Quote Originally Posted by Majesty View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Greig View Post
Lets look at things another way - compare to Mundine to Michael Katsidis.

Katsidis has gone in tough for years, against hard opponents in their back yards - yet ask the Aussie man in the street who Michael Katsidis is and they scratch their heads.

And you can bet your arse that Mundine has made a shitload more coin than Katsidis has done over the course of their careers.


So - who has been mismanaged, Mundine or Katsidis? When Katsidis has to retire at 32 because of all the wars he's been in, or Mundine who can make $500,000 to beat someone with about as much boxing skill as I have up til the age of about 40?


I know what you guys mean about Mundine being poorly handled - but he's made an awful lot of money in his career and taken relatively little punishment - I'm pretty sure he doesn't go to bed at night worrying about what thw hardcore boxing fans on Saddo's have to say about him
Because people he has beaten has more TV time and more national exposure then he will. You hear of Soliman and Danny Green more then you hear about him and he beat them both, fights weren't made for him at 169 so he moved to 160 and still couldnt be made so he is now at 154 he has to move down two weight classes to get a fight for a paper championship when after knocking out Soliman was on the brink of being a breakout star, if thats not mismanaged I don't know what is.
I agree with you both here. Mismanaged can mean many things in many circumstances. It seems Mundine has done very well promoting himself in dollar terms. He's made great money and been relatively unscathed in his career. Don't forget tho Katsidis makes $US dollars though. I bet he is going ok. But i think people are getting a bit sick of Mundine fighting who he is and expecting us to pay for it. People have gone off the idea now. And yes after the Soliman fight he seemed to have all these contacts in the US and has seemingly done nothing about it. So that i agree could be called mismanagement as in 50 years time if someone looks back they wont be seeing Mundine as the man. Just some other wasted talent who won a few good fights.