On February 5, 2005, Cory Spinks (34-2, 11 KOs), the welterweight WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, and The Ring champion, defends his titles against former world champion Zab Judah (32-2, 23 KOs).
Cory Spinks is coming in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 30% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Miguel Ángel González, 5 months and 1 day ago. Zab Judah is on a 2-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round TKO win over Wayne Martell, 3 months and 3 days ago.
The winning odds are at 55.8-44.2 in favor of Cory Spinks. Zab Judah could also pull it off but he will have to put up a truly exceptional fight if he is to win.
In the rematch, Zab Judah stopped the champion via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, and The Ring welterweight champion. Judah improves his record to 33-2 (24 KOs), while Spinks adds a loss to his record at 34-3.