Fury vs Cunningham

 

Just days away from St Patrick's day, on a cold windy day in Manhattan, the newest hope of the Irish nation Tyson Fury entered Jack Demsey's bar. It was the perfect atmosphere and location, just up the Block from the historic mecca of boxing, Madison Square Garden. Fury wasn't just in the city to prepare for the up coming Irish festivities. He was in town to announce his up coming Heavy weight title eliminator vs Steve USS Cunningham. This will be Fury's first fight in the US and it will be topped off by airing the event on  NBC.

Fury, Hennessey, and Duva

Fury and Cunningham will Face off on April 20, making the return of the heavy weight division as a headliner at MSG for the first time since 2008 when Wladamir Klitschko beat Sultan Ibragimov.  This is going to be a historical event. There is going to be thunder and lightning come April 20. The nice thing is we got a glimpse of what is to come at the press conference.

Cunningham, Dargan, and Richardson

Cunningham started us out by thanking the IBF for the opportunity at a heavy weight title eliminator ( Steve is coming off a MD lose to Tomasz Adamek, which many in the media had Steve winning).  The winner gets a shot at Kubrat Pulev and ultimately a shot at Wladamir Klitschko.

Nazeem Richardson , who is coming off of last weeks historical win working Bernard Hopkins corner at Barclay's center in Brooklyn. he emphasized that he 'Teaches his guys to box' . How to 'Swim without getting wet'. He also reminded us that 'This is not PRIDE fighting, its Prize Fighting'. and that 'Good a structured plan and a talented athlete will get you far in this sport.'

The press conference seemed all calm and tranquil till Tyson Fury approached the mic. He made his presence known and started a verbal was between himself and Cunningham, also getting Cunningham's trainer, Naz involved. Tyson said he is ringing in a new era in boxing. An era where 6'9" fit and talented boxers rule the heavy weight division. Tyson stepped over the line when he guaranteed a knockout win over Steve Cunningham, who Tyson called chinny. Fury said he is here (in the USA) to do demolition jobs on the heavyweights. He even went as far as to say he'd love to buy ad space on the soles of Cunningham's boxing shoes. He wanted to advertise his Twitter account as Steve laid Knocked out.

Steve has other thoughts. And noted that usually the biggest talkers are the biggest Chumps.

Either way this was a great start to a prefight promotion that will surely be worth every penny to NBC.

Curtis "Showtime" Stevens

Also, on the card is Curtis " Showtime" Stevens who is coming off a first round KO win over Elvin Ayala. Curtis, who recently moved down to the middle weigh division will be facing Derrick Findley. Derrick is coming off a UD lose to Money Team middle weight J'Leon Love. Findley has never been knocked out (he was retired by Andre Dirrell). Showtime looks to change that.

The under card will also feature, Karl "Dynamite" Dargan, who recently signed with Main Events and Brooklyn native Adam Kownacki.

Tickets are priced from $25-500. Get your tickets quick because this is sure to be a sell out.