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Guess who his next fight is against: a world enthralling trilogy v Sam Soliman!!!?! What the heck?Q H'es beaten him teice,once via stoppage. And how stakced is 168 at the moment? Mundine is ultra talented but his choice of opponents is becoming unacceptable even to a an such as myself. What a lunatic.
I hate to be bagging my fellow Aussie here but WTF is he thinking?
A third fight with Soliman is a total waste of time and not warranted, it's not even a rubber match. Australian boxing is in the doldrums when i see this and the news that Jeff Fenech is making a comeback?????????
We've all gone mad down here!
I can think at least 5 other fighters that aren't busy and more worthy opponents. How about Bika, Lacy, Tsypko, Miranda or Kessler?
I've pretty much given up on him getting in the mix at 168... I do like Mundine as a fighter and he's shown he's serious about boxing by improving a lot in recent years.. But that doesn't mean squat when he won't fight anyone good(not that Soliman is bad).. Shame too, lots of exciting young talented guys he could be fighting.
Really bad news.
Does he still have trouble getting US fights cos of his comments on September 11?
I don't know what he's up to, Bika would have been a better opponent coming of the contender win! He likes to talk a big game but I think its about time he started to walk it!
I was a bit disappointed too. I've been a big fan of Mundine and understand he needs to progress back after his eye problem but a fight with Soloman offers nothing really. I guess Mundine needs to stay active but there's plenty of other guys he could fight as others have mentioned. Odd.
BOOOOOOO
Terrible choice of opponents.
I lost all respect from him when he got KO by Ottke. He is slowly going up in my estimation.:)
I have said it here before, and I will say it again:Quote:
Originally Posted by El Gamo
When you know that an alphabelt is coming your way, and you don't even have to lift a finger to get it... Well, why risk it?
So Mundine will keep fighting bums and also-rans at the very least until he is crowned legit WBA champ. Sure, it is annoying to us fans, sure it is unacceptable and all that, but logic it does make.
There is nothing more prestigious in boxing, then the WBA "regular" title. :rolleyes:
Obviously there is. But not every fighter is going to be the p4p best fighter in the world, some have to settle for less.Quote:
Originally Posted by lance Uppercut
Consider the options from Mundine's point of view: I have the possibility of taking on this big, prestigious fight with a certain chance of losing. I can do it now, no belts on the line and get the amount x. I can do it in three months, a world title on the line and get the amount y.
Now this is pure speculation of course, but I'd say there is a good chance that the amount y is bigger than the amount x. And even if you say 'screw the money', if I were a boxer, I'd honestly rather retire having held a world title, than retire having not.
Feel free to disagree.
Since Mundine takes so many joke fights I figured that would be what this thread is about considering the title but even I was surprised by this.
Great another rematch nobody wants to see...
Does he not realise hes in the best weightclass in terms of potential to beat a lot of upcomers and show hes the best? Hes up there near the top and a fight like that is doing absoutly fuck all for him. Fair enough with his eye infection taking a couple of easy fights, but what does this prove? NOTHING! He needs a big name after this fight or else hes going to loose a lot more support.
Fwockin garbage... He's a mess!
Hey Calzaghe got away with defending his title against absolute bums for near on ten years.
Maybe Mundine is gonna try and break the longest SMW defense record against guys who no one has heard of?
Its ok im not defending him, just getting a dig in at Joe C fans haha.
I was listening to Soliman on the Sports station this morning and he is a laugh a minute, just like this fight is going to be. I'll probably go as i live close to the stadium, i will take some photos and post them.
How about the fact that no one at super middleweight wants to fight him?Quote:
Originally Posted by El Gamo
Kessler isnt fighting anyone but he doesn't want to rematch him.
Calzaghe is fighting Hopkins.
Bute just won the title and they aren't gonna throw him in with anyone like Mundine yet.
Only open person is Miranda who is fighting Pascal soon.
You should only jump on a fighter if you can find a better opponent for Mundine to fight at super middleweight
its unlike you to jump the gun mr jetson ;)
I hope Sam completely knocks him the f'k out!!!
He's going to go down as the biggest waste of tallent (and space) in Australian boxing (or sports) history... I want to respect the guy, but what the hell is he doing to earn it.. More importantly, what is his manager or promoter doing to earn him respect???
I'm just completely sick of it.. I'm sick of seeing him on the news waving his stupid head in front of the camera saying "i'm the best, i'm the best, no one can beat me, i'm the best and i'll beat anyone out there! come get me!!"... I'm sick of hearing that shit from him.. And i'm even sicker of him coming on television and hyping up his, waste of tallent fights, by fanning out a bunch of $100 Australian notes and posing with it like Floyd...
He may be fooling the 10,000 wanna be Australian boxing fans who wet there pink panties over getting tickets to see Mundine vs Soliman, but he's not fooling any fight fans....
I want to respect the guy!! I really do! But every time I think, "I want to respect the guy", he goes and books a fight that means nothing if he EVER wants to actually get anywhere in the sport of International Boxing...
He's a money hungry bitch, and at the moment, is making to much money in Australia taking these rubbish fights... Sorry, but if any other boxer was doing this in America, making useless Trilogies while they have the tallent and opponents to actually move forward with their career, they would take just as much shit.. And deserve it..
Quit wasting our time, or you'll soon have no fans!!!
When he gets a title to defend, i'll appreciate him going through a barage of bums to keep it.. But their are real titles out there waiting for him to chase them down, and he's hiding behind silly matchups here in Australia and wasting his potential..Quote:
Originally Posted by eagle
It's men like Kostya that make you appreciate a true fighter, who wants to fight, wants to be the best, has a goal, and fucking well goes for it!!
Mundine isn't even a quarter of 'the man' that KT is,,,, unfortunately :-\
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Originally Posted by Dizaster
This is true. KT, was won of the best fighters of our era... Mundine... Is not:-\