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adamheight wrote:you guys really think wood will start as favourite in the rematch?

i cant see that.

edit: found some odds


http://www.way2bet.com.au/odds_comparis ... Garth+Wood

looks right to me.

Liston was long odds on to beat Clay both times, same with Dempsey and Tunney. Bookies are poor judges.

On top of that Mundine has a near crippling hip injury from his time playing football. It has slowed him down a lot. At 35 you don't easily recover from something like that.

Our man Mundine may have entered the room of mirrors judging from this report:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6007144173

Whether his new found humility will help him is a matter of opinion. Wood has the advantage of knowing he took all Anthony threw at him and knocked him out.

As for Mundine having been ahead on points when wood KOed him, did any of you ever see film of Marciano beating Walcott? Jersey Joe was far enough ahead on points to win the Melbourne Cup when Rocky lowered the boom.

Love Marciano, only underfeated heavyweight champ of all time and still holds the record for 49 straight victorys and all that jazz, however Wood can't be mentioned in the same breath as the Brockton Blockbuster, it's like comparing chalk with cheese.

I think you might be singing a different tune this time mid year. I would be even more shocked this time if Mundine lost.

I don't like to make excuses for Mundine but at the weigh in last time, he looked unhealthy and too skinny

Hounddawg wrote:Love Marciano, only underfeated heavyweight champ of all time and still holds the record for 49 straight victorys and all that jazz, however Wood can't be mentioned in the same breath as the Brockton Blockbuster, it's like comparing chalk with cheese.

I think you might be singing a different tune this time mid year. I would be even more shocked this time if Mundine lost.

I'll take that bet.

dberry wrote:

Hounddawg wrote:Love Marciano, only underfeated heavyweight champ of all time and still holds the record for 49 straight victorys and all that jazz, however Wood can't be mentioned in the same breath as the Brockton Blockbuster, it's like comparing chalk with cheese.

I think you might be singing a different tune this time mid year. I would be even more shocked this time if Mundine lost.

I'll take that bet.

How much big fella?

The first one was a rough, tough ugly fight. I think if Mundine isn't to far over the hill then I think he should have enough to outbox the one dimensional Wood, catch him coming in and then moving trying not to get into clinches like the last one!

Mundine UD for me

Mundine will keep it on the outside, last time, he thought all he had to do was turn up to win and he got a shock! This time however Wood will just get a nice boxing lesson and doubt he will win a round. If Mundine has got the venue he will have the referee as well so no monkey business will be allowed from Wood.

Hounddawg wrote:

dberry wrote:

Hounddawg wrote:Love Marciano, only underfeated heavyweight champ of all time and still holds the record for 49 straight victorys and all that jazz, however Wood can't be mentioned in the same breath as the Brockton Blockbuster, it's like comparing chalk with cheese.

I think you might be singing a different tune this time mid year. I would be even more shocked this time if Mundine lost.

I'll take that bet.

How much big fella?

Not much

Carlos-Wigan wrote:Mundine will keep it on the outside, last time, he thought all he had to do was turn up to win and he got a shock! This time however Wood will just get a nice boxing lesson and doubt he will win a round. If Mundine has got the venue he will have the referee as well so no monkey business will be allowed from Wood.

Mundine can't move that fast now. His hip is the reason he will not go back to football. Hard to box if you can't move.

adamheight wrote:everyone on this forum will either buy or to a pub to watch the rematch..even marlin.

they sure will be

i know heaps of people in boxing who pretend they dont watch mundines fights but secretly do.

adamheight wrote:i know heaps of people in boxing who pretend they dont watch mundines fights but secretly do.

It's like people who say they don't watch soap operas yet secretly do
sad c#&s

i think alot will depend on what kind of ref will be in charge of the fight

thunderfromdownunder wrote:i think alot will depend on what kind of ref will be in charge of the fight

Didn't matter last time.

Brute wrote:

thunderfromdownunder wrote:i think alot will depend on what kind of ref will be in charge of the fight

Didn't matter last time.

les fear took a bit of criticism all round

adamheight wrote:

Brute wrote:

thunderfromdownunder wrote:i think alot will depend on what kind of ref will be in charge of the fight

Didn't matter last time.

les fear took a bit of criticism all round

...but mostly from Boxa.

Carlos-Wigan wrote:Mundine will keep it on the outside, last time, he thought all he had to do was turn up to win and he got a shock! This time however Wood will just get a nice boxing lesson and doubt he will win a round. If Mundine has got the venue he will have the referee as well so no monkey business will be allowed from Wood.

Can the promotor choose what referee they have? I know you can't choose what judges you have

Mark pawsey wrote:

Carlos-Wigan wrote:Mundine will keep it on the outside, last time, he thought all he had to do was turn up to win and he got a shock! This time however Wood will just get a nice boxing lesson and doubt he will win a round. If Mundine has got the venue he will have the referee as well so no monkey business will be allowed from Wood.

Can the promotor choose what referee they have? I know you can't choose what judges you have

I always thought the commission was in charge of appointing judges/refs.

crusader wrote:

Mark pawsey wrote:

Carlos-Wigan wrote:Mundine will keep it on the outside, last time, he thought all he had to do was turn up to win and he got a shock! This time however Wood will just get a nice boxing lesson and doubt he will win a round. If Mundine has got the venue he will have the referee as well so no monkey business will be allowed from Wood.

Can the promotor choose what referee they have? I know you can't choose what judges you have

I always thought the commission was in charge of appointing judges/refs.

That's what I thought

Brute wrote:

adamheight wrote:

Brute wrote: Didn't matter last time.

les fear took a bit of criticism all round

...but mostly from Boxa.

Have you seen the fight? Agreed Mundine's a tool, but that wasn't an even playing field, it's better Wood learns to fight fairly/properly now, than to ship him overseas and watch him get DQ after DQ.

Les Fear is a real worry, Dib vs Yamaguchi, Mundine vs Wood and others... maybe time to have a think about something else besides officiating.

Hounddawg wrote:

Brute wrote:

adamheight wrote: les fear took a bit of criticism all round

...but mostly from Boxa.

Have you seen the fight? Agreed Mundine's a tool, but that wasn't an even playing field, it's better Wood learns to fight fairly/properly now, than to ship him overseas and watch him get DQ after DQ.

Les Fear is a real worry, Dib vs Yamaguchi, Mundine vs Wood and others... maybe time to have a think about something else besides officiating.

Les Fear is a good bloke and as far as reffs go ,there is alot worse than him out there, his also one of the most fair judges, the only knock. I've had on him is that sometimes he stops fight to early, and he did it to me against Steve Timbi, so I went up to him after the fight, and said why did you stop that ? He said you were gone, but I know I wasn't, that's just the way he seen it.

What i've seen of him, worries me and others, I'm no lone wolf on this one, and i couldn't care if he's a good bloke or not, i wasn't attacking his personal character merely his professional character, when i'm paying for a fight or spending money at the pub or in attendance i'm after an official with due care and who follows the Marquess of Queensberry rules.

I've seen you fight a couple of times Mark. You do claim to be have robbed in a couple of fights, why is that and do you you think you've worked out how to fix that?

The Marquess has been dead 111 years. The rules are different now.