for those of you that didnt see it Mundine was taken the distance by Nievas. and some out there must be thinking how did this happen well all i will say is that Nievas ate Leather all night and was rocked twice in the fight. It so much reminded me of the Kessler vs Andrade fight. it was along those lines and i take my hat off to Nievas because he showed Heart and a chin. His face was a mess and he took the fight very seriously aswell and you could tell he was actually crying after the fight because he knew it might be his only shot at a World Title. the score cards were 119-107 120-108 120-108 -Mundine also im pretty sure Mundine might have tore his bicep Muscle in this fight and it was clearly visable after the fight. so those who said this fight was a mismatch it was in a way but no one would have predicted this fight to go the distance. Great Heart shown by the Argentinian and good luck to him.
atsch Yea it was a shutout but Mundine defintely had some trouble in particular the 5th round, other than that it was one way traffic, Mundine dominated especially with that jab.
Mundine showed me 2 things tonight. 1. He is Lightning Fast and 2. That if he doesnt take every opponent seriously he could Lose when you would think he would easily win. He should take every opponent like its a real fight and not read into the hype.
cmon mate it was just like one of your boy joe's defences against a bum, except as far as bum 's go this one was good with a chin of iron.... Props to mundine for landing his lightning jab more frequently and more cleanly than i have ever seen before it was lethal, he performed very well, so fast and accurate and controlled the fight but the scary thing for the rest of you doubters out there is that it looked like he didn't even move out of second gear.. oh yeh the gayest avatar i have ever seen china. **** man
Can anyone find Nievas in any sancioning bodies top 100 because i cant. He would look lightening fast against my gran but it would not mean he actually was.
yeh dickhead, No. 15 WBA and yeh he would look lightning fast against your grandma because he actually is, it's not the only fight he has shown world class speed, it's top draw
You really can't defend this match-up, Mundine is a paper titlist fighting unknowns. Enzo Maccarinelli does the same, but then he isn't close to being our best boxer. This fight highlights the pitiful state of Aussie boxing.
Agree, his speed and accuracy must be respected, it is truly world class. and if he kept his composure and took it more seriously it would have been even more one sided, as soon as he works that part out, he will do damage
Mundine made Soliman look slow and Sammy is a fast Middleweight. Mundine is quick and if i had to give a actual example of how fast i would say 2nd only to Roy Jones at 168. He was frightning tonight. i felt sorry for Nievas he was hit by jabs bang,bang most of the night and hardly saw one of them.
It's not about defending the match up, mundine was a class and a half above we all know that, but the guy stood around and let choc display some wicked skill and speed, his form and composure are what stood out, put him in against calzaghe or kessler and he is a serious threat, above any other SMW that could challenge the top 2
I like Mundine ...but come on.. "as soon as he works on that and that and that..THEN..." Why is it always something in the future? Mundine should fight top 20 people NOW. Every fight. Mundine is 32. I believe we will be hearing when Mundine is 37 year old.. "did you see how lighting fast he looked against Velasguez??? Give him a couple of years more and he will have worked that out. THEN he will be lethal!"
i think AM is a great fighter, certainly no kessler or JC but still a dam good champion, is there any place on the tinter web i can see the fight?
Mundine would make most look slow, and it was as you say frightning, the accuracy and speed, the doubling up was amazing, and yes he did not see ****
i just mean that his downfall is that he sometimes does not take things seriously in there and if he cut it out of his package he would be even more lethal, but the way he is right now, the only ones that are better are kessler and joe, and yeh he should be fighting guys in the top 20, like Nieves no. 15, or 16 WBA, but he would take apart most of the top 20 no doubt