Kostya calls on Mundine to "Man Up" and fight Green

Yeah lets not have any weight divisions in boxing at all....whats 10ks anyway atsch

 

What KT is saying there is bloody nonsense. I can't believe he actually meant that as well.
I think KT tends to put his words together in a way that gives Journo's a bit of "Licence".

Green is coming into these latest fights 15-20lb under the cruiser limit.
He knows that a full blown legitimate Cruiser would monster him.
If the right fight (Not necessarily Choc) came along at LH, he'd make it comfortably.
Choc has had 3 fights for 3 wins, all by stoppage at LH, so there's nothing fantastic about the difference.

 

atsch Know more than kostya too?

Kostya is just advocating a big aussie fight nothing more or less but i'm sure he is capable of knowing what he says without big Rodin's interpretation.

I think the paper just used kostya as a way of getting Manolikos and his opinion into the paper to spiel some green rhetoric without it looking blatant. The daily telegraph is hardly a mundine friendly publication

 

True Rodin, Kostya's article is all about 'the contest', he's a warrior afterall, and little about the logic.


But as you say this huge perceived disparity between their weights is a bit of a myth.

1/ Green fought Jones in early December at 179.5 lbs.

2/ Mundine fought Falliga in late October at 167.25 lbs.

The difference is 179.5 - 167.25 = 12.25 lbs.

and 12.25 pounds = 5.5 kgs.


(anyone feel free to query the maths)


On the basis of the above numbers, all the talk of 10 kgs difference is absolute baloney!

If Mundine really wanted to go where his mouth is he could put on approx 5 kgs without too much effort.

 

People on here are acting as if Mundine is a true MW

The **** fought at SMW for most of his career, and as someone pointed out on another thread, has fought at the LHW limit a couple of times too. He's hardly proven that he is better suited to MW, with only 3 fights actually within the MW limit, and only 1 of those against a true MW, the other 2 vs WW/JMWs. Besides, didn't he 'win' 2 'world titles' at SMW?

Now, we all know Green is not a true CW, his optimum weight appears to be LHW.

1 + 1 = ?

 

True enough IBM.

Just adding to my previous post:

Some might argue that Mundine is lighter now than when he fought Falliga, but that's by choice! He's fighting nature to be down where he is now.

All he needs to do is fight nature a little less and he'll be about the right size - but he'd have to want to though!

 

Just to reiterate on that.
He's had 3 fights at just over 170 & won all three by stoppage.
4 years down the track, he drops 10 pounds & has 3 MW fights & gets 2 UD's & a SD.

I mean, it's not coincidence that experts say "Older.... Heavier"

 

when mundine played footy he was 86kg not 95kg FFS kostya! they should fight at catch weight 77kg what weight did they fight at last time?

 

I think the real reason for the article can be found in the last line. If he made an announcement in relation to the watches it wouldn't make the paper make a comment about Choc and green and it makes the paper and you get to mention your watches. pretty smart if you ask me

 

86 not 95, but 86 kgs works out at over 189 lbs anyway!

First time they met, mid 2006, they were 166 / 167 lbs.


77 kg, as you've suggested, would make for a contest.

(77kg = 169.4 lbs).

However, as we know Green thought he was too light first time around, and I'm sure he'd be looking for the light heavyweight limit as a minimum (ie 175 lbs).

 

This coming from KT who fought at 140lbs all he's life........... didn't see him try and fight at a heavier weight.

In saying that i think KT is spruiking the fight that's all

 

did you see Danny's ''retirement''doco on FOX when he retired after Drews.he whined about weight difference being an issue then(2.5kg) as well as thinking he would got the decision against Beyer in their 2nd fight in Germany.sad too see KT getting inolved in the circus.

 

mundog at 95kg was state of origin EXPLOSIVE. with time, mundog to grow to that weight, hed get his punching power back. however, mundogs chin is suspect.

big fight. wont go the distance. danny to get back up and ko the man.



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In Bayer 2, in Germany, the score were 114-114. 112-115 & 113-114.

I know it's not unique to Germany, but scoring the fight there, it would be a foolish judge that gave the tilt in close rounds to the visitor.

Pretty pointless complaining about it, but I guess I can say that, I wasn't the one that fought Beyer. :roll: