Steve Cunningham

Weights: Tarver 217, Cunningham 204; Huck 199, Glowacki 198

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150813_Weighins_896(Photo credit: Ed Diller/DiBella Entertainment) By Jim Dower: Former light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver (31-6, 22 KOs) weighed in on Thursday for his fight at heavyweight this Friday night against former IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham (28-7, 13 KOs) in their fight on Premier Boxing Champions on Spike TV at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. Tarver weighed in at a soft-looking 217lbs. For his part, Cunningham was a trim 204lbs, and looked more like a cruiserweight than a heavyweight.

Tarver, ##9 WBA, is hoping to get in line for a world title shot against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in 2016. Cunningham, #6 IBF, is ranked a little higher than Tarver, but both of these guys are going to need to count on the 39-year-old Wladimir picking them out in a voluntary defense if they want to get a world title shot next year. Neither of them is going to get pushed up to the No.1 rankings by the IBF or WBA based on what they do in this fight on Friday night.

Tarver-Cunningham & Huck- Glowacki this Friday on Spike TV

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tarver4By Dan Ambrose: Former light heavyweight world champion Antonio Tarver (31-6, 22 KOs) will be trying to put himself into position for a world title fight this Friday night when he faces former IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham (28-6, 13 KOs) in heavyweight action on Premier Boxing Champions on Spike TV from the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey.

Steve Cunningham talks about world heavyweight title eliminator against Vyacheslav Glazkov

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cunningham32By Ian Aldous: Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham (28-6) is currently preparing for one of the biggest opportunities the two-time former world cruiserweight champion has earned in his career. On March 14th he will face Vyacheslav Glazkov (19-0-1) in a final eliminator for the IBF world heavyweight championship, currently held by Wladimir Klitschko. The fight will act as the co-main event to the epic Kovalev vs. Pascal unified world light-heavyweight title fight live on HBO from the Bell Centre in Montreal. A week after the bout was announced – Steve took some time to chat with me over the phone.

At the press conference announcing the fight, one of the topics that Cunningham spoke excitedly about was the fact that he’ll finally get the chance to showcase his skills on HBO. The premium U.S television network is the destination of choice for so many fighters and the thirty-eight year-old is no exception to that rule. “It means a lot, you know. It means that you’re good, they not just putting any bum on HBO.

Steve Cunningham vs. Vyacheslav Glazkov the co-feature on Kovalev-Pascal card on March 14th

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cunningham32By Dan Ambrose: The March 14th fight card headlined by Sergey Kovalev vs Jean Pascal will have a heavyweight match between #6 WBC, #9 WBO, #12 WBA Vyacheslav Glazkov (19-0-1, 12 KOs) and #4 IBF, #14 WBO, #14 WBA Steve Cunningham (28-6, 13 KOs) as the co-feature bout at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

This is kind of disappointing because there was talk about a match between light heavyweight contenders Artur Beterbiev and Isaac Chilemba potentially taking place on the card, and that’s a much better fight than Cunningham-Glazkov. Beterbiev has the potential to be a future world champion at light heavyweight.

Steve Cunningham dissects his stirring win over Amir Mansour

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By Ian Aldous: Three weeks ago, Steve ‘USS ‘Cunningham (27-6) faced the ominous task of beating, the then undefeated, Amir ‘Hardcore’ Mansour (20-1) and staying relevant in the heavyweight division. A gut-check win in an exciting bout on the NBCSN televised fight-card from his hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was exactly what he and the fight fans got. It gives him as much chance as any heavyweight contender of getting a shot at heavyweight kingpin and ruler, Wladimir Klitschko. This past week, the experienced veteran of the sport took some time to talk with me over the phone about the fight and what lies ahead for him.

Cunningham beats Mansour; Curtis Stevens stops Tureano Johnson

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Larry Levanti/Main Events) By Jim Dower: Former two time world champion Steve “USS” Cunningham (27-6, 12 KO’s) got up off the canvas twice in the 5th round to come back to defeat 41-year-old Amir Mansour (20-1, 15 KO’s) on Friday night to come back and get the win at the Liacouras Center, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The final judges scored were 97-90, 95-92, 95-92. Cunningham knocked Mansour down with a right hand in the 10th round to seal the victory.

