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Total Fights | 47 |
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Wins | 39 |
Losses | 8 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 6 |
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Title Defenses | 4 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 11 |
KO Losses | 3 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 15 years and two months, Cory Spinks fought 47 times with 39 wins and 8 losses.
Spinks retired from professional boxing with a record of 39-8, which included six world-title wins and four successful title defense fights at two weight classes — welterweight and super-welterweight. He had a 23.4% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 11 of his total 47 fights being knockout wins. Spinks lost three times via knockout, all three of them in title fights.
His last fight was a 12-round unanimous decision defeat to Carlos Molina on February 1, 2013.
Some of Spinks' best fights and notable victories include wins over Ricardo Mayorga, Zab Judah, Roman Karmazin, Miguel Ángel González, Michele Piccirillo, Rodney Jones, and Deandre Latimore.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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47 | Feb 1, 2013 | 34 | Carlos Molina | Loss | UD |
46 | Jun 30, 2012 | 34 | Cornelius Bundrage | Loss * | TKO7 |
45 | Jan 28, 2012 | 33 | Sechew Powell | Win | UD |
44 | Jun 25, 2011 | 33 | Shakir Ashanti | Win | UD |
43 | Aug 7, 2010 | 32 | Cornelius Bundrage | Loss * | TKO5 |
42 | Apr 24, 2009 | 31 | Deandre Latimore | Win * | SD |
41 | Mar 27, 2008 | 30 | Verno Phillips | Loss * | SD |
40 | May 19, 2007 | 29 | Jermain Taylor | Loss * | SD |
39 | Feb 3, 2007 | 28 | Rodney Jones | Win * | UD |
38 | Jul 8, 2006 | 28 | Roman Karmazin | Win * | MD |
37 | Feb 5, 2005 | 26 | Zab Judah | Loss * | TKO9 |
36 | Sep 4, 2004 | 26 | Miguel Ángel González | Win * | UD |
35 | Apr 10, 2004 | 26 | Zab Judah | Win * | UD |
34 | Dec 13, 2003 | 25 | Ricardo Mayorga | Win * | MD |
33 | Mar 22, 2003 | 25 | Michele Piccirillo | Win * | UD |
32 | Aug 23, 2002 | 24 | Rafael Pineda | Win | TD |
31 | Apr 13, 2002 | 24 | Michele Piccirillo | Loss * | UD |
30 | Dec 6, 2001 | 23 | Charles Ward | Win | UD |
29 | Aug 17, 2001 | 23 | Larry Marks | Win | UD |
28 | Mar 23, 2001 | 23 | Leonard Townsend | Win | TD |
27 | Feb 23, 2001 | 23 | Dennis Allen | Win | TKO2 |
26 | Dec 15, 2000 | 22 | Luis Vazquez | Win | UD |
25 | Nov 17, 2000 | 22 | Edgar Ruiz | Win | UD |
24 | Sep 17, 2000 | 22 | Jorge Vaca | Win | TKO7 |
23 | Jan 18, 2000 | 21 | Ken Manuel | Win | TKO3 |
22 | Nov 26, 1999 | 21 | Sammy Sparkman | Win | UD |
21 | Jul 12, 1999 | 21 | Verdell Smith | Win | UD |
20 | Jun 11, 1999 | 21 | Rodolfo Gomez | Win | UD |
19 | May 17, 1999 | 21 | Mark Hammon | Win | KO9 |
18 | Apr 22, 1999 | 21 | Teddy Worth | Win | UD |
17 | Apr 3, 1999 | 21 | Ken Manuel | Win | TKO2 |
16 | Mar 11, 1999 | 21 | John Stewart | Win | KO1 |
15 | Mar 2, 1999 | 21 | Larry Kenney | Win | DQ |
14 | Dec 12, 1998 | 20 | Antonio Díaz | Loss | SD |
13 | Oct 6, 1998 | 20 | Mike Cooley | Win | KO1 |
12 | Oct 1, 1998 | 20 | Ken Durham | Win | TKO4 |
11 | Sep 18, 1998 | 20 | Javier Guadalupe Suazo | Win | UD |
10 | Aug 4, 1998 | 20 | Clifton Woods | Win | KO3 |
9 | Jun 14, 1998 | 20 | Abraham Bruno | Win | UD |
8 | Jun 2, 1998 | 20 | Reggie Strickland | Win | UD |
7 | May 16, 1998 | 20 | Juan Antonio Gonzalez | Win | UD |
6 | Apr 7, 1998 | 20 | Andre Hawthorne | Win | UD |
5 | Mar 19, 1998 | 20 | Carlos Horacio Nevarez | Win | UD |
4 | Feb 3, 1998 | 19 | Lamont Buchanan | Win | KO1 |
3 | Jan 23, 1998 | 19 | Jim Williams | Win | TKO2 |
2 | Dec 2, 1997 | 19 | David Turner | Win | UD |
1 | Nov 21, 1997 | 19 | Hector Leguillow | Win | UD |
* World-title fight
Cory Spinks (The Next Generation) is a 46-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. on February 20, 1978. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 15 years — from 1997 to 2013.
