Fury-Cunningham

By 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.

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By Lee Smith: British Heavyweight Contender Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) defeated American Steve Cunningham 25-6 by 7th round KO last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York, to further stake a claim for a World Title Shot.

Despite a lot of people criticizing Fury for his sloppy performance in the opening rounds I think he deserves a lot more credit that he is getting. In fact both fighter deserve credit for putting on a fight which was probably the most entertaining heavyweight fight in years. With two contenders going toe-to-toe from the off and neither wanting to win a boring fight on points.

The fight swung one way then the other. It had knockdowns, point deductions, two fighters who wanted to win and most of all the one thing boxing fans want from a heavyweight fighter…A knock out victory.

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By Tom Drury: I have followed boxing all my life from amateur bouts to the pro level. In my opinion boxing is the sport of all sports and the men that participate are lions, fearless competitors and athletes of the highest order. I have many personal favorites; Floyd “Money” Mayweather is my all time favorite, closely followed by “Sugar” Ray Robinson.

Other favorites of mine include Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez, “Iron” Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Andre Ward, Bernard Hopkins, Carl Froch, Muhammad Ali, Adrien Broner, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Nonito Donaire, “Sugar” Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran, Edwin Valero, Wladimir Klitschko, Vitali Klitschko and the great Cuban amateur legend Felix Savon.

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By Mark Calooke: Tonight, unbeaten Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) vs. Steve Cunningham (25-6, 12 KO’s) was heavyweight boxing at its best. Toe to toe big, big punches, knock downs, knock outs and grit.

Steve Cunningham has had 8 world title fights and never been stopped. He certainly was Tyson Fury’s biggest test to date. But Tyson Fury was to good for the veteran.

Although Fury was the better boxer. Cunningham did have moments of brilliance. A big right hook in the second round saw big Tyson Fury sink to the canvas. it was a tremendous shot and the kind that could smash down walls. Cunningham, the underdog, looked like he had been given the pot of gold. But Fury got back up and recovered quickly.

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by Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight contender Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) had to get up off the deck to stop the much, much smaller 210 lb. Steve Cunningham (25-6, 12 KO’s) in the 7th round on Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden, New York.

The end came when Fury trapped Cunningham against the ropes and shoved him hard when he attempted to escape. Fury then nailed Cunningham with a short right uppercut followed by a nice right hook that put Cunningham down on the canvas for the 10 round.

In the 2nd round, Cunningham dropped Fury with a peach of a right hand to the head that put Fury down on his backside. Unfortunately for Cunningham, he wasn’t able to finish Fury off because he was too tired to throw more than a handful of punches. Had it been a normal sized heavyweight with better stamina than the heavily muscled Cunningham, Fury likely would have been stopped in that round.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Taking a page out of the playbook of Audley Harrison, unbeaten heavyweight contender/prospect Tyson Fury (20-0, 14 KO’s) is saying he’ll retire if things don’t work out his way tonight against the 210 pound Steve Cunningham (25-5, 12 KO’s) at the Madison Square Garden Theater, in New York, New York, USA.

It’s not as if Fury doesn’t have everything stacked in his favor. His promoter picked out a fighter that is in his mid-30s and who has fought as a cruiserweight for most of his career until recently. Fury has a 44 pound weight advantage and he’s younger by 12 years and 7 inches taller. This is called very, very careful match-making to make sure that Fury stays unbeaten long enough to get put in with one of the Klitschkos.

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(Photo Credits to: Rich Graessle/Main Events) By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated heavyweight contender Tyson Fury (20-0, 14 KO’s) weighed in on Friday for his fight tomorrow night against 36-year-old Steve Cunningham (25-5, 12 KO’s) at the Madison Square Garden Theater, in New York, New York, USA.

This is a an IBF Heavyweight Title Eliminator for the #2 Spot. Although it’s now questionable whether Fury – if he wins – will bother moving forward towards a fight against IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko because it’ll require for Fury to take on unbeaten #1 IBF Kubrat Pulev to earn the mandatory spot and there’s already talk that Fury will look to take the safer route by going after the winner of the Chris Arreola vs. Bermane Stiverne fight to try and become the mandatory challenger to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, who could be retiring this year.

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(Photo Credits to: Rich Graessle/Main Events) By Thomas Cowan: Unbeaten British heavyweight Tyson Fury faces two-time cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham at Madison Sqaure Garden on Saturday night in an IBF eliminator for the #2 spot. This is Fury’s biggest test in his career so far because Cunningham’s got lightning fast hand speed and is excellent defensively but in my opinion he does lack power.

I’ve been very surprised about the amount of criticism coming Fury’s way for picking out Cunningham as his opponent. Fury made it clear he wanted to face an American heavyweight and I don’t really see any better options.

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