In the 5th round, Cunningham was knocked down twice by Mansour after getting hit with right hands. Cunningham had dominated the first 4 rounds with his jab and long reach against the 6’1″ Mansour. But in the 5th, Cunningham made a mistake of getting too close to the hard hitting Mansour, and he took a big right hand that put him on the canvas. Cunningham was badly hurt after he got back to his feet and was quickly dropped again for a second time. However, Stevens was able to survive the remaining seconds of the round to get out of it.

Mansour’s left eye swelled up in the later rounds, and he also had swelling around his right eye. Cunningham was cut over his left eye in the 2nd round after getting caught with a big shots.

Tyson Fury to have Steve Cunningham as sparring partner to get ready for Haye

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fury3By Scott Gilfoid: 37-year-old former IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham (25-6, 12 KO’s) will be joining unbeaten British/Irish heavyweight Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) to work as sparring partner to get the 6’9” fighter ready for his September 28th fight against David Haye (26-2, 24 KO’s) at the Manchester Arena in the UK, according to Fightnews.

Cunningham will be joining Fury’s other two sparring partners 38-year-old Michael Sprott and Dillian Whyte to try and get him ready for what he’s going to be facing in the ring against the faster, stronger, and much more experienced Haye on September 28th.

The word is that Fury’s team is also interested in having American cruiserweight Eddie Chambers come over to work as a sparring partner as well.

A Look Back On Last Weeks Boxing

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fury54By Shane Newsome: With a heavy schedule of fights on both sides of the pond its easy for a fight or a whole fight card to have been missed by a casual boxing fan recently and could be forgiven, and if this is the site you use for all you boxing news (which for a lot of people that may be the case) then its too easy to get drawn in by a bias writers opinion of a fight.

Starting in Blackpool, Lancashire, UK and the main event on this card between Brian Rose (23-1-1) and Joachim Alcine (33-4-1) here was a case of a European level fighter in Brian Rose attempting to begin to build a bridge towards world level and for this he picked a once formidable opponent in former WBA Light-Middleweight Champion Joachim Alcine, Rose acquitted himself well in a relatively uneventful (in comparison to the other fights on the night) fight and walked away with a win via a 12th round TKO.

Austin Trout and Steve Cunningham: Fantastic Losers

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trout888By Michael Byrne: Austin Trout and Steve Cunningham were both on the losing side on Saturday night, with Trout losing his ‘0’ and USS finding himself glued to the canvas. However, they can both draw some big positives from their losses. Both men spoke well in their ring interviews after their defeats: Trout was incredibly humble, and Cunningham was honest and accepting.

Trout could have complained about the ‘hometown’ judging, especially the 118-109 verdict, but instead decided to accept his defeat and praise Canelo. Presumably, he is not sat at home looking for a ‘man-in-the-hat’ on the replays. Cunningham could have complained about Tyson Fury being anything but gentlemanly, but instead managed to make Fury look even more dishonorable by showing how a gentleman really should act.

Tyson Fury: I took Steve into a dog fight, and he couldn’t hack it.

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fury3By Daniel Mcglinchey: Heavyweight Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) knocked out Steve Cunningham (25-6, 12 KO’s) in brutal fashion on Saturday in the 7th round.

This was a below par performance by Tyson Fury’s standards, and I think it mainly came down to the absence of the man who transformed his career his Uncle/Trainer Peter Fury, who had visa problems stopping him from entering the US. at the last minute.

Tyson seemed to go out there and plant his feet, drop his hands and fight with his heart rather than control the ring, use his jab and fight with his head much like he did against Kevin Johnson (28-3, 13 KO’s).

In my eyes Tyson won the first round fairly comfortably but lost concentration by taunting and talking to Steve and ultimately In round 2 Tyson was caught with a wild right and hit the canvas, unaffected he collected himself and rose back to his feet.