Antonio Tarver vs. Steve Cunningham

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  1. CST80

    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    :shock: Wow I hadn't voted yet, that's a pretty huge lead Cunningham has. Not sure why Milk Dud is getting so little love here, oh well....I voted Tarver by KO.
     
  2. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh!

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    Unlike Hopkins has his power to go along with that skill though. :yep
     
  3. CzarChristoph

    CzarChristoph Active Member Full Member

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    Why does Cunningham fight as a Heavyweight? For the $?
    He comes in weighing around 205-210lbs usually, surely he could cut that and just make Cruiserweight where he'd be more effective?
     
  4. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    Yeah, same reason his old rival Adamek did. :verysad
     
  5. CzarChristoph

    CzarChristoph Active Member Full Member

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    Crusierweight is a very European division, it's a shame that the US doesn't pay it more attention. One of my favourite weight classes with some big punchers and exciting fighters in it.... But I guess the best American 200lber is BJ Flores or Roy Jones Jr, lol.
     
  6. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    I'd have loved to see a Cunningham vs. Adamek trilogy or tetralogy @ 200lbs. Both could have cemented themselves as ATG's at the weight, if they weren't so greedy.
     
  7. Limerickbox

    Limerickbox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cunningham is too strong/fit and young for Tarver.

    He's going to wear him down
     
  8. theanatolian

    theanatolian Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Imagine CW division with Adamek, Gomez, Haye, Jirov, Cunningham permanently staying there and constantly fighting each other.
     
  9. Aint no stoppin

    Aint no stoppin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    possible but you also have to see that cunningham has been in more wars then tarver. tarver preserved himself thats why he can still compete at this age
     
  10. Limerickbox

    Limerickbox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Isn't greedy kind of a harsh term?

    If you could move to another department st work and make more money for basically the same work, wouldn't you?
     
  11. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    Yeah. And I guess if a top surgeon decided that saving the lives of children with heart defects was boring and he wanted to start up a pyramid scheme and make more money, that would be copacetic, too, huh?

    Fact is, both of them had loyal fan bases who desperately wanted them both to stay at CW (even though Adamek started at LHW) and cement their legacies there. Instead they both chased the $$$ at HW, completely ignoring their fans' wishes.
     
  12. Limerickbox

    Limerickbox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Umm, I didn't realise fighting at cruiserweight was the equivalent to saving children

    Only child Cunningham needs to worry about is the very sick one hes a father of, and his priority should be making as much money as possible for her to get treated
     
  13. CST80

    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    You're such a nitpicking little broad Limerickbox, who gives a s***
     
  14. Limerickbox

    Limerickbox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nitpicking???

    The guy has a daughter who requires a heart transplant and people are wondering why he didn't stay at cruiser and make peanuts, because apparently his hordes of fans wanted it??

    You complete toolbag!
     
  15. IntentionalButt

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    He was a world champ at Cruiser and there were decent enough paydays to be had there (Huck II, Adamek II, Ross II, Diablo III all would've been very lucrative) and they would've done a lot more for his legacy than Gavern/Quezada/Mansour/Visinia. Invalid excuse.