Soliman had already won national boxing titles in 3 weight divisions as well as fighting for a Commonwealth title PRIOR to his first meeting with Mundine. Immediately after fighting Soliman, Mundine fought Guy Waters and then Ottke. Your argument lacks substance Baz :yep
Your arguing for the sake of arguing. Sam is not taking over same with Geale I like Geales boxing skills and Sam's awkward,unconventional style which opponents struggle with. But outside of hardcore boxing fans like us who appreciaite these things in boxers neither has the explosive KO power to wow the casuals or ability to polarise the public and have the media exposure of Mundine or Green. And he's 40 Jeff Horn,Jake Carr,possibly Gartlett and Tomlinson(if they come backfrom losses to opponents they should have easily beaten).Maybe Hooper,Browne,Leapai if they can keep winning and KO opponents as their opponent level increases(in Alex's case if he can pull off a miracle Sunday week).
I do like pushing buster's buttons it's true. But it's not just me search Daniel Geale vFloyd Mayweather. http://www.boxingforum24.com/showthread.php?t=394416 But back on topic I think a lot of fans will stop watching when Green and Mundine give it away and I just don't see anyone with the excitingfan friendly style or with the media manipulating abilities of those 2 to get the casuals into boxing. Not for a few years at least.
Its all over as far as intrest goes. Because of mundine we all know danny green,geale and soliman etc.. Everyone hated mundine but he made even the most average aussie stand up and watch boxing,good or bad publicity he did it all single handedly. Now its just boooooooooooooooooooring
You bought buster up first and I admitted I like to press his buttons. You're just butthurt that you got owned by kelandbeave when you said Sam Soliman will take over. Even if he beats Sturm he's old,has zero media profile,a style of fighting that is far from fan friendly and is better known overseas than here. Glad he's getting a shot he's been IBF mando off and on since he beat Joval. But I doubt he's going to be a PPV star if he wins he will try and get a optional defence against Mundine IMO.
Sam Soliman is now the IBF middleweight champion. Daniel Geale about to fight Golovkin for perhaps the WBA Super belt. Fancy that.