🏆 Tyson "The Gypsy King" Fury vs. Steve "USS" Cunningham 🏆
Undefeated British heavyweight Tyson Fury (20-0-0, 14 KOs) faced experienced American Steve Cunningham (25-5-0, 12 KOs) in an intense showdown at Madison Square Garden Theater.
Fury, known for his imposing size and relentless style, was tested by Cunningham’s skillful boxing and resilience. Despite an early knockdown, Fury rallied back with aggression and determination, ultimately stopping Cunningham with a decisive knockout.
📅 Date: April 20, 2013 📍 Location: Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, USA 👤 Referee: Eddie Cotton
🥊The video showcases the highlights of this captivating and spectacular boxing match!
Now let's look at the tail of the tape.
Biggest is the 6-inch height advantage of Fury and...
The two-time cruiserweight champion of the world, Steve...
U.S.S. Cunningham!
The undefeated heavyweight contender...
Tyson Fury!
I expect a good, clean fight. Let's touch gloves.
Touch them up!
Foreign countries, he's fought Marco Huck in Germany,
Krzysztof Lodarczyk in Poland,
and you see the height differential.
Tyson's got that left hand down, keeping the left hand...
...to note that his Uncle Peter, because of...
Fury's definitely a showman,
but he's landed some good punches, too, in this first round, Kenny.
And we just saw evidence of that.
Especially one of the things that you were talking about yesterday.
And that's impressive, because the question was,
does Steve Cunningham have a chance in this fight without that one punch?
Nice left jab by Steve Cunningham.
You saw the first punch he shot. It landed.
And he's got to work in there.
Much more active fighter, now that he's trimmed down about 25 pounds
in his last three fights.
He's a much better fighter than he was three years ago.
And he told us that...
Maybe this isn't the soft puncher he thought it was.
And he just caught Steve Cunningham with a nice right hand there.
His power as cruiserweights.
Steve Cunningham wasn't known for his power.
But we're seeing right here...
Cunningham, and he's landed to the body.
Fury now taunting him.
And use my raw talent and determination,
but now I'm taking my career seriously.
Round two underway in that first round, according to CompuBox.
Fury, and he's knocked down.
Hamm has floored Fury.
That's the punch right there. Steve Cunningham was looking to land that over.
Tyson Fury got too aggressive.
Fury's in trouble, Kenny. He's still wobbly here.
And Steve Cunningham knows what he's got to do now.
And he is leaning right against this wall.
As Cunningham's corner said, size alone.
Fury working on the jab early.
He talked about how much better...
And now I'm getting properly prepared for these fights.
Good shot by Steve Cunningham there.
Fury's talking to him there, saying, listen,
come on, come on, that ain't nothing, that ain't nothing.
He has to get it back together, so Steve has got to press the action.
A big man that hasn't felt a sting like he just felt from Cunningham.
Here in that strong right in this second round.
Steve's going to have to find a way to counter that jab early.
And a 44-pound difference in Mitchell in the corner for Tyson Fury tonight.
You know, his jab isn't cutting him because he's a very conditioned fighter.
And Fury's condition improving so much, the good one's right there.
So Fury...
He's taking a bit of power into the heavyweight division.
No more Thompson knockout guy.
That's the question we're going to find out.
When Dave and Steve said, hey, we've got to go in there and mix it up a little bit.
And I think he's on the stomach of Tyson Fury already from the jabs three years ago.
I went into fights, I wasn't in shape.
And Cunningham now.
Aggressive, coming right back with the...
He's still a six-foot...
Great round for Stephen Cunningham.
Coming to an end. It's scheduled for 12.
Tyson Fury shoving...
Only two rounds in. Cunningham's got a one-point lead on my scorecard.
There's still nine rounds left to fight, though, so...
A lot of one-counter shot that's catching Tyson.
Tyson Fury, the tall man there in the white trunks with the green.
Undefeated, making his U.S. debut against 210 for this one.
Steve Cunningham was in the Navy.
He's very, very disciplined.
When he was an amateur fighter...
I see Steve getting a bit tired now.
But Tyson just needs to stay to the game plan.
And Steve is not used to being in there, banging it out with a guy who's 255 pounds.
And that's a nice right by Tyson Fury.
He needs a smaller man.
And again, coming back with...
Nicely knocked down back in the second round by Steve Cunningham.
And Cunningham going to work it.
We didn't know if that was going to be possible, Kenny.
Who he gives so much credit to for getting him in shape
and getting him to this point in his career over the last year and a half.
A 210-pound fighter, if the fight continues to take this form.
But he's very big.
From Cunningham.
A lot of times, these cruiserweights are so sucked down at 200 pounds
that when they actually jab...
He was using the jab effective early.
Well, he's physically strong.
Even the European champion at the time, a very good fighter.
