1. Steven Ormain Cunningham was born on July 15,1976 and is an American professional boxer who held the IBF cruiserweight title twice between 2007 and 2011.
11 Facts About Steve Cunningham
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Steve Cunningham began his professional career in 2000 with a 19 fight winning streak including a split decision over Guillermo Jones.
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Later, Steve Cunningham challenged Wlodarczyk again in the summer of 2007.
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Steve Cunningham stopped undefeated Marco Huck in Germany in December 2007.
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Steve Cunningham lost the IBF title against Tomasz Adamek in Newark, New Jersey, on December 11,2008.
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On June 5,2010, Steve Cunningham regained the IBF Cruiserweight title with a fifth round stoppage on cuts of Troy Ross in Germany.
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Steve Cunningham returned to Germany to defend his IBF title against challenger Enad Licina on February 12,2011.
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Steve Cunningham was knocked out in the seventh round by Tyson Fury, a British boxer, in an IBF heavyweight title eliminator on April 20,2013.
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Steve Cunningham had the much bigger Fury down in the second round.
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Steve Cunningham defeated former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir by unanimous decision in Mir's boxing debut on April 17,2021, on the undercard of Jake Paul vs Ben Askren.
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Steve Cunningham joined light-middleweight Boyd Melson, Shawn Estrada, Demetrius Andrade and other boxers in Team Fight to Walk, an organization focused on increasing awareness in boxing of the importance of stem cell research for spinal cord injuries.