I want to see Steve Cunningham at heavyweight

6ft 3 tall, 82 inch reach, both the same as Ali. Ripped to the bone, strong, fast, great jab, never been beaten convincingly......... WHY aren't isn't he at Heavyweight? He could make a LOT of noise there..... If Adamek can do it, so can Cunningham, not to mentioned he's the bigger of the two... th efact thathes already ripped at 200lbs tells u putting on more weight probably isnt a good idea. besides cunningham has an easy time making CW, he usually comes in way under the limit and i think at some point he was considering a drop to 175 but figured it was a bit too low. only reason to move up in weight would be money, as a fan i dont see how anyone would want to see him move up knowing hes much better at 200lbs and wouldnt be able to compete with the best HWs. hes not even a big puncher at CW. btw in response to some opther comments, cunningham doesnt have a weak chin at all. not great either but better than average, being dropped by a puncher like adamek doesnt mean he cant take a punch, getting up proves he can. his chin wouldnt hold up at HW but to say he cant take a punch at CW is silly and wrong.

he cant take a punch he doesn't have one ether

If by "making a lot of noise" you mean being the next lamb to the Klitschko slaughter, sure. :lol1::lol1: / thread

I reckon a team-up with Steward could work too. why would he wanna do that when he ALREADY has the BEST there is in his corner?!?...smh

to be honest...other then maybe the Klitschko's OF COURSE, I think Cunningham would do well against most of the other Heavyweights and would probably be able to Out-Box most of them

those guys are too strong for him Cunningham gets KO'd at HW he has more name recognition than any other CW he should stay there and try to unify

If by "making a lot of noise" you mean being the next lamb to the Klitschko slaughter, sure.

6ft 3 tall, 82 inch reach, both the same as Ali. Ripped to the bone, strong, fast, great jab, never been beaten convincingly......... WHY aren't isn't he at Heavyweight? He could make a LOT of noise there..... If Adamek can do it, so can Cunningham, not to mentioned he's the bigger of the two... i don't consider him a strong cruiserweight at all, he gets pushed around the ring quite easily at times. you're confusing height and reach with overall size, he just doesn't have a frame for heavyweight. see past the cosmetic muscle tone and you'll see he has very light bone structure and it should also be pointed out that he use to fight at the OLD cruiserweight limit of 190 lbs and stated that he walked around under 200 lbs between fights. he belongs at cruiser.

He's there for a reason. They money isn't great, but it's steady and sure, and there are very few at CW who can handle him. Cunningham stays at Cruiser.

no power, no chin. It would benefit him to stay at lower weights

Bigger guys tend to last longer, although that is usually because power is such a huge factor at heavy and power lasts for a long time. Power however is not his strongest suit. His mileage is pretty low though.

he'll be 35 this year.

He would probably benefit from Steward but I still think that would only take him so far at heavy. At cruiser that would probably spark a quality run.

oops sorry, I meant their chins, NOT their punch haha. He doesn't sit down on his punches enough, I think a guy like Manny Steward would be awesome, teach him to throw straighter, take his time, plant his feet. Not saying I'd put any money on his success. I just think it'd be interesting to see....

Love Cunningham, but he gets smoked by the K's. No point in moving up

Wlads right hand is hard as hell, that punch is nasty when he throws it. Haye might be interesting though.

Size-wise? Sure. Skill-wise? Uhuh. His ability to take a punch? No damn chance. He's simply not able to handle the punch too well. He couldn't take Adamek's punches. No way in hell that he handles a Klitschko or even a David Haye at Heavyweight. Might even have more trouble with Tomasz Adamek at 200+.

I reckon a team-up with Steward could work too.

Well at least he could get a payday...he's wasting his time at cruiser. Haye and Wlad hardly have the toughest chins. Look at the size of this dude. Getting down to cruiser must be a nightmare. Heavyweight might even be good to him.... wouldn't be surprised if he was stronger in there.

Yea he would get beat up and knocked out, he has decent size but he would be lacking in mass and stopping power. Against some of the smaller guys it would be good but against a huge skilled guy nah.