Comments Thread For: Cunningham Shows Heart, Skill in Defeating Mansour

[billeau2]

Mansour's stamina did **** him, and its a shame, because he did manage to, in a sense deliver, when he dropped Cunningham.

Cunningham is a real spoiler though....and I say that as a compliment. Like a lot of the Eastern Euro, smaller fighters he can do enough to avoid some if the big punchers....JUST enough to ensure that we never see some of these big hitters against the likes of Vlad. These guys are gatekeepers, proof that a small mobile boxer is a fight to be avoided under certain conditions. Reminds me of when Lamont brewster had looked so good against Golata and then got outpointed by Lych...suma*****! whatever his name is...

I just have to say that I feel a lot of sympathy and understanding for Furey. He had every right to make sure he leaned on, sat on, shat on, whatever it took! to make sure he didn't get outpointed by a jabber.

A damn shame cause me thinks Mansour could have done better, perhaps he should have watched a shameless Fury deal with a pesky little man. And yeah, that was prolly his career. Now people can avoid him and the mobile can ask for a fight with him, and much like Brewster, Briggs and Wilder there aint **** he can do about it.

[wiz1030]

Mansour was gassed out after 5 rounds. Yeah he's a big puncher and I thought he would stop Cunningham, but you have to prepare to go the distance. If you can't go more than 5 rounds at full pace, you won't go far in this sport, power or not.

Cunningham's body attack on Mansour was slept on. He starched him with several shots that took a good deal out of him. Not that Mansour typical has good stamina, but he got hurt to the body.

[Jaliscoguey13]

Steve is to old as well as to small and has no power. Therefore anything resembling a decent heavyweight with any kind of power takes him out easily.

Is that why he dropped Fury flat on his back?

[CubanGuyNYC]

Good for USS. I started watching him more closely with the Hernandez encounters. Steve is a gamer.

[Weltschmerz]

Great fight. I had it close on the score cards, but a win for Cunningham was well deserved and he showed heart and skill as the author of the article says. Steve deserved that victory. I will be waiting to see his next opponent.

[Box-Office]

That was a cool fight and Cunningham has game defense for his age. Good and well deserved win for Steve.

Dont forget the last time he was IBF 200lbs champ he had beaten the other 3 champs of the time already (jones, huck and krystof), so the guy is an awesome fighter for those who didnt now him before his heavyweight run.

[Ravens Fan]

Is that why he dropped Fury flat on his back?

I guess if I thought much of Fury it would matter. But I don't so it doesn't.