Steve 'USS'
Cunningham - Wants His Cruiserweight Crown
Back - Returns To Training.
Former IBF cruiserweight champion,
Steve 'USS' Cunningham, has returned to
training at the James Shuler Memorial Gym
in West Philadelphia just three weeks
after losing his crown by close
split-decision to Tomasz 'Goral' Adamek in
what most media and fans alike described
as one of the Fights Of The Year at the
Prudential Center in Newark New Jersey on
December 11th 2008.
After chatting with 'early bird' gym
mates, Gee Culmer, Darren Fallen and
Marianne "Golden Girl" Marston, about the
fight Steve got down to business. After
his normal warm-up, Steve went straight
into a full work-out session.
Ever willing to pass on his knowledge
and experience to fellow fighters, Steve
then spent a little time advising British
featherweight, Marianne Marston, on reflex
bag techniques. After which he took a
little time to talk about his return to
training. "It feels real good, I am real
excited to get back into the gym. The team
made me take the three weeks off, it's
good, I got a good amount of rest. But,
now it's back to the schedule of
dominating the cruiserweight division. I
still believe that I'm the best
cruiserweight in the world. I don't think
any of them out there can beat me. I don't
think I got beat on December 11th it's
just the points on the knockdowns. But,
you know, I'm going to prove in '09 that I
am the greatest cruiserweight in the
world."
When asked if he had any other fights
in mind if the rematch with Adamek isn't
forthcoming soon 'USS' Cunningham replied
"I want to fight by the end of April, I'd
love to fight in March or early April.
We're working on that with Don King. But I
pray in Jesus' name that we get the
rematch right away. The buzz is hot,
everybody wants to see a rematch. It'll be
money and Television will be there, so I'm
excited. I'm just praying for the rematch
man. If it doesn't come we've got other
avenues to go. We'll go for all of them. I
say in Jesus' name I will be the two time
world champion in '09.
Steve 'USS' Cunningham is intent on
getting back in the ring as soon as
possible and whilst it's clear that Steve
wants the rematch more than anything else
and we can only hope that Tomasz Adamek's
management and promotional team agree to
one soon, but if it is not to be Steve is
determined to get fighting and start
shaking up the cruiserweight division as
early as possible in 2009.
Boxing fans deserve the opportunity of
watching another scintillating battle
between the two best cruiserweights in the
world, if you agree go to
www.wewantarematch.com
and sign the petition.
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www.usscunningham.com
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