Editing Cory Spinks (section)

===Losing and regaining the IBF title===
On March 27, 2008, in a fight with [[Verno Phillips]] at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Spinks lost the IBF Junior Middleweight Championship via controversial split decision.

On April 24, 2009, Spinks reclaimed the vacant IBF Junior Middleweight Championship in a close split-decision victory over fellow St. Louis native [[Deandre Latimore]].  Spinks fought back after suffering a 1st round knockdown to win by the scores of 115-112 Spinks, 115-112 Latimore and 114-113 Spinks. The fight was held at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.

On August 7, 2010, after a five-month delay due to scheduling conflicts,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=24028&more=1 |title=Spinks vs Bundrage Postponed| publisher= East Side Boxing|access-date=June 3, 2010}}</ref> Spinks lost the IBF Junior Middleweight Championship in a fight with [[mandatory challenger]] [[Cornelius Bundrage]] at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.  The fight was decided by a [[technical knockout]] in the fifth round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stltoday.com/sports/other/article_4eb293c6-a294-11df-8788-0017a4a78c22.html|title=Cory Spinks knocked out in fifth, loses IBF junior middleweight title| author=Jeremy Rutherford| publisher=stltoday.com|date=August 7, 2010}}</ref>

On January 28, 2012, Spinks defeated Sechew Powell by unanimous decision to become the #1 and mandatory contender for Bundrage's IBF Junior Middleweight Title, his second consecutive victory since coming back from the loss to Bundrage. The fight took place at The Shrine Mosque in Springfield, Missouri.