Mid-Week Boxing Results: Mundine Gets Revenge, Collazo Comes Back
by Scott Christ on Apr 14, 2011 8:11 AM EDT
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A couple of notable fights (well, kind of notable) happened on Wednesday, and since I'm up against my will and sick this morning, I figure now's as good a time as any to talk about Anthony Mundine and Dmitriy Salita.
Boondall, Australia
- Anthony Mundine UD-10 Garth Wood: Mundine avenges his 2010 TKO loss to Wood, the crude, 32-year-old brawler who used to play pro rugby and won a boxing reality show. How this ever qualified him to fight Mundine -- well, actually, that's obvious. It's a very Mundine tactic. It's just the first time against Wood, he got stopped instead of winning a routine decision against an overmatched foe. And sadly (?) for Mundine (41-4, 24 KO), it would appear that Wood (10-2-1, 6 KO) isn't really overmatched at all against the so-called "Man." Mundine is 35 years old, has run from real challenges most of his career, and by bouncing down in weight has probably taken a couple years off of his lucrative career ripping off the Australian public. I bash Mundine plenty, and have for years, but I think it has been earned twice over. I will add that basically all accounts are that when he's off camera, Mundine is a very nice guy. I also think he used to be a legitimate talent. He never took advantage of either quality. If you'd like to read some great fluff on Mundine's "illustrious boxing career," and get a more detailed recap of the fight, go here.
Brooklyn, New York
- Dmitriy Salita UD-8 Ronnie Warrior Jr.: Salita reminds me of Mundine, kind of, except I don't know that I'd say he's ever been a real contender or anything. His trinket shot against Amir Khan was embarrassing for all parties, not the least of which was Sky Box Office. He's now won three straight against lousy opponents, moving up to welterweight (or thereabouts).
- Luis Collazo TKO-3 Franklin Gonzalez: If Gonzalez's name is at all familiar to you, it's because he was the first of Salita's three straight victims. If this is the route that Collazo is choosing to become a relevant fighter again... well. I've probably said enough. Collazo is going to stay at junior middleweight, but this was his first fight in almost two years so let's see about all that. Collazo is now 31-4 (16 KO).
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Never could really grasp the “hate” for Mundine. Hell, his record is better than most and he DID beat some tough guys.??????
Nick Charles is an inspiration.
He beat almost everyone he beat on their way down and ran from tougher fights constantly, while propping himself up as some kind of world-class elite great fighter.
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"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Apr 14, 2011 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Exactly
I can’t express how frustrating it is as an Aussie fight fan seeing this guy piss away his career like that.
Not to mention running his mouth for years when he played Rugby League, crying racism when he wasn’t starting 5/8 for Australia. Brad Fittler shits all over you, sorry mate!
Cheers for the Green fight though, that was an epic build up and a good night at the pub.
by moreofmyself on Apr 15, 2011 3:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Because he's a tool
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
He beat Guy Waters, Lester Ellls, Sean Sullivan (twice), Antwun Echols, Danny Green, Sam Soliman (twice), Daniel Geale,Robert Medley, and Ryan Waters among others. That record does not justify the hate he gets. Yes, he is a wanker, but being a wanker and being a solid contender are two different things—or maybe they are not as I just thought about Floyd Jr. Hmmm. Maybe I need to think this through some more..
Nick Charles is an inspiration.
He got a gift against Geale IMO. Almost all of the rest of those guys are non-factors, or were when he fought them — most, not all. I give him terrific credit for the Green win. He has also flat run from fights too many times, usually by making a big announcement that he’s moving down in weight. It’s kind of a brilliant strategy, since moving down in weight late in your career is dumb.
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"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Apr 14, 2011 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
The only good win on that list is Danny Green
After that, it’s a lot of mediocre and one win that might be good if not for the fact that he shouldn’t have won.
But my beef with Mundine has nothing to do with his fighting in the ring. It has to do with his loud mouth outside of it. He’s a little like Mayweather. He has a little heel in him, but he’s played the heel like crazy to the media. He doesn’t want a white American to like him? Fine, I don’t.
Shame, because his pops seems like he was a pretty admirable guy from what I’ve read.
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Then I suspect you "hate" Toney, Floyd, Rios, King Pin, Haye, and all the other mouthy types.
BUT…as Americans and not Aussies, I don’t get it. I mean how many times have we ever seen him fight? Oh sure, I know about the stupid “Musilm comment,” but nobody ever said boxers were global diplomats. It’s all about in the ring and what he has done in the ring is go 41-4. Iyt’s like Aussies dissing Chad Dawson. It does not make sense tyo me and I stan firmly by that. And to say he “is a fool.” Come on, you know better than that. If I had a nickel for every fool out there, I’d be a ….well, you get it.
Almost all of the rest of those guys are non-factors
Echols, Thornberry, Nishizawa,Nievas, Crazy Kim, Medley, Waters, were factors. Also, and you both missed this, Mundine had a knack for ending careers or “ruiining” his opponents.
Your move. :twisted:
Nick Charles is an inspiration.
You don’t have to be an Aussie to diss Chad Dawson. I’m from Mass., and will be happy to diss him any time after that fisco in Montreal.
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
oh come on
Echols was already on the downhill slide by ’03 and was merely OK. Thornberry lost every time he fought someone decent. Nishizawa had 13 losses and was 38 years old. Kim was a regional fighter at his best. Medley was a fringe contender at best. Waters was nobody. Who did he “ruin”? Kim and Thornberry?
Oh, and all of those fights, he could have fought someone better. He really could have. But he likes to talk about fighting somewhere other than Australia — he’s going to be HUGE in the States, have you heard? — but then he just sticks around and takes another gimme on his home turf. I can’t blame him, since the money’s better for him there, but that doesn’t mean I have to love his ludicrous, overblown ego.
I’ve seen him fight plenty. He got knocked out by Garth Wood, who quite frankly sucks. Mundine is a jerk and he’s not all that good bell-to-bell, and never really has been. If you believe in his record, that’s great, but I don’t. It’s a mediocre record like countless others, just built better on paper because he was smart enough to fight mediocrities with pretty records (usually) than mediocrities with mediocre records, thus selling the fights to his public because he could go, “Well this guy’s 27-2! Ranked #3 by some bullshit organization, you see!”
Also, you asked why people “hate” him. His dick personality is a pretty good reason to dislike him, just as it’s a fine reason to dislike Mayweather or Margarito or JuanMa Lopez or any other guy with a dick personality. But combined with his fluffed-up record, it becomes even more annoying.
A man or woman can be from anywhere on earth and not like a fighter like Anthony Mundine.
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"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Apr 16, 2011 4:26 AM EDT up reply actions
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