves is often the term used to refer to the National Golden Gloves competition, but it also can represent several other amateur tournaments, including regional golden gloves...
champion at 147 pounds, and the 1997 National PAL champion at 147 pounds. In the National PAL finals, Spinks won a 4-1 decision against Dante Craig, who went on to make the 2000 US Olympic team.
Spinks reportedly had 91 amateur bouts (78-13). He fought against Ken.
Undisputed Welterweight Champion
Spinks rose to boxingBoxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
stardom by unifying the WBC
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
, WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
, IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...
, and Ring Magazine welterweight titles on December 13, 2003, when he defeated Ricardo Mayorga
Ricardo Mayorga
Ricardo Mayorga , is a Nicaraguan professional boxer. He is the former WBA/WBC Welterweight champion and the former WBC light middleweight champion. He holds a record of 29-8 with 23 knockouts and 1 draw 1 no contest. He was featured for the first time on the cover of Ring Magazine on the December...
by majority decision. Spinks was a 5 to 1 underdog going into the fight with Mayorga. The judges scored the fight 114-112, 117-109, 114-114, favoring Spinks.
Spinks vs. Judah I & II
Spink' first Welterweight title defense came on April 10, 2004, against former world champion Zab JudahZab Judah
Zabdiel Judah is an American professional boxer. Judah has won five world titles between the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions, and is a former undisputed welterweight champion....
. Spinks controlled the action over the first four rounds. In the later rounds, however, Judah's quick left hands began to find their target. Both men hit the deck late, but all three scorecards favored Spinks, as the champion won with scores of 116-111, 114-112, 114-112.
Spink's second Welterweight defence came when the two fighters met in a February 2005 rematch. The second fight was the first major bout in St. Louis in more than 40 years, and it was a 22,000+ sellout at the Savvis Center
Scottrade Center
Scottrade Center is a 19,150 seat arena located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, opened in 1994. It is the home of the St...
in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
. Spinks received star treatment during introductions, with rapper Nelly
Nelly
Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. , better known by his stage name Nelly, is an Grammy Award winning American rapper and actor. He has performed with the rap group St. Lunatics since 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in 2000 with his debut album...
accompanying him into the ring and leading the crowd in a singalong.
Midway through round 9, Judah landed a huge left that hurt Spinks, with a follow-up putting him on the canvas. Spinks rose, but Judah rushed in with a series of hard punches that left Spinks defenseless on the ropes. Judah tried to get the official to step in, but the bout continued until another right-left sent Spinks sprawling into the ropes, where the official finally halted the bout with 11 seconds left, transferring the undisputed Welterweight Championship to Judah.
Junior Middleweight Champion
On July 8, 2006, Spinks earned his fifth world title, the IBFInternational Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...
Junior Middleweight Championship (also called Super Welterweight by some sanctioning bodies), in a fight with reigning champion Roman Karmazin
Roman Karmazin
Roman Alexandrovich Karmazin is the former IBF Light Middleweight champion of the world. He is a Russian boxer who has defeated Keith Holmes and Kassim Ouma. He suffered his first loss in 2002, a twelve-round decision against Javier Castillejo of Spain in Castiliejo's hometown.Karmazin currently...
at the Savvis Center. Despite having some rough moments in the bout, Spinks beat Karmazin by majority decision with final scorecards of 114-114, 115-113, and 115-113.
On May 19, 2007, Spinks moved up one weight class to Middleweight
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...
with a challenge against World Middleweight Champion Jermain Taylor
Jermain Taylor
Jermain Taylor is an American professional boxer and former undisputed middleweight champion. He made his professional boxing debut in 2001 and won his first 25 bouts, which included victories over former champions Raúl Márquez and William Joppy...
at the FedEx Forum in Memphis. Taylor held on to the title, defeating Spinks in a split decision.
On March 27, 2008, in a fight with Verno Phillips
Verno Phillips
Verno Jeremias Phillips , is a professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.- Career :Phillips turned pro in 1988 and captured the Vacant WBO Light Middleweight Title in 1993 with a win over Lupe Aquino...
at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Spinks lost the IBF Junior Middleweight Championship in a split decision.
On April 24, 2009, Spinks reclaimed the vacant IBF Junior Middleweight Championship in a close split-decision victory over fellow St. Louis native Deandre Latimore
Deandre Latimore
Deandre Latimore is a professional boxer. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Deandre has built a large fan base in his hometown and has grown to become one of St. Louis’ most popular boxers. In his last fight, Deandre was featured in the main event on a fight card that took place at the...
