Medley Speaks about fight

[smelodies]

BY SEAN CUNNINGHAM
13 Jan, 2010 04:00 AM
ANTHONY Mundine couldn't give Robbie Medley a beating on Monday but the Oakdale boxer is beating himself up for not being more aggressive during his loss on points.

``Deadly'' Medley put his tattoo-clad body on the line at Sydney Entertainment Centre during the WBA international middleweight title and gained more supporters with his impressive performance.

Medley lost some of the advantage he would have had at a lower weight if the originally scheduled vacant IBO light middleweight world title bout had went ahead.

The Grange Old School Boxing fighter told the Advertiser yesterday that he ``woke up feeling too fresh'' after such a fight.

Mundine had Medley on the ropes several times but Medley's guard stood firm with very few punches cleanly connecting.

``It's a bad habit I've got I've been doing that, backing on to the ropes since I was 11,'' Medley said.

``That's my weakness and I keep saying I'll have to work on that, but this time, I really am going to work on it. He was punching my gloves most of the time and nothing he threw had me in trouble.

``I should have stepped it up a bit and been more aggressive in the later rounds and that was my plan,'' he said.

``But he's a good fighter and things are easier said than done sometimes.

``I don't think I worked hard enough in the later rounds but it's been a learning curve.''

Medley's view that Mundine wouldn't be able to knock him out was confirmed.

He was never in danger of hitting the canvas, but instead of taking the fight to Mundine, he spent too much on the ropes soaking up Mundine's blows.

``I haven't watched the replay yet, but when I was in the ring, I felt it was the happiest fight I'd ever been in, I really enjoyed it.

``It just went by really fast.''

Medley's record is 27 wins, 17 by knockout and only two losses against the same boxer, South African Isaac Hlatshwayo and Monday's loss against Mundine.

Next on the agenda for Medley looks likely to be a fight for the world IBO junior middleweight title.

[smelodies]

Yeah i should of could of would of but you didn't

He wasn't hungry enough, if he was he would have keeped jumping on mundine with fast combos like kessler did.

[Liver Crusher]

Medley was hungry!!.He was outclassed by a more experienced,faster and bigger opponent.
Medley is a good fighter who is still young and will fight big names in the future!

Medley and Geale will fight the world class fighters even if they know there is a chance they can lose.

We would have loved to have seen Mundine fight Pavlik,Sturm etc but I doubt it will happen.Maybe he does want to fight these guys but they wont have a bar of him??

I would like Geale & Mundine to mix it with Talipaeu,Piper,Pittman then Sylvester,Sturm,Duddy,Barker etc.
D

[smelodies]

Medley was hungry!!.He was outclassed by a more experienced,faster and bigger opponent.
Medley is a good fighter who is still young and will fight big names in the future!

Medley and Geale will fight the world class fighters even if they know there is a chance they can lose.

We would have loved to have seen Mundine fight Pavlik,Sturm etc but I doubt it will happen.Maybe he does want to fight these guys but they wont have a bar of him??

I would like Geale & Mundine to mix it with Talipaeu,Piper,Pittman then Sylvester,Sturm,Duddy,Barker etc.
D

If he is going to keep fighting Aussies, I would like to see him fight

Bika
Oganov
Talipae
Katsidis
Sherington

[Liver Crusher]

Bika would be outclassed by Geale & Mundine.They will out-class the others u mentioned too!

[caveman]

well y didnt mundine fight bika when challenged

[Rogue]

sorry but this was a mismatch from the very outset. Good on Medley and he got his time under the sun

[Marlin]

Bika would be outclassed by Geale & Mundine.They will out-class the others u mentioned too!

No, just no. The fight would have to be at super middle as I doubt Bika could or would try to get to middle again. Bika has fought would class opponents and given them all they can handle. Geale has fought at the domestic level and that is it. To say Geale would simply outclass Bika is just another example of your extreme bias.

[Lethaleigh76]

Good on Medley for having a go, but i felt he was on the backfoot all night, I think he should of called the fight off and made Mundine pushed harder for jnr middle,