Heavyweight boxing hasn’t been kind to Steve “USS” Cunningham (27-6, 12 KO’s), but despite his setbacks, the former IBF cruiserweight world champion returns Saturday night to face Natu “The Truth” Visinia (10-0, 8 KO’s), a 30 year old rookie out of Lakewood, California. The scheduled 10 round contest headlines the latest edition of NBC’s Fight Night with former USNBC and NABF … [Read more...]
Steve Cunningham Returns in October, Matched Against 10-Fight Pro
Steve "USS" Cunningham's run in the heavyweight divisions has been a lot more successful than many tend to acknowledge. Since moving up in weight, the former cruiserweight world champ has gone 3-2, but that record is a bit deceiving. Of his two heavyweight defeats, his split decision loss to Tomasz Adamek was widely panned by fans and media. And even in his seventh round TKO … [Read more...]
Cinnamon Toast…Robbery?: This is boxing’s Sunday Brunch
Hello team and welcome to another episode of the Sunday Brunch super show! This week we are squirting the titties of truth with the super soaker of righteousness as we break down and analyze some of the more interesting things that happened this week in the crazy world of boxing. On tap for today, we will be chopping up the Texas scoring controversy, the Trout/Canelo mash-up, … [Read more...]
Fury entertains in US debut with KO win over Cunningham
Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, New York-- Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KOs) remained undefeated with a seventh round stoppage of former two-time cruiserweight champ, Steve Cunningham (25-6, 12 KOs), but it wasn't the one-sided blowout Fury had been predicting for his U.S. debut. Early on, the smaller Cunningham, who gave away 44 pounds in weight and twelve years in age, … [Read more...]
Tyson Fury vs. Steve Cunningham: The Boxing Tribune Preview
Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden, Irish heavyweight Tyson Fury (20-0, 14 KO's) makes his U.S. debut when he meets Steve "USS" Cunningham (25-5, 12 KO's) in the main event of NBC Sports “Fight Night” broadcast. The bout, billed as an IBF heavyweight title eliminator, will determine the number two contender with the victor to possibly meet the winner of the upcoming … [Read more...]