WelshDevilRob Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Tensions ran high as Anthony Mundine and his conqueror Garth Woods were restrained from making an early start to Wednesday night's boxing rematch. Riled after being called a dirty fighter by Mundine during Tuesday's pre-fight media conference, Wood gave into temptation when they stood eye to eye posing for photos at the weigh in and appeared to headbutt the chatty ex-NRL player. Mundine held an angry Wood by the throat during a shoving match that only ended when support staff jumped in. The pair exchanged taunts, prompting a shoving match between support staff. When the dust settled, Mundine would not contemplate defeat on Wednesday night and was adamant he would be heading overseas to further his career afterwards. Mundine suffered a shock, fifth-round knockout by Wood in their previous bout last December. It was Wood's reward for winning the Australian version of The Contender boxing TV reality program in 2010. He remains the only Australian to have beaten the 35-year-old Mundine. Not that he got any respect from Mundine on Tuesday. "I knew he was going to be dirty but I didn't think he was going to be that dirty," Mundine said of the first fight. Wood interjected: "What's dirty? "Muay Thai stuff, hitting me in the back of the head ... over 30 times - check the video. "And you tried to knee me when I went down. "This is boxing, it's not Muay Thai, it's not wrestling." A smiling Wood leaned over at the press conference to look Mundine in the eye. "Well I've got something special for you, it won't be dirty." Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsel77x Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siren1927 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 I think Mundine will win this one, but im wrong 50% of the time :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Why does Mundine even bother?He seems to lack any ambition whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbrawler Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Why does Mundine even bother?He seems to lack any ambition whatsoever. He's right in this case to try and avenge the defeat imo. And it made sense domestically to fight Woods first time around, given he was a household name courtesy of the contender. He's done nothing on the world level for years though, and it's because he can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 I always like fighters to try and avenge a loss. Mundine at 35 has no meaning on the World stage as he chose to take the easier route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Looking forward to this. Nice build up by the Aussies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Scrappy 1st round and basically a 10-10 2nd round and Wood took the lead and had a good round landing some good shots. Still scrappy though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Missed a couple of rounds but scored 7 to Mundine and 8 to Garth Wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Round 9 Wood floored but carried on fighting lol. Ref started counted but changed his mind. Round 10 Wood floored but Mundine had a point deducted for holding. Close fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Mundine gets the decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siren1927 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 review is up on ringnews24 http://ringnews24.com/index.php/blog/35-demo-content/15667-garth-wood-vs-anthony-mundine-result.html#axzz1JVthCL1q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Great review, Siren. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siren1927 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Felt very very hard getting back into it after not writing for so long. Hopefully do something else tomorrow as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkeywater Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I think Mundine is on his way out. He's no spring chicken and is a fighter that relies on reflexes. For me, he's visibly slowing down and his timing is not quite there anymore. Simply put, he HAD to take the rematch with Woods. He had to avenge that defeat or no one would've took him seriously. I was interested to see what would happen in the rematch as Mundine looked very flat in the first fight and I wanted to see if this was down to him not taking Woods seriously or if it was a case of father time catching up to him. Well, he struggled again in the rematch. To me he just doesn't look the same fighter. Mundine at his best would've pissed over Garth Woods. Shame really. The guy had so much talent but lacked any sort of ambition. He was happy to be a big fish in the small pond of Australian boxing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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