It’s been ten years in the making, but Australian boxing fans can finally look forward to seeing Anthony Mundine and Danny Green step into the ring together once again.
The two boxers first faced off in 2006, with Mundine getting the better of Green on points. Now, more than ten years on, Green will finally have his chance at payback on February 3 of next year.
The bout will take place at a catch weight of 83kg, a massive step up for Mundine, who weighed in at 69.84 kilograms for his last fight against Charles Hatley.
The weight should give Green, who is the bigger fighter, a significant advantage, but Mundine brushed off any concerns in typically abrupt fashion.
“You know what weight we’re fighting at? We’re fighting at ‘Danny Weight’. But, you know what, it don’t matter, I’m going to school him again,” Mundine said.
“I just want to put this shit to rest, that I’m the better man.
“Skills pay the bills. I’m going to be as sharp as I was in 2006.”
Mundine also claimed he was fully fit, having battled a persistent hip injury for much of the past seven or eight years. But Green was evidently far from concerned about his opponent’s declaration.
“You hit me with everything you had with two hips,” Green told Mundine. “I didn’t stop marching forward.”
Earlier in the day, South Australian sport and tourism minister, Leon Bignell, told ABC radio the Adelaide Oval will be the host venue for the fight.
“We are delighted to have the fight coming here,” Bignell said.
“We will have 37,000 people at the Adelaide Oval and it will be the biggest fight in Australian history in terms of crowds.”
The original fight between Green and Mundine was held in Sydney and drew a massive crowd of around 30,000 fans. This time, according to Bignell, there was plenty of competition from around the country for the right to host the fight.
“We were up against Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth,” he said.
“Everyone wanted this fight, it’s the biggest fight between the two biggest names of our generation in terms of boxing.”
Back in August, Green revealed the plans for the fight had been put in place as early as July, during a meeting between the two at Sydney Airport.
I got the call from Khoder Nasser, Mundine’s long time manager and a guy I have had a long history with and we’ve always got on very well,” Green said on ‘The Howie Games‘ podcast.
“He said, ‘Look I want you to hear this from Mundine himself, I want you to hear it from his mouth, I don’t want you to hear it from me because it means nothing unless you hear it from him.’
“We sat at the airport, [Sydney] International airport, sat out the front. Said ‘G’day’, it literally only took 3-seconds.
“Khoder said ‘Rightio Chock, tell Greeny what you want to say’ and Chock said ‘Yep I agree to it, the weight, the split and let’s get it on.’
“It was good to finally hear it from his mouth, and I think he realises that it is inevitable. It’s got to happen. We are both very, very blessed to have a fight this big at this stage of our career.”
Tickets for the bout go on sale Thursday, October 27.
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