Welcome to WeWantARematch.Com
On Thursday, December 11th 2008 a
magnificent boxing match took place at the
Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey,
between the then reigning International
Boxing Federation cruiserweight champion,
Steve 'USS' Cunningham, from Philadelphia,
PA. and former World Boxing Council light
heavyweight champion, Tomasz 'Goral'
Adamek, originally from Poland but now
residing in Jersey City, NJ.
The atmosphere was electric when
Steve and Tomasz entered the arena and
what followed was one of the most exciting
and intriguing boxing matches I and many
of those watching had ever seen, This is
not just my opinion as almost every media
report on the bout claimed it to either be
a candidate for 'Fight Of The Year' or
called for a rematch, and in many cases
both.
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What made this event so special isn't
that this was actually a properly matched
event between the number one and two rated
fighters in their weight class, but
because of the two combatants commitment,
and approach to this event both prior to
fight night and in the ring itself.
Right away at the very first press
conference to announce that Steve 'USS'
Cunningham was going to defend his
International Boxing Federation World
Cruiserweight Title against Tomasz 'Goral'
Adamek it was clear that this was going to
be a very different fight to most these
days. For a start both protagonists are
deeply religious family men and as such
there was no brash 'in your face' slagging
matches so often seen these days, each man
showed total respect for his opponent.
Throughout the promotion for the event
both men behaved impeccably, neither
uttering a bad word about the other. Their
behaviour made me wonder if this is how
gentlemen duelers behaved all those
centuries ago.
By fight night it seemed hard to think
that either man would actually try and hit
the other. Boy was that misleading. As
soon as the bell rang for round 1 world
war three broke out. What followed was
twelve rounds of pugilistic heaven, or
should that be hell, as both Steve and
Tomasz threw power punch after power
punch. Now don't get me wrong, this wasn't
a slug fest this was pure art at the
highest level. If you haven't seen the
fight go to the video page and watch it
now, I'm sure you will agree that this was
indeed a very special fight.
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The purpose of this website is to
inform people of this magnificent event
that took place on 11th December 2008 at
the Prudential Center in Newark, New
Jersey. It was an experience that should
be shared, one that everyone should see
and one that should be repeated. We, as do
many others, feel Cunningham vs. Adamek II
would be even better than the first.
Please take the time to check out all
the sections that make up this website and
afterwards should you agree with us that
we deserve to see a rematch, join the
campaign and act on the strategies
supplied in the Lobby
Info section and let the television
networks and the promoters, Don King
Productions and Main Events, know that you
want to see Cunningham vs. Adamek II.
and/or add your name to our on-line
petition.
Come back often as the website is very
new and there will be further unique
content, including articles and features
from well known boxing journalists,
photographs and video added regularly as
well as a question and answer sessions on
the message board from Steve 'USS'
Cunningham and, hopefully, also Tomasz
'Goral' Adamek.
There
is a page of comments made by some of
those that have signed the petition -
click here to view
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