. Spinks fought back after suffering a 1st round knockdown to win by the scores of 115-112 Spinks, 115-112 Latimore and 114-113 Spinks. The fight was held at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
On August 7, 2010, after a five month delay due to scheduling conflicts, Spinks lost the IBF Junior Middleweight Championship in a fight with mandatory challenger Cornelius Bundrage
Cornelius Bundrage
Cornelius Bundrage, , is a professional boxer and current IBF Junior Middleweight Champion. He is a former UBA Light Middleweight champion and was member of the ESPN reality show, The Contender.-Pro career:...
at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. The fight was decided by a technical knockout in the fifth round.
Professional boxing record
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|38–6
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United States Shakir Ashanti|
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|37–6
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United States Cornelius BundrageCornelius Bundrage
Cornelius Bundrage, , is a professional boxer and current IBF Junior Middleweight Champion. He is a former UBA Light Middleweight champion and was member of the ESPN reality show, The Contender.-Pro career:...
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United States Deandre LatimoreDeandre Latimore
Deandre Latimore is a professional boxer. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Deandre has built a large fan base in his hometown and has grown to become one of St. Louis’ most popular boxers. In his last fight, Deandre was featured in the main event on a fight card that took place at the...
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United States Verno PhillipsVerno Phillips
Verno Jeremias Phillips , is a professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.- Career :Phillips turned pro in 1988 and captured the Vacant WBO Light Middleweight Title in 1993 with a win over Lupe Aquino...
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United States Jermain TaylorJermain Taylor
Jermain Taylor is an American professional boxer and former undisputed middleweight champion. He made his professional boxing debut in 2001 and won his first 25 bouts, which included victories over former champions Raúl Márquez and William Joppy...
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United States Rodney JonesRodney Jones (boxer)
Rodney Jones is a professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division. He's a Former NABF and WBO NABO Light Middleweight champion.-Pro career:...
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Russia Roman KarmazinRoman Karmazin
Roman Alexandrovich Karmazin is the former IBF Light Middleweight champion of the world. He is a Russian boxer who has defeated Keith Holmes and Kassim Ouma. He suffered his first loss in 2002, a twelve-round decision against Javier Castillejo of Spain in Castiliejo's hometown.Karmazin currently...
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United States Zab JudahZab Judah
Zabdiel Judah is an American professional boxer. Judah has won five world titles between the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions, and is a former undisputed welterweight champion....
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Mexico Miguel Ángel González|
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United States Zab JudahZab Judah
Zabdiel Judah is an American professional boxer. Judah has won five world titles between the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions, and is a former undisputed welterweight champion....
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Nicaragua Ricardo MayorgaRicardo Mayorga
Ricardo Mayorga , is a Nicaraguan professional boxer. He is the former WBA/WBC Welterweight champion and the former WBC light middleweight champion. He holds a record of 29-8 with 23 knockouts and 1 draw 1 no contest. He was featured for the first time on the cover of Ring Magazine on the December...
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Italy Michele PiccirilloMichele Piccirillo
Michele Piccirillo is a professional boxer in the welterweight division.- Professional career :...
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Colombia Rafael PinedaRafael Pineda (boxer)
Rafael Pineda, born January 12, 1966 in Barranquilla, Colombia, was a Colombian boxer at welterweight.- Professional career :Known as "Derby", Pineda turned pro in 1986 and in 1989 took on former Olympian Mark Breland for the WBA Welterweight Title, but was TKO'd in the fifth round...
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Italy Michele PiccirilloMichele Piccirillo
Michele Piccirillo is a professional boxer in the welterweight division.- Professional career :...
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Family
Spinks and his wife Christy have a daughter together named Chloe Leona Spinks, named after her grandfather and former heavyweight champion of the world Leon Spinks.Spinks and his ex-wife Kimberly King have one daughter, Brianna Calvin. King was charged with domestic assault in the first degree and armed criminal action, in 2005, for stabbing Spinks, then her husband, in the shoulder and abdomen during a domestic dispute. Spinks was taken to Christian North East hospital (St Louis, MO) and later released with what his trainer described as "minor" wounds.
Spinks's brothers Darrel and Steve are also fighters, and his eldest brother Leon Jr., was also a fighter before his death.
External links
- http://www.datruthboxing.com
- Cory Spinks Fight-by-Fight Career Record
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