Mundine-Green Report (Spoiler)

johnswan1 · Post by **johnswan1** » 17 May 2006, 09:42

Anthony Mundine brought the hype to an end with a unanimous points decision over Danny Green in a savage fight tonight.

In the last of a ferocious 12 rounds at Aussie Stadium, Mundine rocked Green with a combination of punches to the head and taunted the Perth fighter to "come on".

As he did all fight, Green came back at Mundine but in the end nodded to his opponent at the final bell in acknowledgement to his conqueror.

The bout had six years of hype and antagonism to live up to and was personal from the outset with Mundine's mother Lyn yelling at her son from ringside to "knock him out Choc, shut him up my baby".

All those years of built-up animosity and spite came thrashing out in the ferocious opening rounds and continued throughout the WBA super-middleweight world title eliminator.

The fight opened with a little wrestle and a nose-to-nose eyeballing as the fierce rivals came face to face for the first time in their lives.

And they both showed they wanted to make up for lost time, Green punishing Mundine's body and Mundine using the speed of his jab, slicing one through on the bell to end the first round.

The pace remained hectic in the first four rounds, with Mundine standing tall and using his jab while Green mixed his power punches.

A small cut opened up below Green's right eye and he was bleeding from the nose in the fourth round as the tempo slowed, but only marginally.

As the fight wore on, Mundine looked in greater control and in better condition.

Green threw everything into his power body punches, which were often swiftly answered with a lightning combination from Mundine which sent the sweat flying from his freshly shaved mohawk.

Green slipped on several occasions and three times struck Mundine below the belt.

But whenever he looked hurt, Green responded, splitting Mundine's lip in the 11th.

As Mundine danced away from Green in the final round, the crowd of corporate leaders, former world heavyweight champion Joe Frazier, bikie gangs, peroxide blondes and rugby league players sensed where the decision was heading.

Judge Pinit Prayadsab from Thailand gave the fight to Mundine 118-111, Korean Michael Lee scored it 116-113 and Australian Derek Milham had it 118-112.

Mundine takes his record to 26-3.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 17 May 2006, 09:53

Thanks for that, looks like the fight lived up to the hype, good win for Mundine , and Green can still be a factor in the super middle ranks as well

ciscokid · Post by **ciscokid** » 17 May 2006, 12:17

Thanks - I'm looking forward to watching this.

Bit gutted to the result as Green seemed a decent bloke and Mundine seems to be a total c0ck...

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 17 May 2006, 14:53

ciscokid wrote:Thanks - I'm looking forward to watching this.

Bit gutted to the result as Green seemed a decent bloke and Mundine seems to be a total c0ck...

Mundine doesn't always think before he speaks, but has proved himself in 2 sports Rugby League and boxing. He's not what everyone looks for in a top sportsman , but i respect him for not being scared to voice his own opinion.

ciscokid · Post by **ciscokid** » 17 May 2006, 15:42

topper123 wrote:
Mundine doesn't always think before he speaks, but has proved himself in 2 sports Rugby League and boxing. He's not what everyone looks for in a top sportsman , but i respect him for not being scared to voice his own opinion.

I can;t argue with him being a great sportsman, but IMO there's voicing an opinion and just being a dickhead, in my opionion he's the latter. I spent a year in OZ and the only person I came across who liked him as a person was a 10 year old kid in Sydney! Sorry, but claiming that the US deserved 9/11 is wrong, I suppose at least he appoligised...

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 17 May 2006, 16:29

ciscokid wrote:
topper123 wrote:
Mundine doesn't always think before he speaks, but has proved himself in 2 sports Rugby League and boxing. He's not what everyone looks for in a top sportsman , but i respect him for not being scared to voice his own opinion.
I can;t argue with him being a great sportsman, but IMO there's voicing an opinion and just being a dickhead, in my opionion he's the latter. I spent a year in OZ and the only person I came across who liked him as a person was a 10 year old kid in Sydney! Sorry, but claiming that the US deserved 9/11 is wrong, I suppose at least he appoligised...

yeah the 9/11 statement was a bad thing to say in public, he has learned a bit about what should be said and what should be kept private.

I'm not saying i'm a huge fan of his, I spent 18 months in Oz , that was just as he turned pro, and most of Australia was hoping he'd get spanked in his fights, I remember when he was sparked by Ottke it was repeated numerous times by certain rugby programmes.

ciscokid · Post by **ciscokid** » 17 May 2006, 16:36

Do you box yourself? If so, what did you think of the general standard of boxing in OZ?

I thought that it was pretty poor - for a country that is sport mad i didn't much of the general standard amateur boxing.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 17 May 2006, 17:07

ciscokid wrote:Do you box yourself? If so, what did you think of the general standard of boxing in OZ?

I thought that it was pretty poor - for a country that is sport mad i didn't much of the general standard amateur boxing.

