You may be onto something here. I remember uppercut being banned for many anti American posts in the general forum. Sally's now going totally ballistic in the lounge with 911 threads. He's made about 100 posts in the last day. Just when I was starting to warm to him too.
Can't see Mundine risking another go with Geale...ever! You're right he'll division hop to avoid it, if needs be. Geale is still on the improve and IMO has more potential on the world stage than Mundine. Mundine has already peaked and is in the early stages of decline.
O.K., I don't think it's cool what Geale's management is doing here, very poor form indeed, but don't delude yourself into thinking Mundine would have been a good sport if he had lost. Mundine whines like a little ***** after his loss's, he always has and he always will. Just because he is aborigional doesn't mean you have to hug his nuts in and out of the ring. MMMMKAY? Good.
Actually I've never heard Mundine whine like a little ***** after his losses, he's always been very respectful.
Dont know much about IBO rules and CBF looking them up.....at a guess the 3 judges would need to review the fight again and if all 3 scored the fight Geales way then a rematch would be ordered....no way thats going to happen....the judge from the USA had no problem with the fight.....and the pom wont change his score. On Mundine crying when he loses...I dont recall anything like that.....well the Ottke fight he was out cold.....the Kess fight he said nothing.....the Sacia fight again no problem.....maybe you can tell me how he whinged after his loss?
Mundine complained in the ring after the Siaca fight saying he was the ring general, whined at the post match conference to kesslers face. And lets not even get started about the old days in rugby league when he missed out on selection because the selectors are 'racist'.
I have never seen any of what you say above......not saying its not true...just never seen it........at least he didnt lodge any official protests :rofl Geale should get on with it.......fight some other guys.....beat them and rematch Mundine......I like Geale he can do it.
Mundine reckoned Sven Ottke: 'hit like a woman' - not that respectful a view of someone who KOed him.
Actually, straight after the fight he was fairly respectful to Siaca. He admitted that Siaca was just too strong, etc. He may have said that he controlled the ring later on, but it was a SD loss, and I'm sure most people who lose via SD have complained or felt rorted somewhat.
Pretty sure it will be 3 independent judges and not the ones that originally scored, and apparently it will be without commentary. Read it somewhere.
For the record, my scorecard (which is in a thread here somewhere) had Geale by a point. But I reckon any fight where you have a margin of 3 or less points is open to debate. I've also read that the judges only agreed on four rounds overall, and on two of those I was going the other way.
I've heard Mundine whine like a ***** about getting a rematch with Kessler for 2 years until Kessler became his mandatory then he shut the **** up quicksmart and pissed off south to 160. But seriously, I've heard some whiny stuff from him after both wins and losses... After the Ottke loss: it was a lucky punch, he was winning the fight up until then. He also had a cold and the only sparring he had was with his old man in his hotel room in Germany. After the Echols win: he fought with a broken rib. After the Siaca loss: he sprained his ankle at training a couple of weeks before the fight (he even had 'video evidence' that was broadcast on the Footy Show). After the Kessler loss - as mentioned, he carried on at every opportunity about getting a rematch until he actually found himself in a position to get one The guy's a wanker
Just watched the fight earlier on. Very hard to score, and certainly much closer than the Soliman 1 fight. No doubt the KD was the difference, as for the slip, well, by the laws of the sport, it should have been ruled a KD. And yes, Michaels' commentary was grotesque. Once again, he mentioned his boring story about how he walked into a Redfern gym 8 or so years ago, saw Mundine train, and said 'This guy is going to be world champion'. :tired His scoring was all over the place too. He had Mundine winning by about 2 or 3 up until the 9th. Then realized how everyone thinking it's a close ones, and says the next few rounds were too hard to call, yet Geale looked less dominant in them than the ones he gave to Mundine earlier. He even said after the fight bthat he could go back and change some of his cards. There was also one round where he said 'It's anybody's round' with one minute to go. Geale dominated the remainder of the round, and after it Michaels said 'I don't like to do it, but I'm calling it even'. That aside, it was a good fight to watch, and Geale impressed me a lot more than I thought he would. I admit, I thought he'd be close to cannon fodder even for a declining Mundine, but he showed that he's solid, and should get himself a couple of title shots in the coming years. He dictated the pace of the fight, and really took Mundine out of his comfort zone. If only he had a bit of snap in his punches, it may well have been a different story. Looking forward to seeing his next couple of fights.