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03/10/2009 Archived Entry: "Deandre Latimore Tired of Waiting on World Title Shot"
Junior Middleweight Deandre Latimore Tired of Waiting on World Title Shot, Plans to Make Spinks Pay!
Press Release
LAS VEGAS, NV (March 10, 2009) “I’m tired of this waiting, I’m a prize fighter not some dude working in a restaurant serving food” said Deandre "THE BULL" Latimore after a morning run in Las Vegas. “Every day I’m in the gym here in Vegas and when we finally get in the ring I’m going to take out all my anger over this waiting out on Cory Spinks, he’s going to pay for these delays” said the St. Louis native.
The cross-town showdown between junior middleweight Latimore and former world champion Spinks for the vacant IBF Junior Middleweight title has been in the works for months but no date has been set. The IBF has ordered the title fight between Spinks and Latimore, who are ranked #3 and #5 respectively, which is set to take place in St. Louis.
Training in Las Vegas with Kenny Adams since his ESPN2 knockout of Sechew Powell last June, Latimore has grown weary of the delays.
“We’ve wanted this fight since last summer, then they made it for the title when Verno Phillips vacated. I fought eleven times in 2006 the year I turned pro, eight times in 2007 and now I’ve been off nine months and I’m very upset about this.”
The 23 year old Latimore carries a record of 19-1-0 (16KO’s). Growing up on the mean streets of South Side St. Louis he always knew about the older Spinks who was raised on the North Side.
“It was never personal but it is now, all this making me wait. Maybe where he comes from it’s cool to fight once or twice a year, but I want to fight four or five times a year. I’m ready to show the folks back home who the boss of St. Louis is and then I want to prove it to the rest of the division.”
Latimore is managed by Jerry Giuliano’s Sandman Boxing Management LLC and promoted by DiBella Entertainment and Rumble Time Promotions of St. Louis..
