Mundine and Australian Boxing

[p4p1]

Love him or hate him Anthony Mundine has been the best thing to happen to Australian boxing and Australian boxers. He gave Aussie boxing some real mainstream appeal for a while which allowed Danny Green through his rivalry with Mundine to become a multi-millionaire. That might be controversial to say but there have been better boxers than Green from this country who never caught public attention because they didn't have Mundine.

He gave a lot of boxers pay days that realistically they never would have been able to achieve without the effect on the public Mundine had. Most recently he gave one to JWP, one of Australias greatest ever fighters. You could see after the fight just how much the $$$ made from the fight meant to JWP and his family now that he was retiring. There's a long list of boxers that owe a lot to Mundine and as a fan I would like to thank Mundine for giving a lot of hardworking Aussie fighters a great pay day, bringing attention to the sport and perhaps most importantly for his behind the scenes work with charities etc that he did because he wanted to not because he wanted public admiration to do so.

[fox]

Love him or hate him Anthony Mundine has been the best thing to happen to Australian boxing and Australian boxers. He gave Aussie boxing some real mainstream appeal for a while which allowed Danny Green through his rivalry with Mundine to become a multi-millionaire. That might be controversial to say but there have been better boxers than Green from this country who never caught public attention because they didn't have Mundine.

He gave a lot of boxers pay days that realistically they never would have been able to achieve without the effect on the public Mundine had. Most recently he gave one to JWP, one of Australias greatest ever fighters. You could see after the fight just how much the $$$ made from the fight meant to JWP and his family now that he was retiring. There's a long list of boxers that owe a lot to Mundine and as a fan I would like to thank Mundine for giving a lot of hardworking Aussie fighters a great pay day, bringing attention to the sport and perhaps most importantly for his behind the scenes work with charities etc that he did because he wanted to not because he wanted public admiration to do so.

Yes exactly. I was talking to a bloke who fought Mundine and I asked him did he do alright out of it. He told me that Mundine helped him buy a house.

[Grant]

I agree with everything you have said, I was sucked in a couple of times by his bad guy promos. But you can never doubt his preparation and skill. The Only thing that I wish he had have done is to fight Kessler at SM when he was Anthony's Mandatory.
I would love to know the full story about that.
And his decision to go down to Super Welter was strange, (He looked emasculated) . But I admit to buying his fights. And hope he can enjoy his retirement.
He owes us nothing

[coneye]

Love him or hate him Anthony Mundine has been the best thing to happen to Australian boxing and Australian boxers. He gave Aussie boxing some real mainstream appeal for a while which allowed Danny Green through his rivalry with Mundine to become a multi-millionaire. That might be controversial to say but there have been better boxers than Green from this country who never caught public attention because they didn't have Mundine.

He gave a lot of boxers pay days that realistically they never would have been able to achieve without the effect on the public Mundine had. Most recently he gave one to JWP, one of Australias greatest ever fighters. You could see after the fight just how much the $$$ made from the fight meant to JWP and his family now that he was retiring. There's a long list of boxers that owe a lot to Mundine and as a fan I would like to thank Mundine for giving a lot of hardworking Aussie fighters a great pay day, bringing attention to the sport and perhaps most importantly for his behind the scenes work with charities etc that he did because he wanted to not because he wanted public admiration to do so.

In fact a double .. People just don't relize what a talent he was , to have 2 ameteur fights , then within a dozen pro fights , taking an UNBEATEN world champ to the wire ,, And only getting stopped through pure exhausten ,, it was an incredeble effort , .. Hats off too the MAN

[margaret thatcher]

Only exhaustion? He got suddenly ktfo by 1 shot.

Agree though, to go from a couple amateur fights to that success he had as a pro takes some serious talent

[coneye]

Only exhaustion? He got suddenly ktfo by 1 shot.

Agree though, to go from a couple amateur fights to that success he had as a pro takes some serious talent

Yeh , He took a shot on the temple , could'nt get up thats in the history books ,, But i believe it was just sheer exhaustion that got him ,, He did virtually leave it all in the ring that night , to go all them rnds with an unbeaten seasoned world champ while still a virtual novice was nothing short of incredible ,, doing 10 12 rnds in such a short time in the game was a terrific acheivment ,people still struggle after dozens of ameteur fights , years of boxing training , mind you after they have done the first 10 , most look back and say ,, Jeez and i used to find 3 rnds hard , now there a peice of piss

[Beltane]

Phil Rothfield from The Telegraph wrote this on 28 June:

NO MORE CHOC, PLEASE

Your columnist has been trying to talk 45-year-old Anthony Mundine out of having another fight.

There is talk he will step into the ring against Michael Zerafa, the 28-year-old who beat Jeff Horn but lost a brutal rematch. The fight would take place in Bendigo in November.

Mundine will not listen to anyone who is concerned for his safety.

“It’s going to happen — I’m going to shock the world again, bra,” he said.

“People like yourself can doubt me but it doesn’t matter.

“I’m a special breed. I’m going to school this cat. I won the (Danny) Green fight, I got robbed against John Wayne Parr.

“I’m going to knock this guy out so it doesn’t go to the judges.”

Sad - poor Mundine is suffering from "relevance deprivation syndrome!"

[Grant]

Anthony, don't do it.

look at this example

"After seventeen months of inactivity, and in only his third bout in six years, on June 7, 2019, at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, Zab Judah, age 41, was stopped in the eleventh round of a scheduled 12 rounder for the vacant NABA Super Lightweight title by Cletus Seldin. Judah felt faint after the bout, and was hospitalized and treated for a brain bleed, likely ending his boxing career. He was subsequently released from the hospital and is recovering.[67]"