Cunningham to take on Adamek on Trinidad-Jones card on January 19 in NYC

By Marc Abrams

Promoter Don King exclusively told 15rounds.com that IBF Cruiserweight champion, Steve "USS" Cunningham will make his first defense of his title against former WBC Light Heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek on January 19th at Madison Square Garden as part of the undercard that will feature the much anticipated bout between Felix Trinidad and Roy Jones.

Cunningham 20-1 with ten knockouts ironically will making his defense against Adamek who is from Poland. Cunningham will his title against Krzysztof Wlodarczyk in Poland on May 26th.

Adamek, 32-1 with twenty-two knockouts, made two defenses of his crown until he dropped a unanimous decision to Chad Dawson on February 3rd.

He won his only Cruiserweight his only cruiserwight outing with a seventh round stoppage over Luis Pineda on July 9th in Poland