RingTV.com’s resident historian Lee Groves returns to recount his recent trip to New York City to work the CompuBox keys for Tyson Fury’s U.S. debut against Steve Cunningham this past Saturday, but first the “Travelin’ Man” describes his first visit to famed boxing bar Jimmy’s Corner.
Tyson Fury’s giant body and bombastic personality is helping to sell his NBC-televised bout with respected veteran Steve Cunningham. The heavyweight bout takes place on Saturday at The Theater in Madison Square Garden.
Popular opinion says that 6-foot-9 Tyson Fury is just too big for Steve Cunningham, but the former two-time cruiserweight titleholder says he has a plan to chop down the giant when they meet in the main event of an NBC-televised card on April 20.
Steve Cunningham has a tall order in 6-foot-9 heavyweight contender Tyson Fury on April 20, but the former two-time crusierweight titleholder is confident he'll win the NBC-televised fight. "My heart is bigger than 6-9; my boxing ability is bigger than 6-9," he told RingTV's Bill Emes.
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A Saturday press conference is in the works for smack-talkers Adrien Broner and Paulie Malignaggi.
Arum says Mikey Garcia and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. could be in action this summer.
Juan Manuel Marquez told ESPN Deportes that he will fight Tim Bradley on Sept. 14. Promoter Bob Arum says "No comment" at this time regarding the fight.
Omar Figueroa, of Texas, could appear on the Saul "Canelo" Alvarez-Austin Trout card.
Richard Schaefer has proposed a junior welterweight unification tournament involving Danny Garcia, Zab Judah, Lamont Peterson, Lucas Matthysse and Amir Khan.
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