{"id":54984,"date":"2015-08-11T23:02:51","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T04:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=54984"},"modified":"2015-08-11T23:02:51","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T04:02:51","slug":"antonio-tarver-steve-cunningham-press-conference-heats-up-got-any-excuses-for-the-hbo-cheerleading-jim-lampley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=54984","title":{"rendered":"Antonio Tarver &#8211; Steve Cunningham Press Conference HEATS UP &#8211; &#8220;Got Any Excuses for the HBO Cheerleading Jim Lampley&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"polls-1171\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_1171\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_1171_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"8107ca639d\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"1171\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Who Wins?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-1171-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-3148\" name=\"poll_1171\" value=\"3148\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3148\">Antonio Tarver<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-3149\" name=\"poll_1171\" value=\"3149\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3149\">Steve  Cunningham<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(1171);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(1171); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-1171-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=54984\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54985\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/AT-SC.jpg\" alt=\"AT SC\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Got any excuses for the HBO Cheerleading Jim Lampley&#8221;? &#8212; Buddy Ruffin, JR., Coffeyville, KS &#8211; President of the Boxing Fans Who Are Tired of HBO Cheerleader Jim <a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=54984\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=54984\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-54986 size-full\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jude.jpg\" alt=\"Jude\" width=\"168\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a>Lampley Fan Club (465,781 members and picked up a possible 2 today and we just hired our new Shih Tzu, Mascot Jude)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fighters participating on Friday&#8217;s Premier Boxing Champions on Spike event held a media workout Tuesday at Global Gym in North Bergen, N.J. before their August 14 fights at Prudential Center in Newark.<\/p>\n<p>Friday&#8217;s main event pits Antonio &#8220;Magic Man&#8221; Tarver (31-6, 22 KOs) against Steve &#8220;U.S.S.&#8221; Cunningham (28-7, 13 KOs) in a 12-round heavyweight bout with televised coverage beginning at 9 p.m. ET\/PT. Also featured on Spike is cruiserweight world champion Marco &#8220;Captain&#8221; Huck (38-2-1, 26 KOs) defending his title against Polish contender Krzyzstof Glowacki (24-0, 15 KOs) and Polish heavyweight Artur Szpilka (19-1, 14 KOs) taking on Cuba&#8217;s Yasmany Consuegra (17-1, 14 KOs).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the event, which is promoted by DiBella Entertainment in association with Warriors Boxing and Huck Sports Promotion are priced at $150, $100, $70 and $45, not including applicable service charges and are on sale now via Ticketmaster.com, charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000 or any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets may also be purchased at Prudential Center&#8217;s box office.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what the participants had to say Tuesday, plus quotes from Tarver, who was unable to attend the workouts:<\/p>\n<p><strong>ANTONIO TARVER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve done enough talking. Now, we are only three days from the fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We both signed a contract to inflict bodily harm on each other for 12 or less rounds. When the smoke clears, we&#8217;ll see who&#8217;s left standing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>STEVE CUNNINGHAM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I did the cruiserweight thing, I was the top of the food chain. I want to do it somewhere else. Heavyweight is the next challenge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a big challenge. Tarver has made history. That&#8217;s the kind of challenge I like. Heavyweight is a bigger challenge than cruiserweight. These guys are supposed to be bigger and stronger than me. I&#8217;m very competitive and that pushes me during training. The challenges keep me going.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s great to be fighting again at Prudential Center. This is familiar territory for me. I&#8217;m trying to pick up another win. It&#8217;s right up the street from us and we&#8217;re looking to drive home happy Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I fought in Europe so much, fighting this close to home is a little scary. There are a lot of eyes on you. But that&#8217;s what we do. We handle pressure and do what we do. If a fighter doesn&#8217;t have nerves they&#8217;re either lying or don&#8217;t have it in them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just have to keep putting in work. I&#8217;ve had lot&#8217;s of close fights, everyone knows how it&#8217;s gone down and I&#8217;m good with it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think I&#8217;m ready for a title right now, but it&#8217;s up to the media and fans. We&#8217;ll see how the performance goes. If you see a good performance and you demand it, I&#8217;m ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MARCO HUCK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t really concern myself with my opponents. My only worry is if he is a southpaw or orthodox. A lot of people say they&#8217;re in they&#8217;re in the best shape of their lives, but they all come crashing down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only thing I need to know is that I am going to beat him come Friday night. I want my opponents to adjust to me because I am the world champion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I take all of my opponents seriously. It is disrespectful not to and he&#8217;s very well-ranked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Training in Las Vegas was tough at first. Obviously coming over from Europe, we&#8217;re not used to the heat. I even doubted if this was the right decision but looking at it now it was the perfect decision. We&#8217;re in great shape and we adjusted well to the temperature.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I eventually go back up to heavyweight I want to fight the top guys right away. Maybe I&#8217;ll go fight Deontay Wilder, that is definitely an interesting option.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All our focus is on Friday night and our victory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>KRZYSZTOF GLOWACKI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Huck is of course the favorite because he&#8217;s a world champion. After I beat him, I will be a favorite too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People are afraid of Huck&#8217;s power but I&#8217;m not. What I want is a hard fought battle and winning by knockout in final round. This is my dream and I will make it happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ARTUR SZPILKA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My trainer Ronnie Shields is exactly right saying that I&#8217;m here to knock Consuegra out. This is what I will do on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I worked hard in Houston during training camp. I have the energy to fight 15 rounds if necessary. My speed and not wasting any of my punches will be the difference.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>KAMIL LASZCZYK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a big deal for me to fight in Prudential Center. I started my US career here in 2011 and now fighting in Newark means a lot to me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like to show everybody how good I am offensively. A little more time and I will be able to challenge for a world title.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Got any excuses for the HBO Cheerleading Jim Lampley&#8221;? &#8212; Buddy Ruffin, JR., Coffeyville, KS &#8211; President of the Boxing Fans Who Are Tired of HBO Cheerleader Jim Lampley Fan Club (465,781 members and picked up a possible 2 today and we just hired our new Shih Tzu, Mascot Jude) Fighters participating on Friday&#8217;s Premier [&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":[13589],"class_list":["post-54984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-antonio-tarver-steve-cunningham-press-conference-heats-up-got-any-excuses-for-the-hbo-cheerleading-jim-lampley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54984","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=54984"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}