Well at the start he took on an attitude very similar to Floyd. Floyd had a big scene to come into, and he did amazing in it, and now he's at the top. Mundine came into a very small scene, and thought it would benifit him to play the bad boy.. It doesn't work here like it does in the States. It would probably be similar for the UK. If Hatton had of pretty much said "fk everyone" right from the start, and crafted that imagine throughout his career, he wouldn't have half the fans...

Yeah Mundine did celebrity big brother after his first fight I think.. He didn't have the best social skills and found it every easy to offend the female members of the house on a pretty constant basis. They pulled him out after about a week because this was about 3 months out from a fight, and he couldn't train properly in there. Which should have been obvious... I think if he'd been in any longer though, he probably would have had to start slipping slaps from ladies.... He's cocky on the boxing stage.. But being cocky and in your face to women that really didn't like him much just was a horrible combination..
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Anyway, basically Australians love their sport. They live for it. And they live for their sporting heroes.. Anthony had the ticket, but passed on it.. Maybe he never wanted any fans. who knows.... He could have carried Australia with him overseas like Ricky Hatton has done so humbly with English fight fans, but it just didn't happen. It's a little sad.