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NABA Light Weight Champion
Dorin "The Destroyer" Spivey
Coach John Hunter
Training Sites:
Waering's Gym, V.B.
Seven Cities Boxing, V.B.
Bushido Martial Arts, Portsmouth
Won 36 (KO 29) + Lost 6 (KO 1) + Drawn 0 = 43
Name: Dorin Spivey
Birth Name: Dorin Wendell Spivey
Nationality: US American
Hometown: Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
Born: 1973-04-18
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 5′ 6″
NABA Website
http://www.nabasite.com/main1.htm
North American Boxing Association (NABA) interim champion Bahamian Meacher Major ‘Pain’ pictured on the right in the gold trunks
takes a right hand to the head from American Dorin Spivey during their 10 round title fight in Buffalo, New York
on Saturday. Spivey won the title by fourth round TKO
Major 'Pain' Losses NABA Lightweight Title To Spivey
Veteran Dorin Spivey of Portsmith, VA captured the NABA lightweight title with a fourth round stoppage against Bahamian Meacher Major ‘Pain’ on Saturday
Veteran Dorin Spivey of Portsmith, VA captured the NABA lightweight title with a fourth round stoppage against Bahamian Meacher Major ‘Pain’ on Saturday night in Buffalo, New York.
Spivey now (36-6, 29 KOs) dropped Major who fell to (16-4-1), twice in round two, the second one just before the bell sounded.
Both boxers fought a spirited third round, trading bombs on each other and taking turns shaking the other one up. In the fourth, Spivey unloaded a booming right hand that hurt 28-year old Major and after a flurry of unanswered punches referee Charlie Fitch called off the action at :52 into the round.
The 36-year-old Spivey was very emotional after the win. "I am on cloud nine right now, it's like a dream for me. I have had so many ups and downs in my career; so much frustration and jerked around so much. The difference now is that I have a team that believes in me."
Spivey was working with Pernell Whitaker but now has veteran John Hunter as his coach and he feels this will get him on track. "I am in the best shape I have ever been in and this was the biggest win of my career and I needed it," said Spivey.
Major is expected to return to The Bahamas on Monday and will speak with the local media on where he fell short in the fight.
From Fightnews.com
Veteran Dorin Spivey of Portsmith, VA captured the NABA lightweight title with a fourth round stoppage against Meacher Major of the Bahamas. Spivey (36-6, 29 KOs) dropped Major (16-4-1), twice in round two, the second one just before the bell sounded. Both boxers fought a spirited third round, trading bombs on each other and taking turns shaking the other one up. In the fourth, Spivey unloaded a booming right hand that hurt Major and after a flurry of unanswered punches referee Charlie Fitch rightfully called off the action at :52.
The 36-year-old Spivey was very emotional after the win. “I am on cloud nine right now, it’s like a dream for me. I have had so many ups and downs in my career; so much frustration and jerked around so much. The difference now is that I have a team that believes in me.” Spivey was working with Pernell Whitaker but now has veteran John Hunter as his coach and he feels this will get him on track. “I am in the best shape I have ever been in and this was the biggest win of my career and I needed it,” said Spivey.
Lightweight Dorin Spivey, 35, has a 34-5-1 record. He is scheduled for a July 2 fight on ESPN2. (L. Todd Spencer file photo | The Virginian-Pilot)
Portsmouth boxer Dorin Spivey hopes new manager will pay off
By Ed MillerThe Virginian-Pilot © May 31, 2008 Dorin Spivey is under new management.
The lightweight boxer from Portsmouth has signed a three-year deal with Pat Nelson, an Ohio-based manager who has pledged to get Spivey's stalled career moving again. The 35-year-old with the 34-5-1 record has not fought in nearly 18 months.
"At this point, with the clock ticking, Dorin needs a big fight," Nelson said. "I'm going to get him some opportunities."
Spivey's heard that before, but he thinks that this time his career is in the hands of someone who has the connections to deliver.
"I've been jerked around and back and forth with a lot of these guys," he said. "I did my homework, and I think it's going to work this time."
Spivey could write a book about the seamy side of boxing. He's had bouts cancelled at the last minute, trained for weeks to fight one opponent only to learn he'd be facing another, and arrived in Las Vegas to discover he'd be fighting outside in 110-degree heat instead of an air-conditioned casino. Last month, a scheduled bout in Richmond fell through when the entire card was cancelled two days before the show.
Spivey, who has managed himself recently, thinks Nelson is positioned to get him into contention in the lightweight division.
Nelson manages 20 fighters, including North American Boxing Association lightweight champion Verquan Kimbrough and former NABF lightweight champ Michael Clark, a contestant on "The Contender" TV series. Nelson said the plan is for Spivey to face Clark on July 2 in West Virginia on ESPN2, with the winner meeting Kimbrough for the NABA title later in the year. The NABA is a division of the World Boxing Association.
"He's only one or two wins away from falling into something nice," Nelson said.
It's a position Spivey has been in before, but he's been unable to get over the hump.
In his last bout, which he called one of the low points of his career, he lost a decision to Dean White, a fighter he had knocked out eight years earlier.
Spivey has stayed in training since, working out at Wareing's Gym in Virginia Beach, and said he won't have trouble getting to 135 pounds for whoever he faces next.
The sooner the better.
Ed Miller, 446-2372 or ed.miller@pilotonline.com
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