Agree with both Andre and Jamiebhoy.

I reckon the best thing about Wednesday fight is that it has got EVERYBODY in Australia talking about boxing again. I mean, even my girlfriend's parents who are totally NOT into boxing were asking me about it. It made back page news on the papers,it is fantastic for boxing in Australia.

Australia is a proud sporting country, but with aussie rules, ruby league and union, soccer and cricket, boxing doesn't even get a mention. The night of the fight it didn't even get a mention in the mainstream commercial TV news bulletins, although they did cover the weigh in the day before and I guess there isn't that much to cover between weigh in and fight - but I thought they could have at least mentioned it...

Anyway, I think it's great for the sport even if people are now talking about fights (Hopkins etc) that are highly unrealistic.

Mind you, if you had told me a year ago that Danny Green's people would succeed in getting Roy Jones Jr to Sydney, and that Green would knock him out in the first round, my reaction would have been another old Australian colloquialism...


PIG'S ARSE.