Cory Spinks, Verno Phillips Post Quotes
Post fight comments regarding Verno Phillip's upset split-decision win over Cory Spinks for IBF junior middleweight title, from St. Louis.
IBF JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Attendance: 8,874
CORY SPINKS- "I felt good, just a little rusty that’s all. Verno fought a good fight. He came in to do a job, but I feel I did what I came to do. I am upset with myself. I let myself down.”
VERNO PHILLIPS - “I hit more with my left. They told me not to reach in. He is hard to adapt to. He is sneaky. You lean in, he will hit you with a one-two. I just relied on my experience. I did my best and I am still in the top 10. I had harder shots. I felt like his people were booing him because they felt he didn’t bring it.”
WBC CONTINENTAL AMERCIAS, WBA FEDELATIN SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
DEVON ALEXANDER - “I felt great tonight but I always feel I could have done better. I was happy with the knockdown in the last round, but I would have liked to have had a knockout. St. Louis has a new champion and I am going to stay around. I want to fight for a world championship by the end of the year.
KEVIN CUNNINGHAM (Alexander’s trainer/manager) - “Devon did what he had to do. There is not much you can do when a guy brings his track shoes instead of his boxing shoes. When Callist sat down in the sixth round and fought, Devon shut him out. Then he [Callist] got on his bike.”
MIGUEL CALLIST - "He was a strong man. Besides strong, he was a little younger. I did my best, but he had the home crowd on his side. Yes, I think I did enough to win.”