June 19th, 2006- After disposing of Danny Green is stylish fashion over a month ago, Anthony ‘The Man’ Mundine is currently weighing up his options as he prepares to take on his next challenge in a proposed upcoming bout this August.
The Mundine-Green bout- which Mundine won by unanimous decision: 116-113, 118-111 and 118-112- was sanctioned as a WBA World Title eliminator; gaining Mundine the position of mandatory challenger to Denmark’s Mikkel Kessler for the WBA World Title at 168lb.
Currently negotiations are taking place between the Kessler and Markus Beyer(WBC) camps for a proposed October 14 unification bout at Brøndby Hallen in Copenhagen, Denmark. To allow this bout to take place: there will be need for both Mundine and WBC mandatory challenger, Librado Andrade, to ‘step aside’. Mundines manager, Khoder Nasser, is currently overseas negotiating with authorities as to the possible options for Mundine. more: www.saddoboxing.com/3455-anthony-mundine-looks-ahead-to-next-boxing-challenge.html#more-3455
ok..time to take you to school…again…first Green has lost to everyone in the upper tier of fighters meaning he is no longer an up and comer but a stepping stone…he has wins over Sullivan(ranked 288th), Garcia(ranked 262), Crawford(ranked 232) beat Gonzales due to cuts and was Knocked down in the second round…and as for Echols aside from being 34 and entering the downside of his career he is ranked 52nd and has a whole list of recent victorys over bums…so no…Mundine has yet to beat a top tier fighter…he has beaten almosts and also rans…sorry but facts are facts…I’m not saying he will never have a chance at winning a title but as it stands right now he needs a victory over someone ranked 15th or higher in the division to be seen as a true contender…losing title fights doesn’t count because they are still losses…
So Danny Green and Echols aren’t top fighters?
[/quote]no they are stepping stone fighters…fighters not good enough to win the titles but good enough to put in good work for an up and comer…He’s got to win against some one in the upper tier 15th or higher to be considered a real threat…until then he’s just some one for Kessler to beat again until the fight with Joe C can materialize…
exactly here is a guy that just beat a top 30 fighter and has consistently beat fighters in the top 100…he is a SMOKING UP AND COMER…in fact he might have arrived…I would still like to see a few more fights under his belt though…don’t want them to push too hard to fast but he seems up to the challenge…
Are you a boxrec fighter that looks at rankings NOW? Do you have any idea what they were ranked when Green and Mundine fought them? And btw, you said Green loses to the upper tier fighters, he just lost to Mundine so you contradict your statement
Not that you’ll need me to get at you. Snakey will pretty much handle it once he sees your comments ;D
bigrag have u ever seen Mundine fight? if so which bouts?
He was thrown in with Ottke after only having 10 professional fights and no amateur career, also if memory serves me correctly he was winning the fight at the time of stoppage. :o
Lets see how well Markus Beyer does against Kessler in September, compared to how Mundine faired eh… my guess is u will re asses your opinion of him.
Fact is even at 31 Mundine is improving with every fight win or lose.
Are you a boxrec fighter that looks at rankings NOW? Do you have any idea what they were ranked when Green and Mundine fought them? And btw, you said Green loses to the upper tier fighters, he just lost to Mundine so you contradict your statement
Not that you’ll need me to get at you. Snakey will pretty much handle it once he sees your comments ;D
[/quote]as i said before you twisted my words to fit your comment…Mundine has yet to beat a top tier fighter…Green was never a top tier fighter…he beat a stepping stone fighter but cant advance to the next level…upper tier fighters I was talking about would be Kessler and at the time Ottke…I have never said green was an Upper tier fighter…and everyone knows that fighters with good record get over ranked until they lose to a decent fighter…then the reality and true rankings set in…which is why having Froch(a definite up and comer) ranked so high is a little overhyped until he gets a few more fights under his belt …top 15 fighters and the lkikes…then if he wins it will be deserved outright…but if he loses to the 15th ranked fighter then his #3 ranking would have been way off and he probably should have been ranked in the 20’s or high teens…that’s all…
bigrag have u ever seen Mundine fight? if so which bouts?
He was thrown in with Ottke after only having 10 professional fights and no amateur career, also if memory serves me correctly he was winning the fight at the time of stoppage. :o
Lets see how well Markus Beyer does against Kessler in September, compared to how Mundine faired eh… my guess is u will re asses your opinion of him.
Fact is even at 31 Mundine is improving with every fight win or lose.
[/quote]I know he was throw to the wolves with Ottke…and I realize the fight with Kessler might have even been a bit premature…he has built his way back up after losses that might discourage young fighters and I give him credit for that…but the fighters he has fought in the last few fights are a bit questionable and until he actually beats a top 15 I will have my doubts…I think he has the POTENTIAL to be a top teir fighter…he just isn’t there yet IMO…I watched him whip greens a** and remember wishing he would hold his hands a little higher because I think it holds his speed back…and for obvious defensive reasons…I’m just waiting and seeing…
True and the funny thing is Mundine was out for like 10 minutes ;D personally I think he got hurt and quit, then once he shut his eyes he was to embarressed to open them again. :-[
Ah jesus i aint even going to go into it, im sick of it. Mundine cant get a break, you all said green would ko him…and now he was never good in the first place.
Oh i was about to but theres no point and its obvious by bigragus posts. He hasnt seen mundine fight and he hadnt seen green fight coz hes basing it on boxrec rankings. Ok basing your opinion on rankings is bad but boxrec rankings…what the fuck? To say hes not top tier (i actually think ring magazine ranks him in the top 5 but hey what do they know lol) shows youve never seen him fight and that you didnt watch him against green. You can all talk about the ottke ko but who here actually has seen the full fight? Mundine was winning and was exhausted..he didnt even spar for the fight yet he was still giving a guy with much more experience a hell of a fight…even beating him. No amateur career, 10 fights…and he still nearly beats the champion and yet all you can say is “He got koed”. It was a temple shot, anyone ever been hit by one? Theyre much worse then a shot to the chin coz they dont need loads of power, just to hit the right spot and your gone.
