Well done Mundine. Geale put in a good showing. It'll be interesting to see if Mundine actually heads to the US as he said he would, or rematches Soliman for another bogus title. As for Sonny Bill's opponent...that was an insult.
C'mon teke a class above **** all is what mandy is. Geale out boxed him plain & simple. Barry Michael is the biggest one eyed cocksucker I've ever heard. Never heard so much **** come out of one mans mouth. He seriously is infactuated with mandy.
Nobody wants the loser to have a chat and get all the praise from the croud just because he is the more popular boxer, i think he did the right thing and let Mundine have his moment.
Great fight......... Both fighters stood and traded on a number of occasions, never seen Mundine do that before. Although both lack that power to KO each other. I scored it 2pts to Mundine but many close rds and thought a draw was close to the mark also.
Very, very entertaining fight, $50 well spent. You've got to congratulate both boxers. I find it sad that a World Title holder loses his belt in such an even contest. If Mundine had of held the title, there definitely could be no complaints about the result but the closeness of this defense should never have seen a boy stripped of his Title. Would much prefer to see Mundine at Supermiddles as he's doing himself no favours staying where he is.
Who's to say the judges didn't give the close rds to Geale based on him being the champ. Maybe if Mundine was champ the scorecards may have awarded him the fight by more??
Yeah...it would be nice to see the rounds scored by each official I think both fighters wanted to be in control more than they were....if the officials lent towards power and clean puncher Mundine wins.....if they lent toward volume and workrate Geale wins Anyway great fight.....a draw would have been the best for most of the fans so the rematch was on again in 3 or 4 months.
Where are you comin' from mate? What I'm saying is it was a bloody close fight and being that, a title shouldn't be sacrificed. I'm giving credit to both boxers. But ****, in Gealey's favour, he was World Champion, he dictated the pace of the fight, was the classier boxer of the two, was the better counter puncher of the two, punched in bunches having landed more shots, Mundine's punches probably looked more clinical because he landed singular shots. And by the way, Geale's speed was equal to that of Mundine. Mundine's own corner even said "You've gotta knock him out". They were obviously worried at the closeness of the fight. I just see it as it is mate.
The whole 'close rounds have to go to the champ' is one big myth, and is written nowhere in the judges rulebook. It especially shouldn't come into play when the so called champ is champion of the IBO belt.