Australian boxer Anthony Mundine taunts fellow countryman Sam Soliman. AP Photo/Rob Griffith
Anthony Mundine deserves your respect. You don’t have to like him, but the reason you still recognize the first two words of this article means that he has worked hard enough to earn your respect. And here’s why.
To climb the ladder of success in boxing, it is essential that everyone knows your name.
The beauty about boxing as a product is that viewers will tune in to see a fighter get their head smashed in as much as they will to see them win. Mundine doesn’t care if you like him, as long as you want to see him in the ring.
The point is that Mundine is the best self-promoting Aussie athlete of all-time. Every time he has fight to promote, what does he do? By any means possible, he makes a headline.
Mundine’s athletic ability can’t be doubted. His achievements in rugby league were nothing sneeze at, but to be able to convert to the most brutal and confronting sport in the world – and make a career out of it – sees him sit comfortably with our best athletes of the past decade.
After going the distance, if you’re still not convinced, Mundine deserves your respect as a sports fan because on his judgment day, when the whole country was watching, he beat Danny Green.
On that night he finally earned the title ‘The Man’. Let’s hope he and Danny meet again.
If they do, Mundine will have to earn ‘The Man’ title all over again.
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