On April 10, 2004, the 26-year-old WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring welterweight world champion, Cory Spinks (32-2, 11 KOs), faced a 26-year-old Zab Judah (30-1, 22 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Spinks came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 32% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 28 days. Judah was on a 3-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 28 days.
Cory Spinks defeated Zab Judah via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring welterweight titles. Spinks improves his record to 33-2, while Judah adds a loss to his record at 30-2.
On December 13, 2003, the 25-year-old IBF welterweight champion, Cory Spinks (31-2, 11 KOs), and the 30-year-old WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring welterweight champion Ricardo Mayorga (25-3-1, 22 KOs) faced each other for the undisputed world championpionship.
Spinks came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 33% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 21 days. Mayorga was on a 12-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 1 day.
Cory Spinks defeated Ricardo Mayorga via majority decision and wins the IBF, WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring welterweight world champion — and becomes the undisputed welterweight world champion. Spinks improves his record to 32-2, while Mayorga adds a loss to his record at 25-4-1.
On September 4, 2004, the 26-year-old WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, and The Ring welterweight world champion, Cory Spinks (33-2, 11 KOs), faced a 33-year-old Mexican boxer Miguel Ángel González (49-3-1, 39 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Spinks came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 31% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 25 days. González was on a 5-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 13 days.
Cory Spinks defeated Miguel Ángel González via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, and The Ring welterweight titles. Spinks improves his record to 34-2, while González adds a loss to his record at 49-4-1.
On March 22, 2003, Cory Spinks and Michele Piccirillo met again in a rematch.
Spinks came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 34% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 27 days.
Cory Spinks defeated Michele Piccirillo via unanimous decision in the rematch and wins the IBF title — in his first world-title fight. Spinks improves his record to 31-2
On July 8, 2006, a 28-year-old Cory Spinks (34-3, 11 KOs) got a shot at the IBF super-welterweight title held by 33-year-old Russian boxer Roman Karmazin (34-1-1, 21 KOs).
Spinks came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 29% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 5 months, and 3 days. Karmazin was on a 5-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months and 24 days.
Cory Spinks defeated Roman Karmazin via majority decision and wins the IBF title. Spinks improves his record to 35-3, while Karmazin adds a loss to his record at 34-2-1.
On February 3, 2007, the 28-year-old IBF super-welterweight world champion, Cory Spinks (35-3, 11 KOs), faced Rodney Jones, in a title defense fight.
Spinks came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 28% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 26 days.
Cory Spinks defeated Rodney Jones via unanimous decision and successfully defended his IBF super-welterweight title. Spinks improves his record to 36-3
On April 24, 2009, 31-year-old Cory Spinks (36-5, 11 KOs) and Deandre Latimore fought for the vacant IBF super-welterweight title.
Spinks came in to the fight on a 2-fight losing streak with a 26% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 28 days.
Cory Spinks defeated Deandre Latimore via split decision . Spinks improves his record to 37-5
On September 17, 2000, a 22-year-old Cory Spinks (22-1, 9 KOs) and a 40-year-old Mexican boxer Jorge Vaca (64-22-2, 50 KOs) met in the ring in a welterweight bout.
Spinks came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 39% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 30 days. Vaca was on a 2-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 1 day.
Cory Spinks stopped Jorge Vaca via TKO in the 7th round. Spinks improves his record to 23-1 (10 KOs), while Vaca adds a loss to his record at 64-23-2.
On August 17, 2001, a 23-year-old Cory Spinks (27-1, 11 KOs) and Larry Marks met in the ring in a welterweight bout.
Spinks came in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 39% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 25 days.
Cory Spinks defeated Larry Marks via unanimous decision in the 12-round welterweight fight. Spinks improves his record to 28-1
On May 19, 2007, a 29-year-old Cory Spinks (36-3, 11 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight WBC, WBO, and The Ring title held by 28-year-old Jermain Taylor (26-0-1, 17 KOs).
Spinks came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 28% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 16 days. Taylor was on a 1-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 10 days.
Jermain Taylor defeated Cory Spinks via split decision and successfully defended his WBC, WBO, and The Ring middleweight titles. Taylor improves his record to 27-0-1, while Spinks adds a loss to his record at 36-4.