Mundine/Wood

[adamheight]

taken from another site:

"From a mate who works for a betting agency.

Massive rort!



Some of the biggest germ punters jumped on the past 7 days for a woods win – no way would they be doing this unless they knew. A few specific dirty fuckers piled up over 150k worth of bets in 20 mins on woods at 7 dollars. You don’t see this unless a rort is in the making. Both sides are utter pricks



The police are asking for files after a few complaints. I think tab and a few agenices are putting in claims to the gaming commissions.



Just another piece of evidence that boxing is f ucked"

i dont buy that though...mundine was "ottke'd", mundine wouldnt be that good an actor, he was well and truely gone. hit in the exact same spot as ottke got him with.

[Beltane]

What Grant said below is spot on:

I take no pleasure in seeing mundine koed. But it was inevitable, where he went wrong is his choose of his last 17 opponents. Our two biggest football codes understand that you have to improve every year. Mundine didn't simply because he didn't have to, no opponent hefought was able to impart knowledge so hekept on doing the same thing. Lack of testing opponents cost him dearly. Pity because he has all the attributes except a willingness to test himself. A victim of hand picking opponents. I fear now that his time has passed.

The name of any game, if you are not just in it for fun, is all about continuous improvement. Mundine was really only interested in maintaining his PPV bottom line, thus the succession of lesser opposition, whilst slowly milking the paying customer. His declining ability was hidden behind a bodyguard of hype until Garth, much to our surprise, exposed him once and for all.

Well done Garth, you performed a great public service imposing some instant karma on Mundine.

[scottearley123456]

i think mundine was just a KO waiting to happen, he was wobbled big time against jerez the fight previous to waters
and he hasnt looked at all healthy going down in weight class.

was this fight at middle weight ? so mundine would have had to get down to light middle for his last two fights then go back up to middle to fight woods then for his next fight go back down to middle?

thats a lot of weight changing for someone who used to be somewhere around 80kgs playing rugby

[Brute]

I haven't seen it but is there any talk of a fix al la dan's assessment?

If it was a fix Choc would not have looked so bad at the finish. He looked like Ali and Frazier put together after their first fight.

They were fair dinkum.

[colin russell]

Fix my as that was no fix nobody thought Woods would win except Garth Woods and good on him. Dont try putting his win down as a fix. just guts and glory.

[dan h]

taken from another site:

"From a mate who works for a betting agency.

Massive rort!



Some of the biggest germ punters jumped on the past 7 days for a woods win – no way would they be doing this unless they knew. A few specific dirty fuckers piled up over 150k worth of bets in 20 mins on woods at 7 dollars. You don’t see this unless a rort is in the making. Both sides are utter pricks



The police are asking for files after a few complaints. I think tab and a few agenices are putting in claims to the gaming commissions.



Just another piece of evidence that boxing is f ucked"

i dont buy that though...mundine was "ottke'd", mundine wouldnt be that good an actor, he was well and truely gone. hit in the exact same spot as ottke got him with.

NO SYMPATHY FOR BETTING AGENCIES. tHEY ARE THE BIGGEST CROOKS GETTING AROUND.

[oliverfennell]

what the eff r u on about?
all u predicted was for wood to win ffs. big fucken deal!!!!!

Well it was a damn good call, wasn't it? I don't buy into the "fix" nonsense for a second, but I think someone is entitled to gloat a little bit when they predict one of the biggest upsets of the year, anywhere in the world!

[big lennox]

It was a pleasure you can't measure watching that.I have never understood how australian tv allowed Mundine to keep on cherry picking the softest, smallest opponents that he could find.It was outrageous.

Glad to see Green has stepped up the level of competition.

[Sweet P]

Fix . Mundine was KOd. End of story. Garth landed a great shot and followed it up with another shot on the jaw.
He was in a bad way from the punches.

[Brute]

Some little birdy told me they were close friends in Juniors.............. must have been a liar bird D

The boxing tragic i am however will ensure that i will head around the old mans joint and force him to buy the fight ................. my foxtel account will never list a Mundine fight as a PPV

They were not even in the same junior league. Garth was a South Sydney junior and Choc was a St George junior.

I saw his interview on Foxsports today and Mundine said he had never even met him before despite the rumours they were friends, he reckons that some of Mundines cousins are friends with Wood and thats were the rumours started.............. liar birds everywhere D D D

Just for the record Mundine and Woods are not friends

No, but Choc has a lot of respect for Garth now.

