By Jason Kim: The proposed cruiserweight tournament could take place in 2011 but instead of having six participants, it’s possibly going to be only four, according Dan Rafael of ESPN. The fighters that will possibly be taking part in the tournament are Steve Cunningham, Marco Huck, Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, Guillermo Jones or Steve Herelius. The cruiserweight champions are currently getting their mandatory title defenses out of the way before the tournament begins. Huck recently defeated Denis Lebedev by a highly questionable 12 round decision in Germany. Cunningham has a title defense against Enad Licina on January 22nd. Wlodarczyk defends his WBC title against Francisco Palacios in April.
Steve Cunningham
Why didn’t Danny Green go after Huck, Lebedev or Cunningham instead of Flores?
By Jim Slattengren: While I think Danny Green (30-3, 27 KO’s) is an excellent fighter, I’m not pleased to learn that he’s taking on BJ Flores (24-0-1, 15 KO’s) in his next fight on November 17th, in Sydney, Australia. That’s a step up for Green, no doubt. But that’s not a big enough step for me, especially after watching Green’s last fight against Paul Briggs.
Can the cruiserweight Super Six succeed?
By William Mackay: Promotional company Sauerland Events is interested in putting together a cruiserweight Super Six tournament with the similar idea as Showtime’s Super Six tournament for super middleweights. In this case, Sauerland is picking the cruiserweight division, one of the weakest in all of boxing to showcase six lucky fighters. The fighters that have been mentioned for the tournament are as follows: Danny Green, Steve Cunningham, Enzo Maccarinelli, Krsysztof Wlodarczyk, Marco Huck and Yoan Pablo Hernandez. I’m not sure this will work as well as the existing Super Six tournament because there’s only one American involved rather than two. I noticed that there are two German based fighters in Sauerland’s proposed cruiserweight tournament with Huck and Hernandez.
Cunningham vs. Ross on Saturday
By Jim Dower: Cruiserweight contender Steve Cunningham (22-2, 11 KO’s) will be fighting Troy Ross (23-1, 16 KO’s) on Saturday night for the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) title on the undercard of the middleweight title bout between IBF middleweight champion Sebastian Sylvester vs. challenger Roman Karmazin at the Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Cunningham Defeats Braithwaite
By Jason Kim: In a battle between former cruiserweight champions, Steve Cunningham (22-2, 11 KO’s) defeated Wayne Braithwaite (23-4, 19 KO’s) by a 12-round unanimous decision in an International Boxing Federation cruiserweight title Eliminator bout on Saturday night on the under card of the Joseph Agbeko vs. Vic Darchinyan bout at the BankAtlandtic Center, in Sunrise, Florida.
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Former IBF World Cruiserweight Champion, Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham gives his view on this weekend’s big battle at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester between Wales’ Enzo ‘Big Mac’ Maccarinelli and American-based Brit Ola
‘Kryptonite’ Afolabi for the interim WBO Title.
Munroe Defeats Martinez; Cunningham Praises Adamek’s Victory – News
Friday night at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England, promoter Frank Maloney put on a fight card headlined by European super bantam champion Rendall Munroe’s dangerous defense against Kiko Martinez in a rematch. Martinez ruthlessly attacked the southpaw champion in the early rounds, forcing Munroe to weather the storm and bide his time until the hard punching Spaniard started to slow down.
Cunningham-Braithwaite; Darchinyan Defeats Arce, Nakash Destroys Carrol – News
Former cruiserweight king, Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham, is close to securing his first opponent, Guyana’s Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite, in his quest to regain the IBF cruiserweight crown he lost, by a close split decision, to Tomasz ‘Goral’ Adamek last December.
Fury Wants Fight With Sexton; Arce-Darchinyan, Cunningham – News
Unbeaten heavyweight phenomenon Tyson Fury has already set his sights on the man he hopes will be his next opponent. The 6 feet 8 ½ inch 20 year old is scheduled for his third pro fight in Norwich on February 28th when he appears on the undercard of local hero, Jon Thaxton’s first defence of his European Lightweight title.
Cunningham-Maccarinelli, Gomez-Klitschko, Margarito-Mosley – News
HBO Sports rings in the new year with a red-hot welterweight championship showdown between two world-class performers on WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: ANTONIO MARGARITO VS. SHANE MOSLEY, presented live SATURDAY, JAN. 24 (10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT) from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, exclusively on HBO. The WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING team will be ringside for the event, which will be presented in HDTV and in Spanish on HBO Latino.