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Cory Spinks
(the "Next Generation")

BORN   February 20 1978; St. Louis, Missouri
HEIGHT.. 5-9 1/2
WEIGHT 138 - 159 1/4 lbs
MANAGERS Cameron Dunkin, Kevin Cunningham, Kurt Emhoff
TRAINER Kevin Cunningham

Spinks is a talented boxer and quite clever; He is not a power hitter but he knows how to win; Cory is the son of former World Heavyweight Champion, Leon Spinks, and the nephew of two-time world champion, Michael Spinks

During his career, he has won the IBF Light Middleweight Championship of the World, the WBC Welterweight Championship of the World, the WBA Welterweight Championship of the World, the IBF Welterweight Championship of the World, the
WBA Fedelatin Welterweight Championship, the USBA Welterweight Championship and the WBO NABO Welterweight Championship

He has defeated such men as Ricardo Mayorga, Zab Judah, Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Jorge Vacca, Michele Piccirillo, Rafael Pinda, Rodney Jones, Dennis Allen, Leonard Townsend, Edgar Ruiz, Luis Vasquez, Mark Hammon, Rodolfo Gomez and Larry Marks

*** AMATEUR BOUTS ***
1997
          -Spinks won the National Golden Gloves Weltereight Championship

          -Spinks won the Police Athletic League National Welterweight Championship


*** PROFESSIONAL BOUTS ***
1997
Nov 21 Hector Leguillow           Kansas City, Mo                     W  4
Dec  2 David Turner               St. Louis, Mo                       W  4

1998
Jan 23 Jim Williams               Tunica, Ms                         TK  2
Feb  3 Lamont Buchanan            St. Louis, Mo                      KO  1
Mar 19 Carlos Horacio Nevarez     Thornton, Co                        W  4
Apr  7 Andre Hawthorne            Jennings, Mo                        W  4
May 16 Juan Antonio Gonzalez      Indio, Ca                           W  4
Jun  2 Reggie Strickland          St. Louis, Mo                       W  4
Jun 14 Abraham Bruno              Atlantic City, NJ                   W  6
Aug  4 Clifton Woods              St. Louis, Mo                      KO  3
Sep 18 Javier Guadalupe Suazo     Las Vegas, Nv                       W  6
Oct  1 Ken Durham                 St. Louis, Mo                      TK  4
Oct  6 Mike Cooley                St. Louis, Mo                      KO  1
Dec 12 Antonio Diaz               Indio, Ca                           L 12

1999
Mar  2 Larry Kenney               St. Louis, Mo                      WF  6
Mar 11 John Stewart               St. Charles, Mo                    KO  1
Apr  3 Ken Manuel                 St. Joseph, Mo                     TK  2
Apr 22 Teddy Worth                Tulsa, Ok                           W  6
May 17 Mark Hammon                Kansas City, Mo                    KO  9
Jun 11 Rodolfo Gomez              Fort Worth, Tx                      W  8
Jul 12 Verdell Smith              Kansas City, Mo                     W 10
Nov 26 Sammy Sparkman             New Orleans, La                     W  8

2000
Jan 18 Ken Manuel                 St. Louis, Mo                      TK  3
Sep 17 Jorge Vaca                 St. Louis, Mo                      TK  7
          -WBO NABO Welterweight Championship
Nov 17 Edgar Ruiz                 Reno, Nv                            W 10
Dec 15 Luis Vazquez               Madison, Wi                         W 10

2001
Feb 23 Dennis Allen               Austin, Tx                         TK  2
Mar 23 Leonard Townsend           Owensboro, Ky                      TW  4
Aug 17 Larry Marks                Chicago, Il                         W 12
          -USBA Welterweight Championship
Dec  6 Charles Ward               St. Louis, Mo                       W  8

2002
Apr 13 Michele Piccirillo         Campione d'Italia, Italy            L 12
          -IBF Welterweight Championship of the World
Aug 23 Rafael Pineda              Miami, Fl                          TW  7
          -WBA Fedelatin Welterweight Championship

2003
Mar 22 Michele Piccirillo         Campione d'Italia, Italy            W 12
          -IBF Welterweight Championship of the World
Dec 13 Ricardo Mayorga            Atlantic City, NJ                   W 12
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Welterweight Championship of the World

2004
Apr 10 Zab Judah                  Las Vegas, Nv                       W 12
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Welterweight Championship of the World
Sep  4 Miguel Angel Gonzalez      Las Vegas, Nv                       W 12
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Welterweight Championship of the World

2005
Feb  5 Zab Judah                  St. Louis, Mo                      LT  9
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Welterweight Championship of the World

2006
Jul  8 Roman Karmazin             St. Louis, Mo                       W 12
          -IBF Light Middleweight Championship of the World

2007
Feb  3 Rodney Jones               Kissimmee, Fl                       W 12
          -IBF Light Middleweight Championship of the World
May 19 Jermain Taylor             Memphis, Tn                         L 12
          -WBC Middleweight Championship of the World;
          WBO Middleweight Championship of the World

2008
Mar 27 Verno Phillips             St. Louis, Mo                       L 12
          -IBF Light Middleweight Championship of the World

2009
Apr 24 Deandre Latimore           St. Louis, Mo                       W 12

2010
Aug  7 Cornelius Bundrage         St. Louis, Mo                      LT  5
          -IBF Light Middleweight Championship of the World

2011
Jun 25 Shakir Ashanti             St. Charles, Mo                     W 10

2012
Jan 28 Sechew Powell              Springfield, Mo                     W 12
          -IBF Light Middleweight Championship Elimination Bout
Jun 30 Cornelius Bundrage         Indio, Ca                          LT  7
          -IBF Light Middleweight Championship of the World

Review courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 
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Kurt Emhoff-Cory Spinks, Italy, March 2003 Cory Spinks-Kurt Emhoff, New Jersey, December 2003