[iron rhino]

Firstly I'll start off by saying I didn't watch the fight,or the card(self explanetry)but did watch an interview of mundine saying that his desire in his last 6 fights wasn't there (probably cos the fights were shoe in's)And that hopefully this KO would spark that desire again.When I watched him speak these words there was no aggression or affirmation in the fact he wanted to kick garth's ass,just sounded like a beaten man not just in this fight but allround.He stated he still wanted to drop a devision and be a titlest in jr middle and I'll give him that.But overall I think he's over boxing,and done his dash,another world title I personally think isn't in his sights at all!!!cheers!!JMO!!

[patron]

i didn,t see the fight, only the knockdown, and if that was a fix, somebody has given mundine the wrong lessonson taking a dive without getting hurt, when he was on the deck , i don,t think he knew whether he was anthony or cleopatra, he should have got a lesson off briggs, win or lose he still cops a roast. all the best

[Hounddawg]

If you rehearse a KO in Australian boxing NOW! you're committing suicide, no one in there right mind would say you'll take a dive, but some might suggest to forget to block a few or remain stationary in the corner and don't really throw any back. With sport everywhere in the world being under massive scrutiny as far as match fixing/fight fixing it's common sense to actually feel a little pain in order to bring any attention.

Certainly wasn't impressive by any stretch, and i hate to say it but that was the worse Anthony Mundine i've ever seen, he could barely move around the ring, it's time to start eating your chocolate and shitt Mundine.

I know people are saying fix and most are saying it's legit, but the one thing that leaves a sick feeling in my stomach, is the Ryan waters ring entrance and the engineered " I'm gonna push you in the face....OK"...nods"OK".

I want to know peoples opinion, does anyone believe that Woods will win a world title???

Me personally I think Garth would find it hard to beat the best Australian middleweight. All the best to Garth because it really is a fairytale and honestly would love to see him go on, but the reality is he's very Average in skill, 1 of the dirtiest fighters I've seen in some time, his run of Refs letting him get away with murder will end shortly, and he has very bad scar tissue around the eyes.I hope i'm wrong, but they are the facts.

[Brute]

Probably not, but Jeff Fenech sees a big future for him and Jeff did win three world titles.

[Beltane]

I want to know peoples opinion, does anyone believe that Woods will win a world title???

said Hounddawg.

Of course, thats why we have the WBF!

[buster007]

iron rhino,

i don't believe the lack of desire excuse. thats just a beaten fighter trying not to blame his ability.

also too many people underestimated garth. this guy improved ten-fold from the beginning until the end of the contender even if he did get away with dirty tactics. and since then he has obviously had the best trainers working with him and improved even more. who knows how garth will go in his next fights. he may never win another fight. but nobody thought he would win any of the contender fights, nor vs mundine.

the fact that anthony is working so hard to fight at these weights shows his commitment imo.
and it was within his power to fight better fighters but he himself chose not to.

[myrontheinvincable]

Punters are happy that Mundine was bashed behind the back of his left ear....typically, this summarises the low level of mentality, lack of knowledge, lack of fairness, and ebullient bullshit that fight fans have these days. If you have watched the replay, you would have to be a blindman not to have seen that the punch that caused the greatest damage to Mundine, was the right cross thrown behind Mundines left ear ( the left hook that followed was superfluous to the outcome.)

Now you blokes that have never had any involvement in violent pastimes, would have no idea about this.... you must try to move above the few spars that you had in your grandpas garage and your self-developed opinion of being an expert boxing commentator; or it might have been your onfield footy antics of wrestling and giving out coat-hangers, or your push and shovies as a bouncer at some lame pub for a year or two, that has mislead your ugly head to glorify your own stupid viewpoints.... I say, if you really want to assess Mundine and Wood's performances, then get someone to put a glove on and give you a half decent, big whack behind your ear - you won't be able to see how quickly it is, that you are heading towards the floorboards and experiencing a critical shutdown, because you will be in the land of the la la. You wont feel the extra left hook either, as you are slowly falling to the ground. All you virgin boxing commentators who have not ever experienced a big whack behind the ear, should have to go and get one before writing anything on a boxing forum.

[Brute]

Many of us have boxed at some level. I only fought at prelim level but know enough to know that a left hook behind the ear is a fair punch as long as it is not behind the head. As for how a punch feels, no punch you are on the end of feels pleasant.

Mundine knocked Wood down after the bell sounded to end the second round. To my mind that was the worse event.

