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Spinks target
I CORY SPINKS, a predictably easy winner over
Miguel Angel Gonzalez last Saturday in Las Vegas,
wants to make a defence in hometown St Louis but
added: "I'll go wherever the money is. I want to see
a big payday. I'm looking for a couple of million, not
just one."
Initially, the idea earlier this year was for Spinks to
box Zab Judah in a rematch in St Louis in December,
but promoter Don King couldn't find the local backing
to make it happen.
After beating Gonzalez, Spinks said he would be
back in Las Vegas in November to watch Kostya
Tszyu defend his world light-welterweight title
against Sharmba Mitchell.

Kenna elbow op
B SOUTHAMPTON manager Jack Bishop rang to say
his heavyweight Colin Kenna is waiting for keyhole
surgery on his right elbow.
"He was in great pain in his last fight against Mark
Krence," explained veteran Bishop.
That was at Reading in May, when Kenna was
forced to retire after three rounds.
"He was told he would need keyhole surgery but
would have to wait up to six months for it to be done
on the NHS. So we're looking at doing it through BUPA
- Colin's family are going to help him.
"Under BUPA, surgery can be done much sooner and
the doctors say the recovery could take only weeks."
After that, the Southampton-based Irishman wants a
rematch with Krence. "Colin said he can definitely beat
him with two arms," added Bishop.
Yet he said it wasn't a boxing injury: "Colin's a bricklayer,
and is lifting things all day. That must be how he
damaged the elbow."

Frazier for Sturm
THE opponent in Leverkusen next Saturday
(September 18) for Felix Sturm, who boxed so well
when losing on points to Oscar De La Hoya in Las
Vegas in June, is upstate New Yorker Robert "Push
Up" Frazier.
Frazier, 30, is a former IBF light-middleweight title
challenger. He lost widely on points to Ronald "Winky"
Wright in October 2001 but there is no disgrace in that
and he is unbeaten in eight since - though could only
draw last time out, in July, against Marcos Primera.
Sturm-Frazier will be for the WBO's Inter-continental
middleweight title.

Tszyu holding up
I REPEATED injuries (Achilles and shoulder) plus
a long layoff make Kostya Tszyu's rematch with
Sharmba Mitchell in November probably the toughest
bout of the Aussie's career.
World light-welterweight champion Tszyu hasn't
boxed since stopping Jesse James Leija in January
2003, so it will be two months shy of two years
when he steps into the ring against Mitchell.
But trainer Johnny Lewis said Kostya, in training
at the Australian Institute of Sports in Canberra, is
being put through his paces and showing no signs
that the injuries or time out of the ring is bothering
him.
"Preparation so far has been superb," said Lewis.
"Kostya's got no problem with the shoulder or foot
and his desire is as great as ever."