Press Release: IBF cruiserweight champion Steve “USS” Cunningham (21-1, 11 KOs) will meet former 175-pound champion Tomasz Adamek (35-1, 24 KOs) at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. Tickets go on sale on Monday at 11 AM through TicketMaster at 201-507-8900. The event, with full undercard, is being co-promoted by Main Events and Don King Productions. The too-inactive Cunningham will be making the second defense of his IBF 200-pound limit crown, which he won by defeating Krzystztof Wlodarczyk in Poland on May 26, 2007.  Six months earlier, Cunningham suffered the sole loss of his career in a split decision won by Wlodarczyk when the two squared off for the vacant IBF belt. Cunningham also scored notable wins against former IBF titlist Kelvin Davis and Guillermo Jones, who recently took the WBA cruiserweight championship from Firat Arslan on Sept. 27.   Adamek burst upon the boxing scene in his first fight in America against Australian Paul “Hurricane” Briggs for the vacant WBC light heavyweight championship on May 21, 2005.  Their 12-round slugfest, which Adamek won by majority decision, was one of the better fights of that year.  The inevitable rematch came the following year and rivaled the first match in its brutal intensity.  Again, Adamek won by majority decision. Adamek’s lone loss came against undefeated Chad Dawson on Feb. 3, 2007.  Adamek catapulted himself into position to face Cunningham by scoring a technical knockout on April 19th over O’Neil Bell.