[dan h]

Punters are happy that Mundine was bashed behind the back of his left ear....typically, this summarises the low level of mentality, lack of knowledge, lack of fairness, and ebullient bullshit that fight fans have these days. If you have watched the replay, you would have to be a blindman not to have seen that the punch that caused the greatest damage to Mundine, was the right cross thrown behind Mundines left ear ( the left hook that followed was superfluous to the outcome.)

Now you blokes that have never had any involvement in violent pastimes, would have no idea about this.... you must try to move above the few spars that you had in your grandpas garage and your self-developed opinion of being an expert boxing commentator; or it might have been your onfield footy antics of wrestling and giving out coat-hangers, or your push and shovies as a bouncer at some lame pub for a year or two, that has mislead your ugly head to glorify your own stupid viewpoints.... I say, if you really want to assess Mundine and Wood's performances, then get someone to put a glove on and give you a half decent, big whack behind your ear - you won't be able to see how quickly it is, that you are heading towards the floorboards and experiencing a critical shutdown, because you will be in the land of the la la. You wont feel the extra left hook either, as you are slowly falling to the ground. All you virgin boxing commentators who have not ever experienced a big whack behind the ear, should have to go and get one before writing anything on a boxing forum.

lol, nice post

It is a boxing forum for boxing fans to have a chat and say their opinion. Just because you threw a glove on doesn't make you any more important than anyone else mate. I guess punters can't comment on a dog race unless they have been a dog and raced themselves?

[buster007]

they r not conditioned to take such shots.

boxers to a degree obviously r.

[Beltane]

I saw a big rip to the body of Mundine that did the damage, just before the head shots, a punch that shortened him up big time and left him very vulnerable to the next set of hits that put him out for the count.

[scottearley123456]

Punters are happy that Mundine was bashed behind the back of his left ear....typically, this summarises the low level of mentality, lack of knowledge, lack of fairness, and ebullient bullshit that fight fans have these days. If you have watched the replay, you would have to be a blindman not to have seen that the punch that caused the greatest damage to Mundine, was the right cross thrown behind Mundines left ear ( the left hook that followed was superfluous to the outcome.)

Now you blokes that have never had any involvement in violent pastimes, would have no idea about this.... you must try to move above the few spars that you had in your grandpas garage and your self-developed opinion of being an expert boxing commentator; or it might have been your onfield footy antics of wrestling and giving out coat-hangers, or your push and shovies as a bouncer at some lame pub for a year or two, that has mislead your ugly head to glorify your own stupid viewpoints.... I say, if you really want to assess Mundine and Wood's performances, then get someone to put a glove on and give you a half decent, big whack behind your ear - you won't be able to see how quickly it is, that you are heading towards the floorboards and experiencing a critical shutdown, because you will be in the land of the la la. You wont feel the extra left hook either, as you are slowly falling to the ground. All you virgin boxing commentators who have not ever experienced a big whack behind the ear, should have to go and get one before writing anything on a boxing forum.

mate people can argue this point allday long weather it was a legal punch but the fact of the matter is mundine put him self in that postion and allowed himself to get tied up constantly, i dont believe it was a true mundine performance as he doesnt normally get trapped like that and is just better allround than that night, but thats what you get for going down then up in weight all the time, was pretty funny to watch though made my day hearing that mundine got ko'd especially by somebody like woods.

[myrontheinvincable]

"mate people can argue this point allday long weather it was a legal punch "

I am not arguing anything; I am just making more prominent, the devestation of this behind the ear blow, which was as vivid and clear fact to the reason why Mundine was destroyed. Boxing knockouts don't have slo mo video for the ref to review and reverse decisions etc..etc. We live with the outcome, unfortunately. In case you have all forgotten, the sport is about the sweet science of boxing, based on the Queensberry rules....not some mongrel backwood set of Deliverance biffs and blows. Woods has continually made a mockery of the Queensberry rules with his eagerness to gain prowess. He uglifies our sport...and draws it towards cage wrestling.

[Brute]

Boxing is for hard men. You go into the ring knowing you can be hurt. It is fine and dandy to speak of the art of self defence, but in the end it is the knockout punchers who make the big money. If a boxer is outmatched it is kinder to knock him out than to keep fighting to the end.

Did you ever see the Muhammad Ali/Ernie Terrell fight? Ali could have knocked Terrell out early in the fight but backed off enough to let the fight go the full fifteen rounds to punish Terrell, who he believed stole his WBA title. The more punches you take, the more chance there is of sustaining long term damage.
Wood saw that Mundine had nothing left so he finished the fight.

[caveman]

hounddog has got it right