Oceania The Stadium Australia Commentary Box v.7.0

At least Shane Heal would have someone to argue with

 

"The Man will make a plan to come back because I am a warrior," Mundine declared.

"I had him beaten ? [getting knocked out] was nothing, nothing. I'm still the Man. I will let everyone know what's up."



Ugh.

 

I think he needs to be hit harder next time...

R.

 

I HAD HIM BEATEN

By JAMES HOOPER
06dec01

ANTHONY Mundine yesterday arrived home from his failed world title bid in
Germany with a scorecard to challenge the International Boxing Federation
judges - "I had him beaten".

Mundine was greeted by a crowd of 100 friends and family at Sydney airport
and declared: "I'm still The Man" before being whisked away to a waiting
four-wheel drive and driven to a secret location.

"The Man will make a plan to come back because I am a warrior," Mundine
declared.

"I had him beaten - [getting knocked out] was nothing, nothing. I'm still
the Man. I will let everyone know what's up."

The motormouth boxer now plans to take a week-long holiday away from Sydney
to determine where his future lies in Australian sport.

He will also use the time to reflect on what went wrong in his world title
fight loss to German super-middleweight champion Sven Ottke on Sunday
morning in Dortmund.

Yesterday marked the first occasion Mundine had spoken publicly since he was
left sprawling on the canvas in Germany.

Sporting a bruise above his left eye where Ottke landed the knockout punch,
Mundine was handed his daughter Jada as he emerged through customs.

Unshaven and wearing a French beret, the league star turned boxer walked
through Sydney airport to the cheers of supporters carrying signs and
chanting "Mundine, Mundine".

His father Tony Mundine said he was uncertain about his son's plans -
whether he would return to playing rugby league or continue to fight.

"He's going to go away for a week and settle down and relax and be with his
family," Tony Mundine said.

"We're not sure what the future will hold.

Mundine Sr said that behind the bluster his son was heartbroken after the
German boxer he had claimed "hit like a woman" knocked him out.

"The fight against Ottke was an unbelievable fight," Mundine Sr said. "It
was disappointing but that is a part of life. I will sit down and talk to
him in a week's time and see what he wants to do."

There were suggestions from Mundine's team last night that Anthony was not
100 per cent for the fight because he had overdone his training in the
lead-up to the bout.

"I don't think he was 100 per cent," Mundine Sr said.

"I thought he was winning the fight up until the ninth round but then he
started to tire.

"He made Ottke look like an ordinary fighter until then."

Sydney Kings game announcer Rodney Overby appeared to be Mundine's
self-appointed minder when the beaten boxer finally emerged at the airport.

Overby liaised with airport police and barked at members of the waiting
media to allow Mundine freedom to move.

Rumours persist that if Mundine does quit boxing and return to rugby league
it will be with the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

However, some Souths supporters say they do not want Mundine at the club and
have threatened to tear up their membership badges should he sign a contract
to play next season.

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Let's hope he does come back to league. I'm willing to bet not only will opposition players be baiting him for fights, the crowds will too.

 

Well, if he goes back to St George, he won't be playing stand-off. Trent Barrett is far better, IMHO.

heh, Tallis vs Mundine: One Night Only...

R.

 

Mundine is soooo funny

Any way back to the umpiring. I think the video ump should be used whenever possible now. I think it is fair to say we now have the technology to correctly judge on just about every possible wicket scenario. It is good I agree to have the human element but when the human element is just plain crap (as we've seen recently) it would be good to have that air of consistancy. Plus it would save on the during/after match squabbles.

 

Or whinging...

 

Yeah, Steve Waugh was so out on 13. And Gillespie. And Langer. And and and..... j/k

R.

 

Well Waugh was unlucky when he got out anyway. And Langer shouldn't have been out in the first innings either. It all evens out in the end.

 

Certainly does.

R.

 

I'm pretty sure Warne was caught behind on one occasion. The "schnickometer" proved it conclusively...

 

Stupid and pointless innovations like that just show who wants the third umpire the most. Channel 9. Their bagging of umpires in all sports is unbelievable. I know they're bad and everything, but the way they carry on you'd think it's only since the slow-mo replay came along did an official make a mistake.

They got the replay decisions in league and run outs in cricket, and this year's coverage of the cricket has obviously been given some sort of urge from somewhere to push this whole third umpire overhaul. It reminds me of the joke on the Simpsons about Kent Brockman wanting to get legislation through to have TV phone polls to judge people's guilt.

Speaking about how bad the commentating has gotten. What about Ian Smith, Mark Taylor, Bill Laurie, Ian Healy and Tony Grieg going on about the bouncers on day 4? Did anyone else hear them? Everyone of them wanted the umpires to start calling no balls or wides. Not one of the bouncers was above shoulder height but the fact New Zealand kept ducking made them all look unplayable. Thank god the only good commentator on the team (Richie) told them, "the only person who can stop them bowling bouncers is the batsman who's been given a bat and should use it."

 

Yeah, Richie is the best commentator in cricket, IMHO.


I see the Aussies just managed to hang onto number one in the test rankings. Better hope they beat South Africa...

R.

 

Has anyone heard the latest 12th man effort yet?

 

I couldn't believe what they were saying about the bouncers. Get hard! I agree with Richie, batsmen have bats for a reason so they may as well use them.

Haven't heard the latest 12th man either but I wouldn't mind a listen.

 

The Final Dig? is pretty bloody funny. I gotta give Billy Birmingham credit for managing to pay out on everyone in the cricketing world from Kerry Packer to Hansie Cronje and back again, even all of Channel Nine's stable of stars.

When some big Kiwi prick gets a four from a snick, that's Parore.....

 

heh heh. Parore rhymes with Amoré - geddit??

R.

 

About the bouncers -- sure, I guess they were playable, but still, it's not exactly innovative bowling by Lee... and there's no way he was even trying to get them out. Anyway, I agree it wasn't THAT big a deal. Just a bit repetitive to watch.

Any more news on Langer, Renouf, Thorne and Gee all returning to the Broncos? I read an article about it in the paper last week, but that's the last I heard about it. Man, it would seem very old-skool with all those guys back.

 

Old skool indeed. They'll probably do well, and after all the injuries the Broncoes had last year, I wouldn't suprised if they called up Wally Lewis...

R.

 

Thorn is gaurenteed.

I dunno about anyone else though. Bennett likes to pulls stiff ones.

Brisbane were the main beneficaries of the draw for next year too. Lucky them.

 

Yep, no complaints there. Good to see we're finally getting some help come rep football time.

Thorn will be a great re-addition. Add loads of experience to the forward pack.

 

And to think, he could have been an All Black.

R.

 

Last year you may have lost every game coming out of the SoO series, but the year before you won every game. So it's never as bad as the Broncoes make out it is.

 

True. You can't be good all the time. Still, you'd think the Bronc's won't have another bad year on the injury front.

But then again, I don't support the Broncs - so who cares!

R.

 

That's true too.

The ultimate insult in the draw went to the Warriors though. For years they've had to suffer as bad as the Broncoes with the ANZAC test match, but with it's demise Australia will now play Great Britain here during the year. And guess who gets the bye that week!

Yep! The Warriors.