Has Mundine ever beaten an elite level opponent?
Posted: 11 Feb 2015, 17:34
Surely a very fair question to raise. He has never beaten a reigning world champion for a recognized world title.
You are the ultimate Mundine hater! He has only ever fought 1 elite fighter, and that was Kessler. I personally think that was his best fight, even though he lost.bash for cash wrote:Surely a very fair question to raise. He has never beaten a reigning world champion for a recognized world title.
I knew two things when I posted this thread:Lairdy wrote:You are the ultimate Mundine hater! He has only ever fought 1 elite fighter, and that was Kessler. I personally think that was his best fight, even though he lost.bash for cash wrote:Surely a very fair question to raise. He has never beaten a reigning world champion for a recognized world title.
Now ask yourself that same question about your bf Danny Green? Who has never even fought an elite fighter. The closest to elite he ether fought was Mundine, and Mundine wiped the floor with him!
Well said!buster007 wrote:stop trolling ffs.
take this poo to esb if u want to play silly buggers.
I agree with the best win being against Green. History will show that neither were ever elite. But it will also show - for arguments sake - that Mundine wiped the floor with Green.Like a Boss wrote:Mundine's best win is generally regarded as being against Danny Green about 10 years ago.
Is Danny Green elite level? Probably not. But I don't think Mundine is either and history will probably place them at a similar level.
Seems we are in agreement. Though I'm not sure why you felt the compulsion to add the last bit. Unable to discuss something without including parochial barbs?Lairdy wrote:I agree with the best win being against Green. History will show that neither were ever elite. But it will also show - for arguments sake - that Mundine wiped the floor with Green.Like a Boss wrote:Mundine's best win is generally regarded as being against Danny Green about 10 years ago.
Is Danny Green elite level? Probably not. But I don't think Mundine is either and history will probably place them at a similar level.
The last bit was more a stab at Bash for Cash and Buster07. All good man.Like a Boss wrote:Seems we are in agreement. Though I'm not sure why you felt the compulsion to add the last bit. Unable to discuss something without including parochial barbs?Lairdy wrote:I agree with the best win being against Green. History will show that neither were ever elite. But it will also show - for arguments sake - that Mundine wiped the floor with Green.Like a Boss wrote:Mundine's best win is generally regarded as being against Danny Green about 10 years ago.
Is Danny Green elite level? Probably not. But I don't think Mundine is either and history will probably place them at a similar level.
Please name the "elite" opponents he could've fought from SMW down to LMW? SMW - Kessler, Clazaghe. Middlewieght - Martinez (and don't go saying GGG, because he was barely known when Mundine was classed as a middleweight), LMW - Mayweather, Cotto, Alvarez.bash for cash wrote:Looks like we are all in agreement Mundine has never beaten an elite level opponent
Good point about Geale. He was a real talent when they first met. But by the time they met the second time Geale had improved and Mundine had probably gone the other way. Good postPerseus wrote:Hard not to agree with that.
If someone says he did beat an elite opponent he's going to have to provide the name of said defeated elite level opponent.
Mundine's best wins imo
Danny Green - UD 12
Daniele Geale - SD 12
Sam Soliman - SD 12, KO 9, UD 12(particularly the second two, the judges were kind to The Man the first time)
Sergey Rabchenko - SD 12
Shane Mosley - TKO 7
Not bad but certainly not great and I don't see a win over an elite opponent there.
Mosley obviously the biggest name but he was 42-years-old, in the final fight of his career and had just one win in final 6 fights.
I think most people would agree that elite level boxers win more than one time in 6 fights.
imo, Green was his biggest win/biggest fight, but Geale was the best opponent defeated(I know some people think the Geale decision was wrong but I think the judges got it right)
I said it before the Rabchenko vs Mundine fight, and people called me an idiot. Rabchenko has got ONE strength, and that is he has heavy hands. Crap technique, very sloppy, and not exactly quick. He had never fought a true world class fighter like Mundine, and the way Mundine boxed his ears off for most of the fight showed that.Beltane wrote:Rabchenko stills considers himself at elite level and continues to beat the drum about Mundine ignoring a rematch:
http://www.BS.com/rabchenko-an ... tch--87092
I too agree that Mundine had not changed much at all for their second fight, and he got a deserved beating because of this. I would like to see them have a 3rd fight, and Mundine to retain Chris McCullen in his corner. McCullen is a great trainer that brings out the offense in almost every fighter he trains.bash for cash wrote:Good point about Geale. He was a real talent when they first met. But by the time they met the second time Geale had improved and Mundine had probably gone the other way. Good postPerseus wrote:Hard not to agree with that.
If someone says he did beat an elite opponent he's going to have to provide the name of said defeated elite level opponent.
Mundine's best wins imo
Danny Green - UD 12
Daniele Geale - SD 12
Sam Soliman - SD 12, KO 9, UD 12(particularly the second two, the judges were kind to The Man the first time)
Sergey Rabchenko - SD 12
Shane Mosley - TKO 7
Not bad but certainly not great and I don't see a win over an elite opponent there.
Mosley obviously the biggest name but he was 42-years-old, in the final fight of his career and had just one win in final 6 fights.
