Marco HUCK v. Steve CUNNINGHAM - ANALYSIS Thread

Thanks man, I really like Steve, but there are so many key intangibles against him. Everytime Huck hits Steve's guard, the crowd will go nuts. Plus he fights with a lot of hyper energy that will also play in his favor cause it will look like he's doing more even if he is not landing quite as cleanly.

 

this is amazing its the first time ESB CANT DECIDE

maybe the first time ever it's been equal in terms of peoples opinions.

thing is it is either cunninghams running ability is either too slick and too fast for huck...or the other way round huck has too higher workrate and too strong for steve.

cant wait. huck's style maybe perfect for cuningham or maybe huck style is perfect to override cunninghams....

 

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Huck is the stronger fighter. Cunningham is a punch and clutch guy. And he can throw wide slapping punches at times. Huck doesn't clinch much and can explode when he chooses and he is strong late in a fight. I think the KO prop bet on Huck (If the line is right) or the UNDER 11.5 rounds play (+250) may be the way to go. :smoke :smoke

 

Huck is stiff, mechanical and this fight comes way too soon for him... He was a kick-boxer and taekwondo champion who had a very limited amateur career. He has been a disciplined learner as a professional, good at attacking in hard-hitting surges under Ulli Wegner's surveillance. Cunningham is not an especially hard hitter but he is an intelligent boxer, always in tremendous condition, who knows how to score points and is not likely to lose again so soon and specially against a 23 year older. The odds mean absolutely nothing but that there may be already some criteria to judge this fight and those have undeniably to do with punching impact.

 

Weigh-in:

Cunningham 87,4 kg - 192.7 lbs

Huck 90 kg - 198.4 lbs

 

augustus and dorfmeister 2 posters whose opinion i respect picking against huck and giving decent analysis why they think so.

i am sticking with huck tonight though.

cunningham has more variation /speed/combo`s/feet movement when he is on song (not the wlodrcyk fights i will look his name up and spell it correctly one day) than huck.

huck i am relying on to have much more physical strength and be able to bully cunningham back to the ropes and when they engage shove him off with the elbows and give himself room to tee off.

cunningham looks a little more slippery than i beleive he actually is, he moves his feet quick when out of distance when outside punching range , but once in punching range has a stationary head and can be teed of on by the right hand.

has a good chin though as fight against jones showed, and huck is heavy handed not a 1 punch hitter.

boils down to me can huck make cunningham fight his fight or can cunningham get in and out and around while letting his hands go and having to swallow a few bombs and keep coming to do so.
i am counting inintagibles a bit in my pick.

that huck has a solid chin and can walk through cunninghams shots which after about 4 rounds are strictly arm punches with little power.
can hucks pressure and workrate shut down cunninghams own workrate and faster handspeed intimidating cunningham a bit.
the crowd swaying the judges to what huck is doing.

all in all a good fight and if cunningham fights like he did v rothman where he dominated despite what the cards said then it will be a *******.

still think huck will win on strength /workrate/power /will to win but now i have seen more of cunningham fight today it has evened up a bit in my mind.

i have said 117-111 earlier.

change that now to 115-113 huck.

 

cunningham is used to weighing less but huck is a big cruiserweight who boils down to make weight unlike say mormeck/macranelli /cunningham who are natural cruisers to big for light heavy but to small for heavy.

huck by fight time will most probably be 210 and have a 18lb advantage and in the type of tactics he should and usually employs it will wear out cunnigham who can be manhandled on the inside i beleive.

3 hours to go.

 

Didn't think that USS get the job done inside..:happy

and look on my VCash! :yep

 

Props for the guys calling the knockout.

I didn't even go that far, and I'm clearly a big USS fan.