It seems there is a good chance living legend Manny Pacquiao will engage in further exhibition bouts over the coming months.
Today in Bendigo, Australia, middleweight contender Michael Zerafa almost certainly ended the career of former WBA super-middleweight champion Anthony Mundine courtesy of a quick and comprehensive first-round stoppage win.
Earlier today in Brisbane, Australia, former WBO welterweight champ Jeff Horn took out countryman Anthony Mundine in the opening round of a much-hyped middleweight clash, a fight that had plenty of trash-talk beforehand.
Jeff Horn (19-1-1, 13 KOs) looked like a new man on Friday night in smashing former 168 lb world champion Anthony Mundine (48-9, 28 KOs) by a 1st round knockout in front of a huge crowd of onlookers at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.
The latest edition of Breakfast and Boxing on ESPN+ will be streamed live from Down Under this Friday, as former welterweight world champion Jeff “The Hornet” Horn and former two-time super middleweight world champion Anthony “The Man” Mundine will settle a long-simmering Australian grudge match in a 12-rounder from Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.
WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs) is looking to cash in big for his mandatory defense against Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) in 2018.
Mundine V Green 2 Round by Round: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australian National anthem sung by Jessica Mauboy as the lead in to Anthony Mundine (47-8) V Danny Green (36-5) 2.
Anthony Mundine, the Australian former Rugby player and Islamic convert known more for his distasteful views than his boxing these days, is – believe it or not – the mandatory challenger for Floyd Mayweather’s WBC 154 lb strap, and buoyed by Mayweather’s recent “Berto/Mayfield” talk, has taken to desperately pleading his own case to be entered into the sweepstakes for Floyd’s ‘final’ September fight in a rather pitifully sounding “begging letter.”
Tomorrow night, Wednesday 12 November 2014 sees Anthony “The Man” Mundine (46-6, 27 KOs) return to the ring to take on the dangerous undefeated Belarussian, Sergey Rabchenko (25-0, 18 KOs) for the WBC Silver junior middleweight title at Hisense Arena, Melbourne, Australia.
In Newcastle, Australia last night Anthony Mundine (46 – 6) fought Ghanaian Joshua Clottey (38- 4) in the classical cross roads fight, the loser destined to fight local derbies as a competitive journeyman.