Danny Green defeated Anthony Mundine via majority decision at the Adelaide Oval on Friday night as two of the ringside judges scored it as a very close fight – one a 94-94 draw, and another a 96-94 win to Green.
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Both of those scorecards accurately reflected what appeared to most observers to be a close fight. The third judge though scored it comprehensively 98-90 to Green. It’s very difficult to justify a margin like that in this fight.
The bout was nothing like their first encounter when Mundine outboxed Green. This was more of a brawling encounter interspersed with flashes of boxing. Both fighters looked their age, but both desperately wanted to win.
There was controversy in Round 1 when Mundine dropped Green with a solid left after the referee had called for the fighters to break. Green was visibly shaken, but opted against taking a medical time out even though Mundine was deducted a point for the illegal cheap shot. Green himself was deducted a point in Round 7 for the use of an elbow.
Most rounds were difficult to score. Mundine was trapped often on the ropes early, and there was plenty of holding from both fighters throughout the fight. The referee struggled to keep them apart. Green looked the more tired of the two towards the end, but both fighters gave it their all.
Many believed that Green would outmuscle Mundine with the weight advantage he had, but Mundine wasn’t afraid to trade in close.
The win sees Green gain his revenge on the scorecards more than ten years after his defeat in 2006 at the Sydney Football Stadium when both fighters were in their prime. Hopefully he can now retire happily.
Mundine was visibly upset after the fight, and it’s hard to see where he can go from here. There’s no need for either man to continue, both are in their forties and have had long careers in the ring.
If it is to be their last fights, Green finishes with a 36-5 record, while Mundine drops to 47-8.
Ben
Roar Guru
Love ya work!
William Dalton Davis
Roar Rookie
I said round 7 was clearly Mundines round. Mundine wins the round 10-9. Them minus a point equals 10-8.
steve b
Roar Guru
What fight were you watching green was clearly out scored very bad decision boxing was the biggest loser in this farce .
Justin
Guest
10-1 = 9, so 95-94 = Green win
Ben
Roar Guru
Australian boxing was the only loser. There was no winners lastnight.
Not to be named
Guest
I'm glad green won, but I'm disappointed Mundine wasn't knocked out.
Johnno
Guest
They needed a good ref, he was not up to it.
Craig
Guest
how is 10-10 minus 1 point suddenly become 10-8?
jeff dustby
Guest
sets it all up for fights number 3 in 11 years time. can not wait
William Dalton Davis
Roar Rookie
98-90 is an episode of law and order SVU where the victim was Australian boxing.
William Dalton Davis
Roar Rookie
More controversy. The judge who scored 96-94 never took a point off of Green and had that round, which was as clear as day Mundines round, 10-10. Should've been 10-8 Mundine majority draw. the guy who posted 98-90 (who should NEVER judge another fight again) scored it 10-8 for heavens sake. Absolute farce. I had Mundine winning but would've been ok with a draw or a very tight Green win but this was just embarrassing for Australian sport. I don't know what I'm more angry about. The fact that Mundine (who I don't even like) has been absolutely robbed or that after telling myself 100 times I wouldn't watch what I knew would be an awful fight night I couldn't find anything better to do on a Friday night. Probably the latter.
The duad
Guest
If that was was Green taking revenge it was a pretty pathetic form of revenge. I think a judge was taking revenge
The duad
Guest
Mundine won that fight. Suspect judging. Mundine can take more pride out of that loss than Green can from a dubious win. Mundine had to do far more to make that weight than Green did. Would like to say more but not allowed to here due to comments policy As much as i dont like either boxer much, Mundine is a champion athlete no question.
KS
Guest
I must admit I was a Mundine fan going into this fight but more of an interested impartial observer and I feel he was robbed. Green looked lethargic throughout and after 5 rounds could barely keep his guard up. I was in a pub with the majority being Greene fans and you could hear a pin drop at the end of the fight, the cheers that went up when Greene was declared the winner was a mixture of shock and surprise than jubilation. It's a dark day for boxing in this country because the result was so obviously biased
Ben
Roar Guru
94-94 = judges are only human 96-94 Green = bias 98-90 Green = beyond comprehension! Even in the amatuers when a hometown hero has clearly been beaten, and the announcer says the words "split points"... You know a robbery is about to happen... That's how they normally do it. When i heard the third judge had scored it 98-90, i immediately thought "that wide", thinking they had given Choc the fight and thus it would be an acceptable draw, even though I had it 97-92 to Choc. ... but 98-90 to Green! That's a black eye for Australian boxing.
charlotte
Guest
Green Machine won the fight by majority decision because the judges got bored after round five and stopped scoring......
me too
Guest
Poor fight, but. thought Mundine was the cleaner puncher and took the fight. 98-90 smells of pure bias. on that performance both should retire. If there's a no. 3 it'll be held in a shed in someones backyard.
KingKongBundy
Guest
Im glad i spent my doe at the pub and not on that fight thats for sure.both way past it i thought mundine was unlucky though he finished way better and the early rounds were close a very ugly fight though .disappointed with that preformance