Spinks Remains Undisputed, While Klitschko Falters
LOS ANGELES, CA - Cory Spinks retained the undisputed world welterweight championship with a unanimous decision over former champion Zab Judah on Saturday, while on the same card Wladimir Klitschko suffered another devastating heavyweight defeat.
Spinks surprised many people when he beat Ricardo Mayorga last December to become the undisputed welterweight champion.
Despite a record that improved Saturday to 33-2 (10 KOs), he wasn't considered the best fighter in the division, while Judah was considered a legitimate threat to his belts.
But Spinks got off to a quick start, dropped Judah in the 11th, then got off the canvas himself in the 12th to earn the nod on all three judges' scorecards.
"I got a little relaxed and a little careless," said Spinks. "When I knocked him down I thought I had the fight won."
"He did not surprise me at all," said Judah, who proclaimed the knockdown did not hurt him. "I should have kept after him after I knocked him down in the 12th round."
Chuck Giampa and Dave Moretti scored the bout 114-112, while Doug Tucker had it 116-111.
Judah, fighting as a welterweight for the first time, fell to 30-2 (22 KOs).
Klitschko was stopped in five rounds in his heavyweight bout with Lamon Brewster. With his brother Vitali fighting for the heavyweight title in two weeks, Wladimir Klitschko was hoping to regain his once-prominent position near the top of the division.
He appeared well on his way to doing that against Brewster but was derailed late in the fifth round when a left to the jaw sent Klitschko reeling into the ropes.
Referee Robert Byrd issued a standing eight count, and Klitschko had to survive the final 35 seconds.
He seemed to do so when the fighters tumbled to the canvas as the bell sounded.
But the Ukrainian stumbled getting off the mat, barely regained his feet and wobbled toward his corner, forcing Byrd to step in and wave the fight over.
It was by far the biggest victory of Brewster's career as he improved to 30-2 with his 27th knockout.
"I proved you have to kill me to beat me," said Brewster 30-2 (27
KOs), still excited about a win he adamantly predicted. "I took
everything he could throw."
Klitschko fell to 42-3 and has lost two of his last three fights.
LOS ANGELES, CA - Cory Spinks retained the undisputed world welterweight championship with a unanimous decision over former champion Zab Judah on Saturday, while on the same card Wladimir Klitschko suffered another devastating heavyweight defeat. 
Klitschko was stopped in five rounds in his heavyweight bout with Lamon Brewster. With his brother Vitali fighting for the heavyweight title in two weeks, Wladimir Klitschko was hoping to regain his once-prominent position near the top of the division.