Steve Cunningham

By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham (25-5, 12 KO’s) isn’t too happy about being on the receiving end of a controversial 12 round split decision loss to Tomasz Adamek (48-2, 29 KO’s) last night at the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

The decision by two of the judges to give Adamek the fight by the scores of 115-113 and 116-112, has really shaken up the boxing world because few people saw Adamek winning that fight and it’s pretty bad when you have judges that go against the mainstream opinion like in this fight. One of the judges gave Cunningham the fight by a 115-113 score, but his pick was cancelled out by the other two judges.

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By Dan Ambrose: Steve Cunningham is pretty upset after losing a controversial 12 round split decision tonight against a popular Tomasz Adamek in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Cunningham out-landed Adamek by a huge 220 to 169 margin, according to RingTV, but that wasn’t good enough for two of the judges, who scored the decision to Adamek by the scores of 116-112 and 115-112, while the third judge had it 115-113 for Cunningham.

I thought Cunningham did more than enough to win the fight, as he landed the harder shots and was able to keep away Adamek to avoid a lot of his return fire.

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By Scott Gilfoid: In one of the worst decisions I’ve ever seen in my life, Tomasz Adamek (48-2, 29 KO’s) pulled out an ugly, ugly 12 round split decision tonight over Steve Cunningham (25-5, 12 KO’s) in an IBF #2 heavyweight eliminator fight.

WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward was watching the fight, and he had it for Cunningham, saying on his twitter “Cunningham won the fight. Check those score cards.”
The scorecards that Ward was referring to were the ones that were given by two of the judges, who scored it 116-112 and 115-113 for Adamek.

I had Cunningham winning the fight by 9 rounds to 3. It was a pretty lopsided fight as far as I’m concerned. He totally dominated the slow moving, slow punching Adamek. I don’t know what happened with the judges, but no way did Adamek win this fight. He may have been given the by two people, but pretty much the rest of the boxing world saw it as a victory for Cunningham.

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(Photo Credit: Rich Graessle) By Allan Fox: IBF North American heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek (47-2, 29 KO’s) weighed in on Friday for his fight tomorrow night against Steven Cunningham (25-4, 12 KO’s) at the Sands Casino Resort, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Adamek, 36, weighed in at a chunky 223 pounds.

Compared to the lean 203 pound Cunningham, Adamek looked kind of blocky, like he’s carrying too much weight for his small frame. Adamek has been fighting in the neighborhood of 216 pounds for most of his fights since moving up to the heavyweight division in 2009. However, the extra six pounds that Adamek has put on recently starting in March has him looking slower but without any real power gain.

Cunningham, 36, looked really in shape at 203 lbs, and even though he’s giving up 20 pounds in weight, Cunningham looked like the bigger fighter because his weight is all useful muscle rather than fat like what Adamek is carrying around.

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By Ian Aldous: On December 22nd, Steve ‘U.S.S’ Cunningham (25-4) continues his ascent of the heavyweight division when he faces Tomasz Adamek (47-2) for the IBF North American heavyweight title live on NBC network TV from 4pm ET. The former world cruiserweight champions will collide in a rematch four years after their FOTY candidate. This week Steve took some time to talk with me about the fight and his move to the heavyweight division.

Following two close but unsuccessful fights with the current IBF cruiserweight champion, Yoan Pablo Hernandez in late 2011 (controversial technical decision) and early 2012 (tight unanimous decision), Steve Cunningham chose to leave the division he has been such a staple of for so long and move up to heavyweight. After so many years of comfortably making the 200lbs limit, the move hasn’t affected his training too much.

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By Dan Ambrose: With Odlanier Solis recently following out of their scheduled December 22nd fight, heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek (47-2, 29 KO’s) will now be facing 36-year-old former IBF cruiserweight champion Steven Cunningham (25-4, 12 KO’s) in a rematch on December 22nd at the Sands Casino Resort, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Like most of Adamek’s fights, he’s got a clear advantage over Cunningham going into the fight due to Cunningham having lost two out of his last three fights and more importantly fighting for only the second time as a heavyweight.

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