Thirty days away from their world middleweight championship bout, champion Jermain Taylor weighed 174 pounds, which is within WBC guidelines. Not surprisingly, the smaller Cory “The Next Generation” Spinks also passed the WBC requirement. Spinks, who is the reigning IBF champion in the 154-pound category, scaled in at 168 ¾ pounds today at Don King Productions headquarters in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Spinks is moving up to middleweight to challenge Taylor at the FedExForum in  Memphis, Tenn., on May 19 in a match televised on HBO’s World Championship Boxing at 10:15 p.m. ET/7:15 p.m. PT. WBC rules require all fighters to be within 10 percent of the contracted weight 30 days prior to championship matches, which in this case means 176 pounds. “I feel good,” Spinks said.  “I’m right where I need to be and I’m really looking forward to this fight.” source: DiBella Entertainment & DKP