{"id":45123,"date":"2012-07-26T08:23:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T13:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=20244"},"modified":"2012-07-26T08:23:05","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T13:23:05","slug":"boxing-news-steve-uss-cunningham-shocks-the-boxing-world-with-announcement-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=45123","title":{"rendered":"Boxing News: Steve &quot;USS&quot; Cunningham SHOCKS the Boxing World with ANNOUNCEMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=20244 \" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=20244 \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7363 alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"steve cunningham header\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/steve-cunningham-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Main Events announced today they have officially signed an exclusive promotional contract with Steve \u201cUSS\u201d Cunningham. Cunningham who has campaigned most of his professional career as a cruiserweight has decided to move up to the heavyweight division.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham, 24-4, 12 KO\u2019s, believes Main Events is the perfect counterpart to successfully guide his career, \u201cI am very excited about this new chapter and signing with Main Events. I\u2019m looking forward to working closely with them as we plan my entry into the heavyweight division.\u201d The Philadelphia native added, \u201cIt is going to be a welcome change to be fighting close to home again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nCunningham, a former Cruiserweight World Champion, explained his decision to step up to the heavyweight division, \u201cMoving to heavyweight has always been a move I knew I would make at some point. After my last fight we sat down and looked at our options: It was either continue at Cruiserweight and go for another world title, but I felt like \u2018what\u2019s the point?\u2019 I have been there and done that twice; or I could finally make the move to heavyweight. This felt like the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Main Events has a successful history of transforming cruiserweights into heavyweight powerhouses, including former Undisputed Heavyweight World Champion Evander Holyfield and top rated Tomasz Adamek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteve Cunningham\u2019s decision to move up to boxing\u2019s top division will make the US heavyweight scene that much more lively and interesting,\u201d said promoter Kathy Duva of Main Events. \u201cAt 6\u20193\u2033 Steve certainly has the frame to carry more weight and gain strength. We look forward to watching Steve test his skills against the best the division has to offer and expect fireworks!\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newzbreaker.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19486\" title=\"NEWZBREAKER-BANNER\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/NEWZBREAKER-BANNER.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main Events announced today they have officially signed an exclusive promotional contract with Steve \u201cUSS\u201d Cunningham. Cunningham who has campaigned most of his professional career as a cruiserweight has decided to move up to the heavyweight division. Cunningham, 24-4, 12 KO\u2019s, believes Main Events is the perfect counterpart to successfully guide his career, \u201cI am [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,4195],"class_list":["post-45123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-steve-cunningham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}