Video: Steve Cunningham on The Enad Licina Win
Przemysław Osiak catches up with IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham to disucss his recent win over Enad Licina.
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Video: Arthur Abraham-Stjepan Bozic Post Coverage
Przemysław Osiak catches the post fight action to Sauerland Event's big show in Mulheim, Germany. Hear from Arthur Abraham about his win over Stjepan Bozic, hear from IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham about his win Enad Licina and Yoan Pablo Hernandez's WBA cruiserweight title win over Steve Herelius.
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Photos: Hernandez-Herelius, Cunningham-Licina, More
At RWE Sporthalle in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany cruiserweight Yoan Pablo Hernandez (24-1, 13 KOs) put in the performance of the night by capturing the WBA interim title with a seven round stoppage of Steve Herelius (21-2-1, 12 KOs). Herelius went down twice in the seventh round before the stoppage.
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Steve Cunningham Retains, Decisions Enad Licina
----------------- In a much harder-than-expected two-way action fight, The Ring #1 ranked cruiserweight and IBF 200lb champion Steve "USS" Cunningham (24-2, 12 KOs) outfought and outtoughed rugged Serbian mandatory challenger (IBF #1 and WBO #9) Enad Licina (now 19-3, 10 KOs) en route to a twelve-round unanimous decision. Cunningham both retained his title and cleared his path into the proposed Cruiserweight Super Six tourney later this year. It wasn't a walk in the park for the American champion. He looked rusty and out-of-shape in the opening couple of rounds and had to work extremely hard to get his way into a fight with limited and slow but gutsy and determined opponent. Cunningham lost a duel of jabs in the first round and was tagged with hard overhand rights by the Serbian in the second. Round three was a big round for the USS who got aggressive and outworked Licina in close quarters. In round four, the champion used another approach by wisely outboxing short-handed Licina from the distance. The fifth stanza saw a tiny comeback from the challenger while the sixth round was even. BoxingScene saw the fight 57-58 - for the challenger at this point but from that point on it was only Steve Cunningham who was seen in the ring. The American fighter mixed his boxing skills with some tactical capabilities to frustrate and to fool rapidly slowing Licina one round after another. He was also successful in short offensive bursts dealing more and more punishment to his shorter opponent. In round eleven Licina attempted a rally but failed to besten already fatigued champion. Cunningham dug even deeper to get the better of negative Serbian challenger during the last stanza. It wasn't a perfect showing by the fighter, who is widely recognized as a #1 cruiserweight in the world. Nevertheless, all three judges saw it unanimously in his favour: 118-110 (Howard Foster), 117-111 (Dave Parris) and 115-113 (Manuel Oliver Palomo). BoxingScene scored this affair 117-112 - also for Steve Cunningham.
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Video: Steve Cunningham on The Enad Licina Bout
IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham talks about his upcoming title defense against Enad Licina, strategy, and more.
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Video: Abraham-Bozic, Cunningham, Herelius Weigh-In
Watch the official weigh-in coverage of Steven Cunningham's defense of the IBF cruiserweight title against Enad Licina, Steve Herelius's defense of the WBA interim-cruiserweight title against Yoan Pablo Hernandez, and the return of Arthur Abraham as he faces Stjepan Bozic.
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Photos/Weights: Abraham-Bozic, Cunningham, Herelius
The weights and photos are in for Sauerland Event's big show at Sporthalle in Muelheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. There will be two big cruiserweight title fights and the return of former middleweight king Arthur Abraham.
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Photos: Steve Cunningham Training For Enad Licina
Boxing fans can already look forward to the upcoming fight between WBA interim-cruiserweight champion Steve Herelius and the number one contender Yoan Pablo Hernandez. Additionally, IBF world cruiserweight champion Steve "USS" Cunningham and his mandatory challenger Enad Licina, initially set for January 22, will also take place on February 12 at the RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle in Muelheim, Germany.
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Licina Vows To Do a "Rocky Balboa" on Cunningham
On February 12 in Mulheim, Germany, cruiserweight Enad Licina (19-2, 10 KOs) will get the biggest opportunity of his pro career. The Serbian boxer will face IBF champion Steve Cunningham (23-2, 12 KOs) of America. Although experts do not give Licina any chance of victory, he intends to pull off a big upset in order to fulfill his dreams.
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