I did a little training at a gym in Melbourne, i boxed amatuer a few years previously, so was just looking to keep fit. I must say that the standard in Oz isn't the best, which is quite surprising because it is such a sports orientated country, and they do like boxing over there.

I feel maybe there are not the incentives for boxers over there like there are here. And when they turn pro the competition is pretty poor. If your a prospect their managers seem to feed them on poor quality imports from asia, padding up the record.

Australia has produced good some good champions , but there isn't much depth in the quality of their boxers.

Amatuers just don't seem to get good enough international competition, and when they do go to a Olympics then the boxers get found out because of this.

ciscokid · Post by **ciscokid** » 17 May 2006, 17:24

topper123 wrote:
I did a little training at a gym in Melbourne, i boxed amatuer a few years previously, so was just looking to keep fit. I must say that the standard in Oz isn't the best, which is quite surprising because it is such a sports orientated country, and they do like boxing over there.

I feel maybe there are not the incentives for boxers over there like there are here. And when they turn pro the competition is pretty poor. If your a prospect their managers seem to feed them on poor quality imports from asia, padding up the record.

Australia has produced good some good champions , but there isn't much depth in the quality of their boxers.

Amatuers just don't seem to get good enough international competition, and when they do go to a Olympics then the boxers get found out because of this.

Bang on!

- I also think that a lot of OZ boxers tend to get a chip on their shoulder and think that they are the best just being autralian, not saying all, but a large % and in reality they aren't that good by UK standards.

MkoG-r11 · Post by **MkoG-r11** » 17 May 2006, 17:30

Mundine schooled your boy ciscokid 8)

ciscokid · Post by **ciscokid** » 18 May 2006, 08:43

MkoG-r11 wrote:Mundine schooled your boy ciscokid 8)

So I hear!

I haven;t seen the fight - should watch it tomorrow.

Oh well - I bet Green will either look for a re-match or go back to fishing off the coast of Perth... Hard life.

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 18 May 2006, 10:46

Where will this fight be shown?... is sky showing it?...

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 19 May 2006, 11:35

Not too susprised, i expected Mundine's speed and ability to be the difference, Green has punch power but Mundine potentially world class. Hope to see the fight soon.

ciscokid · Post by **ciscokid** » 21 May 2006, 08:52

Just watched it - Green fell into Mundines trap and just kept moving forward and getting shot - Mundine landed a lot of good shots, but fair play to Green, he kept coming!!

Sweet P · Post by **Sweet P** » 23 May 2006, 08:13

It was a good fight Green continually attacked the body trying to slow Mundine down but was countered all night and showed a great chin as he took some huge right hands from Mundine, Mundine looked the best he ever has been. Mundine was troubled in the 4th by a right hand but come straight back with a 3 punch combo. Niether fighter looked like going down but green was slow in the last few rounds and looked to be resigned to the fact he was losing the fight, He rallied in the last 2 rounds but Mundine was already 3-4 rounds in front and didn't need to put himself in harms way.
I think that both fighters will lose nothing from this fight, Mundine weighed in at about 163.5 and Roy Jones Snr is trying to talk him into moving down to Middle weight for some really big fights. Green although taking a lot of good shots still has the power to trouble people in this division but i think he would be better off moving to 175 and maybe we could see Green Vs Paul Briggs in another huge fight for us Aussies.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 23 May 2006, 08:32

Ben Keilty wrote:It was a good fight Green continually attacked the body trying to slow Mundine down but was countered all night and showed a great chin as he took some huge right hands from Mundine, Mundine looked the best he ever has been. Mundine was troubled in the 4th by a right hand but come straight back with a 3 punch combo. Niether fighter looked like going down but green was slow in the last few rounds and looked to be resigned to the fact he was losing the fight, He rallied in the last 2 rounds but Mundine was already 3-4 rounds in front and didn't need to put himself in harms way.
I think that both fighters will lose nothing from this fight, Mundine weighed in at about 163.5 and Roy Jones Snr is trying to talk him into moving down to Middle weight for some really big fights. Green although taking a lot of good shots still has the power to trouble people in this division but i think he would be better off moving to 175 and maybe we could see Green Vs Paul Briggs in another huge fight for us Aussies.

I'm not so sure that Mundine could take off the weight and still have the same strength if he dropped down to middle, Mundine trades on his speed and at middle that would be less of a threat as alot of the supermiddles are not the fastest.

Ben , was there alot of trouble in Australia after the fight, read a couple of reports it kicked off a bit

Sweet P · Post by **Sweet P** » 23 May 2006, 21:37

I don't know about the rest of Australia but there were 30 plus reports of violence in local pubs in Perth and one death.

ciscokid · Post by **ciscokid** » 24 May 2006, 12:57

At one point - maybe 7th round - there was fighting in the crowd