IBF cruiserweight champion, Steve ‘USS’
Cunningham will be making a guest appearance at the Pete Suski/Tom Moran
promoted event at the National Guard Armory in Philadelphia this
Saturday.
Steve, who will be there supporting his good friend and fellow gym mate
from The James Shuler Memorial Gym, Jamaal ‘Da Truth’ Davis 7-4 (6KOs),
when he takes on Chris Hall 3-4-1(2KOs).
Taking a few moments out from preparing for his upcoming title defense
against Tomasz ‘Goral’ Adamek, Cunningham said “I’m really please for
Jamaal, he has been going through a rough time since his wife, Patrilla,
passed away late last year, yet he stuck firmly at achieving his goals.”
“He stays in the gym. He lives in the gym. That’s what all fighters need
to do. He’s in there as much as I am. So we should see a real fierce,
determined and sharp Jamaal who’s eager to show his skills off come
Saturday.”
“Career wise, he has been going through the same type of things as I
have for the past three or four years. Fighting just once, or twice a
year at most. He’s real hungry and this a good time to get him back on
the right path by putting someone like Chris in front of him that’s a
decent
opponent.”
Headlining the Philadelphia Worldwide promoted event will be former
world junior middleweight champion Kassim ‘The Dream’ Ouma, 25-5-1 (15
KOs) against Martinus ‘Magnificent’ Clay 13-18-4 (5KOs) from Wilson,
North Carolina.
The co-feature fight will star middleweight Simon ‘Slick Fighting Irish’
O'Donnell, 6-1 (3 KOS), a native of County Galway who fights out of
Philadelphia against an opponent yet to be officially announced.
Another Philadelphia resident, Dennis Hassan 4-2 (2KOs) takes on
Brooklyn, New Yorker, William Jeter 3-1 (2KOs), in a super middleweight
contest. All the way from Dublin, Ireland, Patrick Hyland 14-0 (7KOs),
has come to take on Santiago, Dominican Republic native, Elvis Luciano
Martinez 11-26-2 (5KOs), in a featherweight battle. Patrick’s twin
brother, Paul 12-0 (4KO’s), is also in action, competing in the Super
Bantamweight class, against the Colombian born Miami resident, Felix
Flores 14-9-1 (11KOs). Taking part in an all Philadelphia
Lightweight match are, former World Heavyweight Champion ‘Terrible’ Tim
Witherspoon’s son, Tim Jnr. 0-1 and Kywame Hill 1-3 (1KO).
