Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-03-17, fight not particularly good between Steve Cunningham and Felipe Romero: it gets two stars.The former Ibf cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham entered this fight with a boxing record of 28-8-1 (13 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.8 cruiserweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Oleksandr Usyk) but his last victory occurred in 2014, against Natu Visinia (=Cunningham vs Visinia). After this fight he lost to Vyacheslav Glazkov (=Glazkov vs Cunningham), drew with Antonio Tarver (=Tarver vs Cunningham) and lost to Krzysztof Glowacki (=Glowacki vs Cunningham).
His opponent, Felipe Romero, has an official record of 19-11-1 (13 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since January 30, 2016 when he was defeated by Egor Mekhontsev. Steve Cunningham vs Felipe Romero is on the undercard of Travis Kauffman vs Amir Mansour. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2017-03-17
Where: Santander Arena, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Division: cruiserweight (200 lbs, 90.7 kg)
Cunningham’s previous fight: Krzysztof Glowacki vs Steve Cunningham
Cunningham’s next fight: Steve Cunningham vs Andrew Tabiti
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I didn’t expect to see the 40-year old Cunningham back in the ring, let alone looking as if he were still 30. He is a class act, this journeyman: well-traveled, fought everybody, took his lumps, even spending time at heavyweight (once dropping Tyson Fury en route to a loss, and later holding off the steroid-fueled Antonio Tarver). This is a fun little matador vs. bull contest where slickness schools the charging bull.