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

[p4pking]

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.

[Spicoli]

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.

[Lineal]

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

[Dark Lord Al]

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.

[SlimTrae]

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

[No Contest]

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.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Just waking up to the idea of this fight now

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

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.