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GL: I spoke with Papa Trinidad last night. He eliminated Oscar De La Hoya as an option for Felix Trinidad. He said there are many other fighters more worthy of the shot at Trinidad. I brought up your name and he acknowledged that it would be a big fight, and he said it's a potential fight for them. Cory, how do you feel about Trinidad's comments? "First of all, I want to congratulate Trinidad on his spectacular win last Saturday night. Second of all, I'd like to get a shot at one of the greatest fighters of my era, which is Tito Trinidad. I think he's one of the greatest fighters of my era and I'd love to test my skills against him. He's a hall of famer and I think it would be great to test my skills against someone on his level."
GL: It seems like there's a possibility this fight can come off. A lot of people might look at the fight and say, 'Cory might be biting off more than he could with this one.'
Cory Spinks: "If you go back and check the 1997 National Golden Gloves Champion at welterweight, it was me. I won the gloves in 97 as a welterweight, I've been here a long time. My body is maturing and I'm getting a lot stronger and making welterweight is getting a lot harder. I'll eventually be a junior middleweight anyway. Tito just came in at 157, I'd come in at 155 at the most and do my thang. I think I'm one of the best boxers in the business and everyone knows that, but I just feel that I deserve a shot at the superfights like this one."
"I beat everybody my promoter put in front of me and I think I've earned the right to be in a superfight and Tito is that fight. We're both with Don King. Me and my manager work with Don on pretty much anything he wants to do, so I think we deserve a shot at Felix Trinidad. This is the number one fight on my list and this is the fight we want to make.
"Trinidad-Spinks is HUGE G. We're two of the biggest names in boxing so it can't be nothing other than a great fight. The only other fights I really want are Kostya Tszyu and Mayweather. Mayweather just runs off at the mouth he doesn't want to fight me, and Kostya Tszyu might not get past Sharmba Mitchell. We're ready to move on to bigger and better things, right now Tito is the man and I want to get a shot at the man right now.
GL: Do these new developments push the Zab Judah rematch, which many have spoken about for quite some time on the backburner, or was it already on the backburner before anything with Tito kicked off?
Cory Spinks: "Greg, we're going for big money fights. Zab Judah is not a big money fight. Need I say more? I want to be Trinidad's next opponent in New York. My father and uncle were big in New York, I loved to fight in New York and I think it would be off the chain for real.
GL: It seems like there's a possibility this fight can come off. A lot of people might look at the fight and say, 'Cory might be biting off more than he could with this one.'
Cory Spinks: "If you go back and check the 1997 National Golden Gloves Champion at welterweight, it was me. I won the gloves in 97 as a welterweight, I've been here a long time. My body is maturing and I'm getting a lot stronger and making welterweight is getting a lot harder. I'll eventually be a junior middleweight anyway. Tito just came in at 157, I'd come in at 155 at the most and do my thang. I think I'm one of the best boxers in the business and everyone knows that, but I just feel that I deserve a shot at the superfights like this one."
"I beat everybody my promoter put in front of me and I think I've earned the right to be in a superfight and Tito is that fight. We're both with Don King. Me and my manager work with Don on pretty much anything he wants to do, so I think we deserve a shot at Felix Trinidad. This is the number one fight on my list and this is the fight we want to make.
"Trinidad-Spinks is HUGE G. We're two of the biggest names in boxing so it can't be nothing other than a great fight. The only other fights I really want are Kostya Tszyu and Mayweather. Mayweather just runs off at the mouth he doesn't want to fight me, and Kostya Tszyu might not get past Sharmba Mitchell. We're ready to move on to bigger and better things, right now Tito is the man and I want to get a shot at the man right now.
GL: Do these new developments push the Zab Judah rematch, which many have spoken about for quite some time on the backburner, or was it already on the backburner before anything with Tito kicked off?
Cory Spinks: "Greg, we're going for big money fights. Zab Judah is not a big money fight. Need I say more? I want to be Trinidad's next opponent in New York. My father and uncle were big in New York, I loved to fight in New York and I think it would be off the chain for real.
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