Aussie fighters fightiing for World belts

Chris the fighter · Post by **Chris the fighter** » 20 Oct 2004, 12:17

Paul Briggs fighting for WBC belt against Tarver(maybe)
Antony Mundine fighting winner of Siaca Larsen for WBA super middle belt
Danny Green interim WBC Champ should get shot at full WBC belt soon
Sam Soliman IBF No 1 middle
Robbie Peden IBF 1 Fighting Nate Campbell for vacant super feather belt
Vic Dachinain IBF 1 Fly due for mandatory shot

Nadel Hussein WBC 1 Super Bantam fight Oscar Larios for title

There are a lot of world class Aussie fighters fighting for major titles at the
moment is this because of Kostya I wonder? Pretty good for a small country in terms of population

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 20 Oct 2004, 12:20

I would think Jeff Fenech also has something to do with it as an ex-fighter and now a respected trainer, but your right we do seem to be having a bit of a 'Aussie invasion' in the Boxing world at the moment.

Manos de Oro · Post by **Manos de Oro** » 20 Oct 2004, 19:25

Fenech and Kostya are the two stars I think it has stemmed from. Fenech for having success as a trainer, and Kostya for his success as Champion. Both those guys are revered and there seems to be a culture of respect in Aussie boxing now for all contenders, even the pariah Mundine is contributing to it in his own way. Will be interesting to see if a new breed emerges after this school burns out.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 21 Oct 2004, 08:56

Mundine is a really talented fighter it is just a shame he has a big mouth and a jaw that should be sitting pretty on the mantelpiece. Australia seems to be breeding a group of hard hitters..is it something in the water over there?

Zhuge · Post by **Zhuge** » 21 Oct 2004, 09:10

Supposedly Shannan Taylor may be next in line for Kassim Ouma's IBF 154 title.