Hilarious! do I hear U.S. TV sales, how about 0. Manfredo means absolutely 0 outside of Providence, Rhode Island, there he can pull 3000-5000 fans into a casino thats it. Manfredo has made a lot more money and has a lot more noteriety than his thin skills are worth. I would seriously start that job as an electrician because he has no future as a star in boxing. His value as an easy opponent for the Mundines of the world is good for about 2 or 3 more fights barring a miracle. Congatulations to Mundine for having the survival skills to find this CAN Manfredo while ducking Kessler and talking 160.
Ya dreamin mate. Chocs name is up there as a world Champ. Mission accomplished. Gettin richer is what he's doin He's too chinny for the big time, & anyway, he'd be making no more money than he is now.
I read somewhere on the esb homepage that manfredo was keen on fighting mundine?? Wouldn't be suprised if this fight came off, obviously anything is possible when the circus is involved.
I doubt very much that you understand my arguement.. Mundine is, in my personal opinion, the best fighter in the country... He has the ability to be the best fighter in the Southern Hemisphere... He has the ability to make an impact on the world stage. He has been a Pro. fighter for close to 10 years.. The ***** footing management may well bring hin $5mil/annum.... stiff ****... He is fast becoming the Greatest Example of Mismanagement sincethe Vietnam War. Mundine has been a constantly outstanding fighter... yet... how many 'journey men' must he fight??? How many fights has Manfredo had in the last 2 years??? 2?? Mundine has very little to learn in the aspect of the game... He just needs to be applied to the polishing and finishing regeim of the current men, who are classed well above him, via the avenue of being afforded suitable fighters. At best, 3 years of good boxing at a high level remain for 'The Man'... What would you wish for??? 5 more matches with Soliman??? Mundine, via his poor management, will not be accepted anywhere, with the legitimate esteem, especially in the USA, based on his record... Les Darcy was nothing when he arrived on the shores.... Dave Sands remains an obscure man in the eyes of boxing fans there... Fenech is best remembered for the DRAW??.. Mundine needs to get away from the tools which erode the precision of the FRAMEWORK that he is gifted with. A humble welcoming may be afforded to him overseas, 12 months of solid fighting would ensure his name being mentioned in the appropriate circles.. He is a formidable, gifted, talented, self believing athlete.. Why cant he fight every 10 weeks over the course of the first 12 months in the USA??? His tenure as a credible SUPERSTAR remains in the hands of those who surround him. I would prefer to think the time is NOW for Mundine to stop fighting 'hasbeens'.. Start fighting worthy opponents 'couldbe`s', who didnt become anything, due to the fact Mundine destroyed the dreams. Rodin... my initial post was not a degredative post regarding Mundine.... just a fed up point of view... regarding the men making the money via The Man...
Mate, Tony Mundine knows boxing backwards. He knows what it takes & what will & won't work to get to the top. There is no way Choc will get through the Kings Arum GBP HBO's without being whipping horse for half the money. It's my bet that they (his management) assessed that he does not hit hard enough, nor does he have a chin good enough to weather 12 rounds of really tough opponents in the arduous 2 year stint it would take to nail down immortality. My personal opinion was that after he fought Green, where I believed he discovered a level he hadn't trod before, & spent 2 months with sparring partners like Paul Briggs & worked purely on putting them on the back foot, he would have beaten Kessler easily. I think after that fight they had a reappraisal. Two choices, money or titles, & they chose the former. Since then that decision has been adhered to & been very successful. For reasons that don't appeal to me, he is entertaining & an attraction & they're happy with that. He will acheive an iconic landmark that will undoubtably last a very long time & will not get buried by fragmentation & that is he will be the highest earning boxer in our history. And history won't worry about the alphabet soup," He will be Ex-World Champ & Millionaire Anthony Mundine" Some people would be very happy with that mantle.
y is everyone underestimating manfredo?is it so hard to believe that he could win?who the **** has Mundine fought recently that is anywhere near as good as manfredo or the ppl manfredo has recently fought??-(ignoring luis lopez)-he got put on his arse by some ****ing jap no one has heard about n has not looked all that good against sub par opposition!!!he got rocked by soliman who has no power...wtf!!! go manfredo i hope he knocks the **** out of mundine!and he can do it...no i await everyones hate replies haha
You have a point Coogee. I never actually made a pick in this fight, just said I didnt think Pete would think the deal would be that attractive and that he was for the most part pretty average. Its really hard to guage where Choc is at right now. Is he actually going to middle? Will he be weak there? Manfredo is a supermiddle and if Choc fights him there I think he handles him no worries. Probably wouldnt stop him but I think he is to quick for Manfredo to do anything. As Pete relies on his speed advantage over the Joe Spina's and Scott Pembertons off this world. Still though its a fight I would like to see Mundine have a crack at if nothing else is doing, its obvious he is not serious about fighting guys like Kessler anymore. Manfredo is a miles ahead of guys like Crazy Kim and Hamden, and a way better option than Shannan Taylor, even a better option than Dan Geale who I think is a bit to green for that fight to be intruiging at the moment.
Im not underestimating Manfredo i just think he's another one of Mundines limited opponents. If sam put in his effort like he did v Mundine then he'd outpt Manfredo comfortably.
Your right. Manfredo is better than Mundine's most recent opposition, but that wouldn't be hard now would it ? Mundine's last few fight's have been glorified sparring sessions with little doubt to the outcome. Who knows, one day Mundine might get upset by one of these carefully selected opponents and Manfredo might be that person, but i doubt it. I see Mundine winning comfortably on points. Mundine will not go anywhere near an elite middle such as Pavlik or Abraham who would both beat him imo.
Abraham isnt elite. He may be in the top 5 Middles but he's not elite just like Mundine was in the Top 5 Supers but he is not elite. Abraham smabraham pfft
Ok i won't argue with you regarding the word "elite" but other than Pavlik who at 160 do you think WOULD beat Abraham ?
I dont think there is much chop at 160 these days, i dont rate Abraham too highly to be honest. Taylor and Pav at that weight would be too much for him. Old man Winky would use his disruptive jab all night to a UD win, just my opinion.
Teke, your opinion on Mundine bounces around as much as IrnBruMan does inside the mens public shithouse. While you're at it, work out whether you're Arthur or Martha before scheduling that sex change.