A crowd of 12,018 watched the St. Louis born Cory Spinks defeat Russian born Roman Karmazin for the International Boxing Federation Jr. Middleweight Championship at the Savvis Center. After the crushing TKO defeat at the hands of Brooklyn born Zab Judah 17 months ago in the same ring, to whom he lost all three of his welterweight championships, Spinks was ready for battle.

Spinks vowed to make amends to all those who had supported him and had lost beleif in him, guaranteeing a victory over Karmazin in his first title defense. "Redemption" in silver letters shone from the back of his and his entourages' T-shirts.

Spinks burst through those same arches wearing the same red trunks that he lost to Judah in. Dancing and punching Spinks showed a swagger that had never existed before, when Karmazin punched him in the face, he punched back harder.

"I did it, I did it," exclaimed an emotional Spinks in the ring following his majority 12-round decision win over Karmazin.

"He's ready for De La Hoya, Fernando Vargas, Shane Mosley and available," proclaimed Don King, emphatically.

After that spectacle in the Lou where he was greeted to a melody of chants of Cory-Cory, everybody is waiting to see what's next for the St. Louis Kid.