
Originally Posted by
Dark Lord Al

Originally Posted by
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Originally Posted by
Dark Lord Al
So you consider a man stepping up from 160 lbs to 168 lbs a blown up middle , however you lorded Steve Cunningham for being a real HW , you make me smile with your double standards , an 8 lb jump is to much , however trying to fight a guy 45 lb above your natural weight is ok , is that what you are saying ?
Were Benn ,Eubank ,Toney , RJJ , McCallum ,Barkley , Nunn etc real super Middles or blown up Middle weights ?
Please explain what you mean.
As for Bika he is a tough fighter , but can be outboxed.
Compare Cunninghams physique with any other fighter at cruiser and try telling us that isn't a heavyweight cutting down to cruiser...
They graduated up there, they werent made to jump a weight to be name fodder
Also, yes I realise that Bika can be outboxed but the whole point of this thread is because Bika looks crude that someone as shit as Chavez Jr would not only stand a chance but wipe the floor with Bika when he cant even cut it against mediocre middleweights.
So to sum up Cunningham who has a low knockout rate , can be more effective at HW giving away up to 45lbs , than a middleweight moving up 8 lbs , well glad we cleared that up.
He was though. His performance against Fury he showed more power than he could develope at cruiser.
There are fighters all over the divisions who boil down because they can so they have an advantage in strength. Cruisers boil down so they arent so disadvantaged at heavy which is the only weight where there is no limit on disparity. Abraham had no skill at middle, only strength, he has had no success with any world class supermiddles, unlike the the likes of Eubank and Benn who did.
I dont know why you are getting exciting and turning this in to another mass debate

about Cunningham/Fury

fighters all know moving up to heavy there is no weight restrictions but yes a skillfull fighter like Cunningham would have more success against the likes of smaller heavies like Adamek, or Adameks bitch Arreola, or Chisora, Stiverne etc than he will with a genuinely big skilled man like Fury. Deffnitely more effective where he hasnt had to cut weight. Even at 210lb against Fury he was ripped to shreds and could easily carry another 10lb before he even remotely starts looking like the likes of Arreola or Stiverne, who by contrast if they were to reduce their body fat content down to Cunninghams would probably weigh less than Steve.
These two blobs both weighed around 245lb in their fit against each other and both could lose 35lb.
Now contrast those two to how Steve Cunningham looked on the scales for Fury.

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