By Mark Vester
The is proposed fight between Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (36-0, 24KOs) and Cory Spinks (35-3, 11KOs) appear to be a done deal, according to many in the industry and the trainer of Spinks.
Several weeks ago, we reported here that Spinks and Mayweather were in talks for a an upcoming fight. Although Team Mayweather stated that Spinks would likley fall as Floyd's February opponent, Kevin Cunningham, Sr. who trains Spinks, was confident the fight would land in November.
The date is November 4, on HBO pay-per-view, in Las Vegas. Mayweather will be moving up to the junior middleweight division to attempt to win his fifth world title in his fifth weight class when he challenges Spinks for his IBF junior middleweight title.
In an interview with St. Louis Dispatch, Kevin Cunningham told the paper that both fighters have signed the contracts and ready to march towards November 4.
"This is big. Cory's ready to take his career to the next level. Everyone says Mayweather's the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. This is one of the biggest fights in boxing outside the heavyweight division," said Cunningham to the Dispatch.
According to Cunningham, the IBF sanctioned the fight on Tuesday, and the only thing left to do is for Spinks' promoter Don King to officially announce the fight.
"And they don't approve a championship fight unless all the contracts have been signed. It's 99 percent done. The one percent is Don announcing when the press conference will be," Cunningham said.
