In this exclusive transcript of part one** of an unpublished blog, Anthony Mundine* shares his feelings on how he’d fix Australian boxing following his unanimous points loss to some talentless hack on Wednesday night.
Stop the confusion!
As an emotional, passionate Australian athlete, I – like many others – am frustrated on many levels at present. The current set up is not working, as the results are showing!
To start with I, the greatest rugby league five-eighth of all time, was kept out of the Australian side by a couple of Uncle Toms.
An Immortal you say? We all know how that ended.
And then on Wednesday night, the ultimate insult. After delivering my greatest performance since the music video for Powderfinger’s Like A Dog, a result that seemed clear-cut to me and my 13 remaining fans somehow went against me.
In my view, judging a winner is not based solely on actual performance, but on how good a boxer tells you he is – that shows character and a good temperament when under pressure. So to end the confusion about point-scoring moving forward, I propose that all judges score every round of every bout 10-9 in my favour.
Australia has the best boxer, rugby league player, sprinter, masterchef, and reconciliation diplomat in the world at the moment – Anthony ‘The Man’ Mundine (me).
So I should be awarded all national titles by default, with the following people put in place to ensure the front office is in order.
Judges for all Australian bouts
Sonny Bill Williams has a real nose for money, so can sniff out corruption a mile away.
Quade Cooper because he’s a boxer as well now. Seriously!
And Danny Weidler. He’s there to document whatever Sonny Bill and Quade do for Channel Nine.
Head boxing coach: Australian Institute of Sport
Steve Smith – I’m unsure of his boxing credentials, but I’m also unsure of his cricketing credentials yet the National Selection Panel keeps selecting him. Kid must have potential to be a man some day.
Not ‘The Man’ though. That’s me.
CEO of boxing in Australia
Anthony ‘Choc’ Mundine. ‘The Man’. Boxing supremo.
The judges, coach, and all other boxers are answerable to Choc. Choc is in charge of all things boxing. The reason why I would choose Choc is that he has an understanding of both winning and losing when he should’ve won, and is a wonderful communicator as well as being very approachable and respected.
Choc also refers to himself in the third person – the sign of a true leader.
Summary
It’s time for boxing to go back to basics. Too many people are justifying their existence.
When I share Part 2** with you next week, I’ll be discussing how to unify the WBA, IBF, WBC, UFC, WWE, MLB, and NRL titles by awarding them all to Anthony ‘The Man’ Mundine.
I hope this piece by Choc opens the floodgates for discussion and a positive outcome. I’m no guru, just the greatest Australian sportsman who has ever lived.
Even better than that current great Australian sportswoman, Black Caviar.
*Not actually written by Anthony Mundine.
**There is no part two.
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