You're right Saddo, he was doing well against Ottke in that fight - but he was knocked out with one punch, and Ottke was not renowned as a puncher.

The most frustrating thing about Mundine is that one-on-one, he is a really friendly guy. I met him and chatted to him in December 2005 at the weigh-in for his fight with Rico Chong Nee (which I covered, with some bad photos I might add, for this fine website) and found him to be a nice bloke.

I reckon his finest performance was probably his losing effort against Mikkel Kessler - he showed a lot of courage in that fight and as Andre says his skills/speed make him a handful for anyone. He boxed rings around Danny Green and Antwun Echols.

But it's his media persona that people find particulalry grating - as I say in the article, it's become a boring joke over here. His performance at the press conference today was ridiculous.

He's always saying how he's going to fight this guy, or that guy - and the fight's don't get made and before you know it he's fighting another guy you've never heard of and putting it on pay-per view.

I think he's wasted his talent. At one stage I think he could have posed problems for even Calzaghe with his speed and skills, but after the Kessler fight it's like he never took another risk again...