Cory Spinks vs Cornelius Bundrage postponed !

Junior middleweight titleholder Cory Spinks' overdue mandatory defense against former "Contender" star Cornelius "K9" Bundrage, scheduled for June 12, was postponed Wednesday, promoter Don King announced.

Spinks and Bundrage were due to meet at the Chaifetz Arena in Spinks' hometown of St. Louis.

King said "a number of conflicting interests factored into the decision to move the bout to a future card."

The most notable, according to King, was that St. Louis radio station, Hot 104.1 FM, which has helped him promote past fight cards, recently announced its "Super Jam 3" concert for the same day as the fight.

King said he preferred to not compete with a radio station that already has a commitment to be somewhere else on June 12, especially when both events draw from the same urban community and the boxing event was reliant on ticket sales because there was no television outlet.

Also, King is planning a higher-profile card in St. Louis on Aug. 7 on which junior welterweight titlist Devon Alexander, of St. Louis, will defend his title against former titleholder Andreas Kotelnik on HBO.

King's belief was that the two cards so close together would hinder ticket sales for Spinks-Bundrage in tough economic times.

It is likely that King will add Spinks-Bundrage to the Aug. 7 card, giving it three world title bouts. Light heavyweight titlist Tavoris Cloud is slated to defend his belt against former champ Glen Johnson in HBO's co-feature. Spinks-Bundrage would not be televised domestically.

"Cory told me he has been receiving messages from his fans saying they were disappointed that they could not attend both events," King said. "On top of that, I have now confirmed that I will be coming back to St. Louis with a world championship card in August, so it's really not best to have two boxing events competing with each other in the same market."

Refunds for tickets purchased for the June 12 card can be received from the original point of purchase, King said.

Spinks (37-5, 11 KOs) has not fought since reclaiming a vacant 154-pound belt by outpointing St. Louis rival Deandre Latimore on a split decision in April 2009.

This is the second time the fight with Detroit's Bundrage (29-4, 17 KOs) has been postponed. It was originally scheduled for March 26 in Las Vegas on an ESPN2 "Friday Night Fights" card, but called off when the main event, a cruiserweight title bout between Steve Cunningham and Matt Godfrey, was scrapped.


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weak

gomez1012 wrote:

weak

That's two fights in the space of two weeks, June's turning into a quiet month.

this fight will never happen

Don King is getting worse with age. Spinks should just retire.

K9 is being ducked.

Hey Ali, please, no more pee drinker.

I'm on here after work trying to have a beer and JMM is toasting me with that.

NBrooks5 wrote:

K9 is being ducked.

Hey Ali, please, no more pee drinker.

I'm on here after work trying to have a beer and JMM is toasting me with that.

LOL you wondering what is in your beer?

Also that fucking sucks but hey we still have the Allan Green fight.

That is a pretty funny pic of JMM and by the way i hate Don King!!!

How good is Spinks at this point???? He got beat by Jermaine Taylor in 2007 (yeah he was above weight fighting at 160). But then in 2008, he lost to Verno Phillips. A top 10 ranked guy at 154, but still. His win over Latimore is the only thing we have that says he is still good.

That was April of 2009. So a loss in 2007, loss in 2008, and beating Latimore in 2009. That is all he has done in the last 36 months. Rather inactive if you ask me.

captainanddew wrote:

How good is Spinks at this point???? He got beat by Jermaine Taylor in 2007 (yeah he was above weight fighting at 160). But then in 2008, he lost to Verno Phillips. A top 10 ranked guy at 154, but still. His win over Latimore is the only thing we have that says he is still good.

That was April of 2009. So a loss in 2007, loss in 2008, and beating Latimore in 2009. That is all he has done in the last 36 months. Rather inactive if you ask me.

Thats the DKP way!

No shit. DKP is horrible. He has had Spinks and Alexander as inactive as possible.

Maybe in Don King's messed up head that is some kind of promoting strategy.

Don King: boys, we are gonna pass up every fight.

Spinks and Alexander: Why?
Don King: Then the folks will want to see you even more!!!!!! Trust me boys.

captainanddew wrote:

No shit. DKP is horrible. He has had Spinks and Alexander as inactive as possible.

Maybe in Don King's messed up head that is some kind of promoting strategy.

Don King: boys, we are gonna pass up every fight.

Spinks and Alexander: Why?
Don King: Then the folks will want to see you even more!!!!!! Trust me boys.

Did you guys read the article? Makes sense to me why they postponed it. Big Rap concert in St Louis the same day you dont wanna risk havng low ticket sales since thats the only way you're gonna make money. Now if it doesnt get added to the Alexander-Kotelnik card i will be unhappy. Now will that fight make it to HBO?

I think the Alexander-Kotelnik fight is going to be a split site show with Johnson-Cloud in Florida. No way Spinks ever gets on HBO again.

Anyone dumb enough to sign with the convicted killer deserves to have their career pissed away