Don King Boxing: Spinks, Cloud, Alexander, Kotelnik, Coyne Hit St. Louis

© Bob Barton

Don King Productions hosted a media workout Monday at Sweat Pound 4 Pound Gym in St. Louis promoting Saturday’s “Gateway to Greatness” card featuring four championship bouts–three of them world championships at the Scottrade Center.

Participants included WBA super lightweight champion Andriy Kotelnik, who will face undefeated WBC/IBF 140-pound champion Devon Alexander “The Great” in the main event; undefeated IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris “Thunder” Cloud, who will meet the former holder of his belt Glen Johnson in the co-feature.

IBF junior middleweight champion Cory Spinks, who will take on Cornelius “K9” Bundrage in a domestically non-televised world championship; and undefeated St. Louis cruiserweight Ryan “The Irish Outlaw” Coyne, who will face the similarly undefeated Warren “The Hit Man” Browning for the WBC USNBC cruiserweight championship in a domestically non-televised bout.

© Bob Barton