Newz Forum: BOXING: Cory Spinks Retains Title By Unanimous Decision!!

In what was a great fight Spinks managed to beat Judah by UD. Spinks dominated most of the fight even scoring a knockdown. Judah came back and scored an impressive knockdown against Spinks. Spinks still the Welterweight Champion of the World.

TALE OF THE TAPE
CORY SPINKS (32-2-10KO's)
Sex: Male
Nationality: United States
Alias: Next Generation
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Birthplace: St. Louis, MO
Division: Welterweight
World Rank: 2
Date of Birth: 1978-02-20
Age: 26
Reach: 78"
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 5' 9½
Trainer: Kevin Cunningham
Manager: Kevin Cunningham

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
former IBA Continental Light Welterweight Champion
former WBO NABO Welterweight Champion
former USBA Welterweight Champion
current WBC World Welterweight Champion
current WBA World Welterweight Champion
current IBF World Welterweight Champion



ZAB JUDAH (30-1-22KO's)
Sex: Male
Nationality: United States
Alias: Super
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Division: Light Welterweight
World Rank: 3
Date of Birth: 1977-10-27
Age: 26
Reach: 68.5"
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 5' 6½
Trainer: Yoel Judah
Manager: Lou Duva

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
former USBA Light Welterweight Champion
former IBF World Light Welterweight Champion
current WBO World Light Welterweight Champion

[Edited on 10-4-2004 by Ocelot]

[Edited on 10-4-2004 by Ocelot]

Michael Buffer is currently introducing both fighters.

All i gotta say is....

GO SPINKS!


Let the fighting commence

Over to you Ocelot!!!!!

Great Round by Spinks. He controlled the pace and worked his jab. Landed some great shots. Great start by Spinks.



SPINKS:10
JUDAH:9

TOTAL:10/9

Another great round for spinks. He controlling the pace and landing some great shots. Great job with the jab. Judah's bleeding from the nose.


SPINKS: 10
JUDAH: 9

TOTAL: 20/18

Great Round For Spinks. He's completely dominating Judah so far.



SPINKS: 10
JUDAH: 9

TOTAL: 30/27

Spinks is landing combinations left and right completely dominating Judah. Another Awesome round.



SPINKS: 10
JUDAH: 9

TOTAL: 40/36

Good Round. Judah did a little bit better but Spinks managed to land the better punches.



SPINKS: 10
JUDAH: 9

TOTAL: 50/45

Good Round for Judah. He managed to get some offense going this round.



SPINKS: 9
JUDAH: 10

TOTAL: 59/55

Great Round for Judah. He seems to be picking up the pace and he landed some great shots to the body.



SPINKS: 9
JUDAH: 10

TOTAL: 68/65

Best Round for Judah so far. He landed some hard shots that momentarily stunned Spinks.



SPINKS: 9
JUDAH: 10

TOTAL: 77/75

Good Round. Both men landed some good shots. Great Round for the champ.



SPINKS: 10
JUDAH: 9

TOTAL: 87/84

Good Round for Spinks. Not a lot of action but Spinks was the agressor most of the round.



SPINKS: 10
JUDAH: 9

TOTAL: 97/93

AWESOME ROund!! Spinks knocked Down Judah with a clean left hand. Great Round!



SPINKS: 10
JUDAH: 8

TOTAL: 107/101

SPINKS WENT DOWN AND HE WAS HURT!! HE MANAGED TO SURVIVE THE ROUND!

SPINKS: 8
JUDAH: 10

TOTAL: 115/111

I have SPinks Winning the Fight

115/111 SPinks win by Descision.

JUDGE#1: 116/111
JUDGE#2: 114/112
JUDGE#3: 114/112

LEADERMAN CARD: 113/113
MY CARD: 115/111

WINNER and Still Undisputed Welterweight Champion of the WORLD CORY SPINKS!

It was a great Fight Too Little Too late for Judah. Great Win by CORY..... but a close one, he could have been KO'd if Judah had more time.

UP NEXT!! KLITSCHKO VS BREWSTER!!

I thought he would win but i didn't think it would be as close as that.Sounds like it was a good fight and Spinks is certainly making some waves now in the boxing scene..

Originally posted by TRD
I thought he would win but i didn't think it would be as close as that.Sounds like it was a good fight and Spinks is certainly making some waves now in the boxing scene..

Indeed. I think he should give Judah a rematch since it was such a good fight.

Associated Press - April 10, 2004


LAS VEGAS (AP) - Cory Spinks was boxing beautifully and seemingly on his way to an easy win in his welterweight title fight with Zab Judah. Then he got careless, and almost lost his undisputed title on one big punch.

Spinks, despite a warning from his corner before the 12th round, had to get off the canvas with 25 seconds left in the fight Saturday night to keep his 147-pound (66.2-kilogram) titles with a unanimous decision over the former 140-pound (63-kilogram) champion.

Spinks was well ahead on all three ringside scorecards and had knocked Judah down in the 11th round when he got some advice before the final round.

``Don't get reckless,'' trainer Kevin Cunningham told Spinks before the final round.

Spinks did just that, taking the end of a big left hand to the head from Judah and crashing to the canvas. He managed to get up and survive the rest of the round, then walked wobbling to his corner to find out if he had still won.

He had, winning 116-111 on one scorecard and 114-112 on the other two. The Associated Press had Spinks winning 115-111.

``I got a little careless,'' Spinks said.

Spinks, son of former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, retained the welterweight titles he unified in December against Ricardo Mayorga in a fight that got better as the rounds went on.

Judah, who was fighting at 147 pounds for the first time, accepted the decision calmly, unlike his November 2001 loss to Kostya Tszyu where he went after the referee and threw a ring stool.

``I think I could have done more, especially in the early rounds,'' Judah said. ``But I think I did enough.''

The fight was on the undercard of the heavyweight fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Lamon Brewster at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino.

Spinks dominated the early rounds and seemed to have the fight well in hand after a flash knockdown with a left hand of Judah in the 11th round. All he needed to do was survive and he did - but barely.

``I tried to tell everybody I was more than just a boxer,'' Spinks said. ``I can get mean too.''

Spinks (33-2) got a hug from his father before the first bell and came out strong, working his right jab and winning the opening rounds.

Judah not only gave away a few inches in height to Spinks but also some pounds. Judah weighed in at 146 on Friday and 147 in an unofficial prefight weigh-in, while Spinks was 147 at the official weigh-in and 157 just before the fight.

Spinks controlled much of the fight with his jab and landed the harder punches. Judah had trouble getting inside and threw a lot of wild punches early, and by the end of the fourth round his father and trainer, Yoel, saw a disturbing trend developing.

``You've got to take it to him,'' Yoel Judah told his son. ``You want the championship, you got to go get it.''

Judah (30-2) did go after Spinks in the late rounds, but it was not enough to overcome the big lead on points that the champion had built up.

Spinks, who was a slight underdog despite being the undisputed champion, was looking for some recognition he felt he had not gotten in beating Mayorga.

``If I don't get the credit now, I don't know what I'll have to do,'' he said.


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