And Fury stayed southpaw the whole fight and defeated Rogan.
That was...
Well, Cunningham's not giving him any chance with that reach advantage
as he's going in on in motion.
Fury wasting no time.
He doesn't want to be caught again.
Cuffing punches on the inside.
And he's actually getting himself back in this fight
because Steve had been doing very well the last time.
All right, Chris. Cunningham trying to go back to work.
And Tyson Fury is standing with him.
And you see Tyson Fury's...
He's getting physical.
Ability now to carry around 205-210.
And weighing in at two final seconds, fourth round.
Let's check in on the corner of Tyson Fury with Chris.
And you see when Tyson frees those hands up,
it's giving Steve problems.
He's a physically big, strong guy.
Making his U.S. debut against Steve Cunningham,
the two-time cruiserweight champion.
Now in his third fight as a heavyweight.
And you see the physical presence of Tyson.
It's tough.
He's a physical guy and makes it tough.
And here the referee's taking a point away from Tyson Fury.
It looks like for holding...
Unofficially Cunningham in the lead
according to our expert here, Larry Hazard.
...indisciplined left jab
and set punches up off of his left jab.
Cunningham dodges that right.
He's getting closer to a shot at the champ,
Vladimir Klitschko.
So far, a knock...
To be so committed and disciplined
to never go over 200 pounds.
And it was dehydrating and malnourishing his body.
He had been warned before about holding.
Now he loses a precious point.
Do I have a point now?
Look at him. He's there.
If he had his opportunity in round one, was it?
Cunningham weighs 210.
And you multiply that, Kenny,
over two combinations
with sliding and a left, was Cunningham.
Action along the ropes now.
Make contact and land those punches.
But he's already got Fury's attention
with that straight right hand.
He's got to continue to mix it up.
He's got to work up and down.
But you see, Tyson's not doing anything special in there.
He's just walking.
And that's what Tyson...
And that was a nice right by Fury.
And Fury's switching to...
And Tyson's getting a little frustrated right now
because he's trying to fight,
and he's having trouble getting separation
in the last couple rounds.
And that was a nice right by Fury once again.
Fury's strongest round.
All right? Let's not get caught with it.
All right?
Cool.
Ready to go again?
And round six scheduled for 12.
Thanks, Chris.
His wife, Paris, here with him.
They were high school sweethearts.
Steve's got to get back to that
snapping left jab up and down.
He can't push it out because it leaves him vulnerable.
He defends himself, and he's got to use his legs
a little bit to get some space from Fury.
And obviously, this is what everybody wants.
He decides to stand and trade with Fury
because he doesn't have the same frame.
Six-inch difference in jab here in this fight.
See, it's like Tyson's got to figure it out
when he's fighting Fury.
Nice little short left uppercut by Steve,
but he's having trouble.
And he caught separating him once again.
And he gets his guard.
Tyson Fury is at height.
And that was the key.
Would he be able to hold up against
a quicker Steve Cunningham?
And a little exhausted and possibly a little hurt
at the end of that last round.
Tyson Fury is cutting down this ring again on Cunningham.
Expect that to move.
When he's moving, he's not able to set his feet
and land the hard punches,
but he's able to do it.
Thanks, Desi.
Thanks, Chris.
What about the angles here?
I think Steve's a little hurt here, Kenny.
That's a nice uppercut, two of them in there.
Time to rest.
Veteran move and very smart.
Big guy against the little guy.
And eventually, good right hand from Steve.
But eventually, if the big...
And here's the thing, you know,
Tyson could take those punches from Steve and come back,
but Steve doesn't have the...
Have two children now as round seven begins.
No, it's real rough in there.
And until the referee says break,
you can't... You have to defend yourself.
Cunningham, though, with the knockdown in this fight.
In green, Tyson Fury.
That's 6'9", 254 pounds.
And once again...
This fight's started.
Another strong right uppercut by Fury.
And I just see the bigger man really taking control
on the inside to damage Steve
because you can see in between the fifth and the sixth round...
He's landing some pretty clean shots up there.
What's he doing?
Tyson is a big...
And that's what it's going to come down to.
Good right hand by Tyson.
And Tyson's going up quickly
and is able to shield himself
as Cunningham trying to slide in.
He's putting his hands up and walking Steve down,
getting him tired.
Good body shot by Fury.
Steve's almost done here. Look at this.
Oh, there's another going and he's down.
Cunningham is knocked down by Fury.
He's hurt bad.
You see him using that forearm.
I think Steve's done here, Ken.
The fight is over.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the end comes at 2 minutes 55 seconds
of round number 7.
Referee Eddie Cotton
counts to 10.
The winner by knockout victory,
still undefeated,
he is the heavyweight fighting pride
of Manchester,
Tyson Fury!