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Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham Defeats Braithwaite, Now Looks to Adamek for Overdue Rematch
by Press Releases on Jul.17, 2009, under Boxing News, Press Releases
PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 13, 2009 — Former Cruiserweight King Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham took a huge leap towards regaining his coveted IBF championship belt when he convincingly outboxed former WBC Champ Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite to take a well deserved victory.
By doing so ‘USS’ Cunningham returned to the top of the IBF rankings earning him the right, as mandatory challenger, for the long overdue rematch with current champion Tomasz ‘Goral’ Adamek, who took his crown by a close split decision victory last December in what has gone down in the annals of boxing history as the greatest Cruiserweight fight of all time. (continue reading…)