Antonio Tarver vs. Steve Cunningham set for August 14th, PBC on Spike

Antonio Tarver-Steve Cunningham Set For 8/14, PBC - Boxing News

Fight just announced. Actually a really interesting fight. The loser has pretty much nowhere to go so it could be a really good fight.

Tarver will counter punch USS to the mat...

What weight?

Heavy. Both are Heavyweights these days.

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Originally Posted by bzkfn

Antonio Tarver-Steve Cunningham Set For 8/14, PBC - Boxing News

Fight just announced. Actually a really interesting fight. The loser has pretty much nowhere to go so it could be a really good fight.

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I have Tarver by ko in 8.

Let me get my pillow ready.

That will not be on our spike TV will it?

Not a bad fight, I'd expect Cunningham has a lot more left and could bank rounds pretty easily, but he is vulnerable and Tarver is still a tricky counter puncher even if he's old as dirt.

Not exactly what you hope for when talking two top ten ranked (???) hvys mixing it up, but a couple of good thinking boxers. Both came by different means..Cunningham earned it. Tarver just kinda oozed through the door.

This could be a good fight. I want to back Cunningham.

Cunningham is ripped and anyone can get caught at HW , that is true because Peter Fury said so. Ignore his small KO % its all about being ripped.

Steve can make Tarver work. He has a high punch rate, where Tarver is the true thinker in this fight.
I like this matchup.

This just reminds me of old school heavyweight days when HW weren't huge. I like this matchup but gonna go with Tarver being able to counter punch better. Could turn into a snoozer if one of them doesn't press the action.

Just waking up to the idea of this fight now :)

Personally. I can't see how Cunningham is the favourite :confused:

Despite his win against Huck, I don't think he has done much to impress and has always fell short. His style is herky-jerky and sloppy and he just reminds me of a big limp Jermaine Taylor.

Tarver is by far the smarter and more poised fighter and I think they have roughly the same output.
Maybe Cunningham is a little stronger so could try to ambush Tarver a little and move off; in-out long-limbed raids with a bit of muscle... but he is getting dropped a lot lately and think Tarver has enough to win close rounds via a knock-down-or-two, if not stopping Cunningham late in the fight.

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Originally Posted by Jimanuel Boogustus

Just waking up to the idea of this fight now :)

Personally. I can't see how Cunningham is the favourite :confused:

Despite his win against Huck, I don't think he has done much to impress and has always fell short. His style is herky-jerky and sloppy and he just reminds me of a big limp Jermaine Taylor.

Tarver is by far the smarter and more poised fighter and I think they have roughly the same output.
Maybe Cunningham is a little stronger so could try to ambush Tarver a little and move off; in-out long-limbed raids with a bit of muscle... but he is getting dropped a lot lately and think Tarver has enough to win close rounds via a knock-down-or-two, if not stopping Cunningham late in the fight.

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Interesting! You know more about boxing than I do, and although I haven't paid close attention, I think of Cunningham as a pretty skilled and consistent boxer who is just vulnerable, and couldn't see the fight going differently myself. I think it's Tarver who will lose the rounds and just have a punchers chance. Years back, if Tarver had ever fought at cruiser, who knows, but he looks like shit lately to me!