Gateway to Glory
Roman "Made In Hell" Karmazin Vs. Cory "The Next Generation" Spinks
IBF Junior Middleweight Championship
Savvis Center – St. Louis – July 8, 2006
Cory Spinks Vies for 154-Pound Crown in St. Louis July 8Former Undisputed World Welterweight Champion Wants to Take Russian’s TitleST. LOUIS—Former undisputed world welterweight champion Cory "The Next Generation" Spinks will move up to 154 pounds to challenge International Boxing Federation junior middleweight champion Roman "Made in Hell" Karmazin at Savvis Center on July 8. The event, Gateway to Glory, is being promoted by Don King Productions and will be broadcast domestically on a special edition of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING beginning at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
Spinks (34-3, 11 KOs) made boxing attendance history at Savvis Center during his last appearance when 22,370 fans witnessed his match against Zab "Super" Judah on Feb. 5, 2005—the second-largest attendance for a boxing match ever at an indoor arena. Spinks seeks to earn another world title after losing to Judah by ninth-round technical knockout, an opponent he defeated by unanimous decision when they first met in Las Vegas on April 10, 2004."I am so excited and feel blessed to have another world title shot," Spinks said. "I am determined to win a world title in front of my hometown fans in the Lou. I owe it to them for all their support."Spinks longtime trainer-manager Kevin Cunningham, also from St. Louis, agrees that this is a match of redemption for himself, Spinks and the city of St. Louis."We feel like we let our fans down last year," Cunningham said. "This is a chance to redeem ourselves in front of all of our fans in the great city of St. Louis. They deserve to be redeemed after the Judah fight."
The hard-punching Karmazin (34-1-1, 21 KOs), from St. Petersburg, Russia, who also lives in Hollywood, Calif., is undaunted to be fighting in front of what will surely be a large, pro-Spinks crowd."Look at my record," Karmazin responded defiantly. "I have fought boxers from all over the world, most in their home countries and I defeated all of them but one (a disputed decision against future world champion Javier Castillejo in his home country of Spain)."My message to Spinks and the people of St. Louis is simple. I am Roman ‘Made in Hell’ Karmazin, the IBF junior middleweight champion of the world. I will fight any time, any place, anywhere, and I will never back down. And when you’re done with me, you’re going to feel like you’ve been to hell and back."
IBF Junior Middleweight Championship
Savvis Center – St. Louis – July 8, 2006
Cory Spinks Vies for 154-Pound Crown in St. Louis July 8Former Undisputed World Welterweight Champion Wants to Take Russian’s TitleST. LOUIS—Former undisputed world welterweight champion Cory "The Next Generation" Spinks will move up to 154 pounds to challenge International Boxing Federation junior middleweight champion Roman "Made in Hell" Karmazin at Savvis Center on July 8. The event, Gateway to Glory, is being promoted by Don King Productions and will be broadcast domestically on a special edition of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING beginning at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
Spinks (34-3, 11 KOs) made boxing attendance history at Savvis Center during his last appearance when 22,370 fans witnessed his match against Zab "Super" Judah on Feb. 5, 2005—the second-largest attendance for a boxing match ever at an indoor arena. Spinks seeks to earn another world title after losing to Judah by ninth-round technical knockout, an opponent he defeated by unanimous decision when they first met in Las Vegas on April 10, 2004."I am so excited and feel blessed to have another world title shot," Spinks said. "I am determined to win a world title in front of my hometown fans in the Lou. I owe it to them for all their support."Spinks longtime trainer-manager Kevin Cunningham, also from St. Louis, agrees that this is a match of redemption for himself, Spinks and the city of St. Louis."We feel like we let our fans down last year," Cunningham said. "This is a chance to redeem ourselves in front of all of our fans in the great city of St. Louis. They deserve to be redeemed after the Judah fight."
The hard-punching Karmazin (34-1-1, 21 KOs), from St. Petersburg, Russia, who also lives in Hollywood, Calif., is undaunted to be fighting in front of what will surely be a large, pro-Spinks crowd."Look at my record," Karmazin responded defiantly. "I have fought boxers from all over the world, most in their home countries and I defeated all of them but one (a disputed decision against future world champion Javier Castillejo in his home country of Spain)."My message to Spinks and the people of St. Louis is simple. I am Roman ‘Made in Hell’ Karmazin, the IBF junior middleweight champion of the world. I will fight any time, any place, anywhere, and I will never back down. And when you’re done with me, you’re going to feel like you’ve been to hell and back."
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