Spinks made his professional boxing debut against Hector Leguillow at the age of 19 on November 21, 1997, defeating Leguillow via 4 round unanimous decision. He went on to win 12 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 5 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on April 13, 2002 after 30 professional fights, against Michele Piccirillo for the IBF (vacant) title. He lost to Piccirillo via 12 round unanimous decision.
Cory Spinks was a one-time undisputed welterweight world champion, and has won six world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Spinks' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Spinks had a total of eight losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Mexican boxer Carlos Molina on February 1, 2013. Spinks lost the fight via 12 round unanimous decision. It's been 11 years, 2 months, and 19 days since this fight.
Spinks had a total of 13 world-title fights, which includes winning six world titles and four successful title defenses. He won seven of these fights and lost six.
Cory Spinks fought for world titles in seven fights and won four of these fights. In total, he won six belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Apr 24, 2009 | Deandre Latimore | Super-welterweight | IBF* | SD |
Jul 8, 2006 | Roman Karmazin | Super-welterweight | IBF | MD |
Dec 13, 2003+ | Ricardo Mayorga | Welterweight | WBA (Super), WBC, The Ring | MD |
Mar 22, 2003 | Michele Piccirillo | Welterweight | IBF | UD |
Cory Spinks had seven world-title defense fights across two weight classes — welterweight (x4) and super-welterweight (x3). He won four of them and lost three times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Feb 3, 2007 | Rodney Jones | Super-welterweight | IBF | UD |
Sep 4, 2004 | Miguel Ángel González | Welterweight | WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, The Ring | UD |
Apr 10, 2004 | Zab Judah | Welterweight | WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, The Ring | UD |
Dec 13, 2003+ | Ricardo Mayorga | Welterweight | IBF | MD |
Cory Spinks lost three world-title defense fights, and lost a total of six titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Aug 7, 2010 | Cornelius Bundrage | Super-welterweight | IBF | TKO |
Mar 27, 2008 | Verno Phillips | Super-welterweight | IBF | SD |
Feb 5, 2005 | Zab Judah | Welterweight | WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, The Ring | TKO |
Spinks fought a total of 47 times during his professional career, which includes 13 world-title fights at three weight divisions. These six fights are the highlight of his career.
April 13, 2002: In his first world-title fight, Cory Spinks loses to Michele Piccirillo via 12 round unanimous decision. He was fighting for the IBF (vacant) welterweight title.
March 22, 2003: Spinks wins the IBF welterweight title from Michele Piccirillo, by beating Piccirillo via 12 round unanimous decision.
December 13, 2003: Spinks becomes the undisputed welterweight world champion by defeating Ricardo Mayorga via 12 round majority decision. He now holds the IBF, WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring welterweight world-champion belts.
April 10, 2004: Spinks successfully defends the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring welterweight titles against Zab Judah, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
September 4, 2004: Spinks successfully defends the WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, and The Ring welterweight titles against Miguel Ángel González, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
July 8, 2006: Spinks wins the IBF super-welterweight title from Roman Karmazin, by beating Karmazin via 12 round majority decision.
Spinks knocked out 11 of his 47 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 23.4%. Of his total 39 wins, 11 of them were via KO (28.2%).
Spinks' first world-title win was the IBF belt at welterweight. He defeated Michele Piccirillo via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Spinks won six world titles at two weight classes.
Spinks had a total of seven title defense fights. He was successful four times and lost three times.