Anthony Mundine v. Librado Andrade - who wins?

Mundine can and probably will lose rounds by bludging. All too often can he be too easily made to lower his already low work rate and he'll lose rounds simply on inactivity. Adrade's relentless workrate will win him rounds, even though he p[robably wouldn't connect flush with Mundine.

A perfect example of this is his fight with Siaca. Though I wouldn't go searching for it because it's an awful fight to watch.

A wide Mundine decision could be likely though. I also wouldn't be surprised to see a lopsided card as a judge may choose to give Andrade more rounds because of his pressure, while another judge may see it for Mundine because he'd be landing the cleaner shots.

Unfortunately, I look into my 8 ball and can't see this fight happening.
Bute should UD Andraded when they fight. Andrade should be spewing he never got his chance against Beyer. Beyer would have come undone against Andrade, but now I think he'll find it hard winning a belt at 168.

Perhaps he could get one once JC vacates. I don't see him beating Bute or Mundine though.

 

Andrade has a chance, but needs to work and throw a lot of punches coming forward. And he can possibly wear Mundine down.

Mundine can do it all though, and doesn't even need to exclusively box, off the back foot. Mundine is too quick and would beat him to the punch on the inside or outside.

 

I think teke's with me in tipping Mundine over Andrade.

 

Mundine is a very talented fighter and could outbox Andrade EASY. But would he is the question??? I dont think he would. I think that a fight with Mundine would look like Andrade's last fight, whenever Mundine wanted to he could dominate but I just dont think that he would stay calm enough to do and would get knocked out.

 

Your analysis is totally off IMO. Mundine fights SUPERBLY off the back foot, he is a natural counter puncher. Not sure what made you think otherwise.

His power is quite good for a counter puncher, and he can certainly hurt Andrade if/when he comes in wide open.

Pressure is not the key to beating Mundine. Look at guys like Echols, Green and Soliman on his resume. Natural counter punchers like Mundine prefer guys who come straight at them.

If Andrade opens up then he will eat a LOT of counter punches. If it were that easy to open up against a counter puncher on the level of Mundine, then guys like Danny would have really let their hands go.

Anyway, close fight, i think i would go with Mundine by close dec, losing some rounds due to inactivity. Of course Mundine is extremely hard to predict sometimes though, and can be quite inconsistent in the ring.

 

I agree about the Mundine losing rounds juts by bluding but i dont see it in this fight for the reason that he gets up for his biggest fights... The Echols fight, Soliman rematch, Danny Green... When he has to fight and win he does i think he wouldnt be dumb enough to bludge thinking he can win... Sometimes for Choc and fighters like him, the most dangerous fights are not the big events like Soliman and Green but the Siaca fights... Where his mind isnt fully on the job and gets caught by surprise against someone who was meant to be easy but cannot pull it out...

He would know not to **** around with Andrade, **** he was sitting about 5 metres away from the ring yesterday he knows all about Andrade

 

No he wouldn't Andrade isn't a swarming fighter, he has an high workrate, but he will still give Mundine too much room to pick his shots as he comes in. Mundines superior handspeed will be a big factor.

 

Echols and Sam were smaller guys. Sam was a swamer and not a puncher at all. Echols was a big banger that throws 10 punches a round. PS Mundine fought like a b*tch vs Echols. He should have been ashamed of himself. It was funny as hell to watch him run from a guy that looked like he was half his size.

 

I thought Andrade fought quite well against a good opponent.

It would depend on his ability to deal with Choc's speed.

 

Why do you say Echols is smaller than Mundine?

Echols Reach:73"
Mundine Reach:70"

Echols Height: 5′ 11″
Mundine Height: 5′ 11″

Years at SMW before the fight:

Echols- 3 years
Mundine- 3 years

What made Mundine so much bigger?