Dont believe the hype.

Thanks for all that info.

I had my head stuck up a chinamans arse for that decade so I'm glad you could fill in the blanks.

:verysad

 

Maybe it was for the interstate or overseas posters

 

One more thing (just in case anyone thought Mundine had actually ever done anything remotely original).

When Solomon Haumono went AWOL from the Bulldogs in 1998 when he went over to the UK to follow his then sweetheart Gabrielle Richens, Mundine saw how the media reacted.

Quick to steal other people's limelight, Mundine announced he was going over to the UK to talk Solo around and bring him back before he threw his career down the tube over some skirt.

When he returned with Solo they both appeared on the Footy Show announcing their conversion to Islam and claimed they were practising celibacy (gee, Jason Stevens hadn't been doing the same thing for several years already had he? :think).

2 years later in 2000, Mundine does his own disappearing act, and a 'family friend' rings the newspapers to say Mundine had been seen at Los Angeles airport :roll:

It was all contrived, based on previous events.

The "Original" Aboriginal indeed :roll:

 

Oh, Garbielle Richens wasn't just some skirt.

 

Yeah, I know, but Mundine had to cockblock his mate so Solo could come back to Australia and ignite the world of rugby league with pedestrian stints at Balmain, Saints and Manly

 

Gotta agree with you on Mundine's lack of originality.

Half way thru reading the Ali book on his 'publicity' trip overseas he started thinking he was Ali, the 2nd coming. Most of his bravado is just pure poor man's Ali - 'The Man' replaces 'The Greatest' etc, etc.

I guess if you are going to copy someone, copy the best. But hey, Ralph Mouth aint ever gonna do the Fonz with any conviction is he?

 

Ali backed it up. That's why he's now a legend. Mundine doesn't seem to understand that saying your P4P the best and then only fighting losers just makes him look like a fool.

The early rugby league days revealed his type. He has an oppression complex. Thinks nobody appreciates him because of his aborigionality. Did he watch Cathy Freeman win the 400 at Syd Olympics? The fact is white australians adore aborigional stars, even more than the White stars in a way, because they get a 'token' value, as the media and politicians hold them up as an example of Aborigional succes to inspire others. Mundine is just an idiot.

The sadest thing is that he even adopted a whole religion for the sake wanting to be like somebody else. It's one thing to copy someone else's personality, but when you become a Muslum to be like Ali it shows a disturbing lack of identity. He's a fool.

 

He tries to talk like Ali, and take on the lifestyle that Ali led., referring to the suffering his people are going through, and becoming a fellow muslim.
He has adoped Roy Jones' fighting style, similarity is uncanny, particularly the way he puts his left hand up..
And he started flaunting $$$ paper in front of the cameras like Floyd Jnr.
Man , how original is this guy... gotta give him credit...!

 

You forgot he also tried to be like Hopkins but instead of saying he would never be beaten by a white boy he said he would never be beaten by a christian.But a lot of people in Australia dont follow boxing and think he is being original.

 

Manny Siaca and Kessler would probably qualify as 'Christian' in a broad sense?

I've said it before - this 'inspiration to his people' is actually ashamed of his people. He obviously doesn't think their culture has enough to offer so he emulates the cultures of others (Arab, African)

 

dealdeal
That's what I've been saying all along! Islam is an outgrowth if Christianity and Judaism!! Fool!!

 

thats hilarious!

 

1. Anthony Mundine does plenty for the disadvantaged natives that rarely gets any press. Knowing the health problems many of his paternal family have gone through he has as much right as anyone to speak about the problems facing the Aboriginal people.

2. The style he now uses was perfected by Roy Jones Srn. when Mundine went over to the USA after his loss to Manny Siaca. The changes were obvious in his first fight back against Sean Sullivan where he fought in the center of the ring instead of dancing and sliding around the ropes. This style works well for those that have good hand speed and reflexes (like Choc and Roy Jones Jr) with the left hand able to jab head/body or hook head/body without losing the ability to parry or bring back up for the customary two arm block.

3. His actions outside the ring which bring controversy are what put boxing back on the map. Often it's "stutter crap" or 2nd hand **** but that's how he has chosen to play the press and history has proven that it gets results. Once the cameras and the press are gone he is back to himself.

4. Simple fact is that the kid believes in himself and at the end of the day he has done much more than most believed when first started pro boxing. He is ranked 4th in the world which is something only the best can achieve and if he wins his next two fights he will be No.1.