Anthony Mundine gets past Robert Medley in Australia
by Scott Christ on Jan 11, 2010 8:08 AM EST
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Middleweight contender and former super middleweight titlist Anthony Mundine won a unanimous decision over former welterweight title challenger and fringe contender Robert Medley in Sydney this morning. Official scores were 117-113, 117-112 and a terribly indecisive 117-115 card.
The bout was originally meant to be at 154 pounds, with Mundine to fight for the lightly-regarded IBO title, which would have given him the right to say -- at least in his world -- that he'd won world titles at 168, 160 and 154. He held a legit recognized title at 168 (WBA), and won the IBO title against Daniel Geale at 160 pounds last year.
But Mundine couldn't make the weight, no matter what stories he wants to concoct about beefs with the IBO, and the fight was pushed up to 160 pounds. He still says he's going to win a title at 154, but he says a lot of things. He says he's like Manny Pacquiao, which drew laughs from around the boxing world this week, and he's been going on about taking world-class fights for years now, while instead bumbling around with the likes of Medley, Sam Soliman (who he'd already beaten two times), Shannan Taylor, Crazy Kim and Nader Hamdan, among others.
The win means little and gets Mundine absolutely no closer to major fights at 154, 160 or 168 than he was yesterday, but he did win. He hasn't lost a fight since a lopsided 2005 defeat against Mikkel Kessler, but then again the only two fights he's taken with any serious risk since then have been Danny Green and Geale.
Mundine (38-3, 23 KO) is said to be set to face Garth Wood (7-1, 3 KO), a 31-year-old Cinderella story who won the Australian Super Middleweight Contender series. Wood beat Kariz Kariuki on the card in Sydney. Medley falls to 27-3 (17).
Other Results from Sydney:
Wood SD-7 Kariuki
Junior Talipeau TD-1 Nader Hamdan
Scott Lewis TKO-3 Carl Webb (Webb is an Aussie rugby player who was making his boxing debut)
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Wasn't Wood also a rugby player who went pro in boxing after being done with rugby?
Or am I thinking of someone else?
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Yes, he is
And it sounds like he fights really ugly, sort of like Ricky Hatton only with more grabbing and less punching. He also beat Victor Oganov in what was supposed to be an absolutely dreadful fight.
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Brickhaus
Mundine was the pro rugby player.He played in the best league in the world,the NRL.He won the Grand Final with St George(i think it was them) and then turned pro.He is one of the few currently active sportsmen to excel in two pro sports.I don’t know about the other guy,as with most Mundane opponents,i have never heard of him.I thought he would at least of KO’d this bum!
I know Mundine was a rugby player
But Wood was also. He played for the Rabbitohs from 1995 – 2005.
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The Wood Tribe Are All Tough Blokes
Grant Wood played for the Rabbitohs like Brick said. His older brother Nathan was a better player than Grant . He played 12 years first grade . 114 in the NRL and 111 games in the UK Super League. Both the Wood boys always played above their weight . Very tough blokes but very small for League players. Their old man Barry Wood was also a first grade league player back in the 60s and early 70s. I watched the fight down the local last night and Anthony wasn’t impressive . He’s 34 now and has definitely lost some speed and power . Medley is a frigging welterweight and Anthony couldnt put him away . Its a while since he kayoed anyone now.The plan was always gunna be fight Green again for the big bickies after bludging around against cabbies and midgets but Danny fighting Jones buggered all Team Mundines plans LMAO Cheers Fellas .
Go the Bunnies...
Webb’s having a crack at boxing too huh? Didn’t Sonny Bill Williams fight last year, anyone see that? Mal Meninga takes some beating as far as handy rugby players go hey JC? Killer jab! Gordon Tallis was a tough bugger, he might’ve gone alright.
Mundine needs to get real and seek legit title fights with Pavlik, Sturm or Sylvester. He could face Macklin, Ghevor or Karmazin in final eliminators at MW. As you say JC, he’s slippin’ – maybe he knows it too?
"Anytime you go thirty rounds with a guy, try to kill each other, and have the utmost respect for each other, no one understands that, but guys who have been to war understand it." - Micky Ward on Arturo Gatti.
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