I think most people would agree that elite level boxers win more than one time in 6 fights.
imo, Green was his biggest win/biggest fight, but Geale was the best opponent defeated(I know some people think the Geale decision was wrong but I think the judges got it right)
Mundine vs Rabchenko was a good fight. Rabchenko was a very good body puncher. But his one twos to the head were mostly powerless and that really surprised me.Beltane wrote:Rabchenko stills considers himself at elite level and continues to beat the drum about Mundine ignoring a rematch:
http://www.BS.com/rabchenko-an ... tch--87092
Mundine couldn't get fights with the elites because he wasn't willing to step up in the first place, if he had of fought the likes of trout and GGG and won, those opportunities would have presented themselvesLairdy wrote:Please name the "elite" opponents he could've fought from SMW down to LMW? SMW - Kessler, Clazaghe. Middlewieght - Martinez (and don't go saying GGG, because he was barely known when Mundine was classed as a middleweight), LMW - Mayweather, Cotto, Alvarez.bash for cash wrote:Looks like we are all in agreement Mundine has never beaten an elite level opponent
He fought Kessler and lost. Couldn't get a fight with Calzaghe. Couldn't get a fight with Martinez. And is actively trying to get fights with the 3 LMW's I have named.
So, the truth be known. He may not have beaten an elite fighter. Yet, there has only - IMO - been 6 in his career anyway.
So your thread is pretty pathetic. Almost childish.
Unfortunately for Mundine, he may have left it too late to get these big fights because he has put $$$ first for too long. He only has himself to blame. He could've been an Australian great. Yet history will show that he was just a world class fighter.Pureist wrote:Mundine couldn't get fights with the elites because he wasn't willing to step up in the first place, if he had of fought the likes of trout and GGG and won, those opportunities would have presented themselvesLairdy wrote:Please name the "elite" opponents he could've fought from SMW down to LMW? SMW - Kessler, Clazaghe. Middlewieght - Martinez (and don't go saying GGG, because he was barely known when Mundine was classed as a middleweight), LMW - Mayweather, Cotto, Alvarez.bash for cash wrote:Looks like we are all in agreement Mundine has never beaten an elite level opponent
He fought Kessler and lost. Couldn't get a fight with Calzaghe. Couldn't get a fight with Martinez. And is actively trying to get fights with the 3 LMW's I have named.
So, the truth be known. He may not have beaten an elite fighter. Yet, there has only - IMO - been 6 in his career anyway.
So your thread is pretty pathetic. Almost childish.
Rabchenko looked pretty small too.Like a Boss wrote:Mundine vs Rabchenko was a good fight. Rabchenko was a very good body puncher. But his one twos to the head were mostly powerless and that really surprised me.Beltane wrote:Rabchenko stills considers himself at elite level and continues to beat the drum about Mundine ignoring a rematch:
http://www.BS.com/rabchenko-an ... tch--87092
Not fighting Trout was yet another example of Mundine choosing the easy fork in the road instead of the harder one that could reap more benefit career wise and perhaps even legacy wise.Pureist wrote:Mundine couldn't get fights with the elites because he wasn't willing to step up in the first place, if he had of fought the likes of trout and GGG and won, those opportunities would have presented themselvesLairdy wrote:Please name the "elite" opponents he could've fought from SMW down to LMW? SMW - Kessler, Clazaghe. Middlewieght - Martinez (and don't go saying GGG, because he was barely known when Mundine was classed as a middleweight), LMW - Mayweather, Cotto, Alvarez.bash for cash wrote:Looks like we are all in agreement Mundine has never beaten an elite level opponent
He fought Kessler and lost. Couldn't get a fight with Calzaghe. Couldn't get a fight with Martinez. And is actively trying to get fights with the 3 LMW's I have named.
So, the truth be known. He may not have beaten an elite fighter. Yet, there has only - IMO - been 6 in his career anyway.
So your thread is pretty pathetic. Almost childish.
Agree with almost every thing you'v said but come on everyone you all being a bit harsh on mundine and anyone he's ever fought IF YOU PEOPLE WANT TO STUDY ONE STUDY ALL AUSTRALIAN FORMER WORLD BOXING CHAMP'S................................SO WHAT DID YOU FIND THAT NONE OF THEM BEAT ANY ELITE FIGHTER'S EITHER YOU HARSH BASTARD'S ANYWAY MUNDINE DONE VERY GOOD FOR HIMSELF AND HIS MOB REMEMBER NO ELITE NAME'S ON HIS AMATEUR RECORD EITHER OOPS FORGOT HE WAS A RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER FIRST LUCKY HE DIDN'T HAVE A AMATEUR CAREER.Lairdy wrote:Please name the "elite" opponents he could've fought from SMW down to LMW? SMW - Kessler, Clazaghe. Middlewieght - Martinez (and don't go saying GGG, because he was barely known when Mundine was classed as a middleweight), LMW - Mayweather, Cotto, Alvarez.bash for cash wrote:Looks like we are all in agreement Mundine has never beaten an elite level opponent
He fought Kessler and lost. Couldn't get a fight with Calzaghe. Couldn't get a fight with Martinez. And is actively trying to get fights with the 3 LMW's I have named.
So, the truth be known. He may not have beaten an elite fighter. Yet, there has only - IMO - been 6 in his career anyway.
So your thread is pretty pathetic. Almost childish.