Lets just look at these facts here.
I know a lot of people don't like Cory Spinks, but I was just looking up his record and I noticed a few things.
He has taken a lot of risks that fighters these days and right now aren't taking, and won't take. And is also very avoided. I know a lot of people don't dig his style but check this out.
He fought this guy named pichirillo or something in his hole town of italy after being robbed in the first fight and took it. And he won the title.
In his first title defense he fights Rocardo Mayorga who was THE HOTTEST THING in boxing at that moment and thought of as somewhat invincible and he took him on and he outboxed him and became the Undisputed Welterweight Champ.
For his FIRST defense of that belt he takes on Zab Judah who was coming off a first round win on the same card Spinks won that Undisputed title in. (granted it was against some journeyman but still impressive)
His fight with Judah was close with both of them hitting the deck, but he beat Zab Judah that night regardless.
Now Spinks won the fight in the eyes of some clearly enough that he didnt HAVE to rematch Zab Judah. But he did it anyway(a risk most fighters don't seem to be taking nowadays)
And he fights him and he gets knocked out.
But as his comeback fight, he moves up to 154 to fight this Made in Hell guy who had just beat Kassim Ouma and knocked him down twice.
Spinks fights him after coming off a knockout loss and moving up in weight to face "arguably" the best 154 pounder up there(Ouma the exception, but he beat Ouma prior to that fight)
And Spinks in his first fight at 154 beats the BEST 154 pounder out there at the time.
And now in his next fight, nobody at 154 wants to fight Spinks because he is very avoided(would have liked to see him face Kassim Ouma or Simms though)
But what does Spinks do? In his very next fight he moves up to 160 to face the Undisputed Middle Weight Champ in the champs backyard basically in his FIRST FIGHT at 160.
So lets look at Spinks last few opponents(discounting the easy one in between)
Pichirillo
Mayorga
Judah
Judah
Karmazin
Taylor
That's quite a resume and considering he has beaten everyone on that list at least once(Taylor the exception) I think Spinks deserves a lot of credit, when you put up his last fights and the times he took them against some other ones today.
Don't flame me here, but what do you think?
And Hulk I know you're lurking, say something other then "Mayorga got robbed" or "spinks runs like a girl" if you're going to respond
Opinions anyone?
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