John Wayne Parr and Anthony Mundine can both retire happy after putting on an entertaining fight at the Brisbane Convention Centre tonight.
Both veterans gave their all over 10 rounds, but in the end it was Parr that came away with a split decision victory: 94-95, 96-93 and 95-93.
*TO SEE THE FULL TEN ROUNDS & FIGHT CARD, YOU CAN PURCHASE THE REPLAY HERE AT EPICENTRE.TV*
The fight followed a similar pattern over each of the ten rounds: Parr relentlessly stalking Mundine and throwing plenty of leather to often pin him against the ropes.
Mundine countered with some clean boxing shots whenever he could, but it was Parr’s work rate and punching power that earned him more rounds.
He put Mundine down through the ropes in Round 4 with a right hand, but Mundine recovered to see out the round.
Mundine was deducted a point in Round 8 by the referee for a punch to the back of Parr’s head.
Parr has highly emotional after the fight, confirming that it would be his last ever bout of any kind.
The 10-time Muay Thai world champion has been fighting since he was 11 years old, so he’s well and truly earned the right to put his feet up.
He was classy in victory, praising Mundine for his sporting achievements.
Despite the loss, Mundine left the ring on his feet after a wholehearted effort. That’s a better ending than his first-round KO defeat at the hands of Jeff Horn in his previous fight a year ago at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.
He’s 44 now, so it’s certainly time to hang up the gloves.
Love him or hate him, you can’t argue that he’s had a great career over 25 years in two very punishing sports: rugby league and boxing.
Text by John Coomer.
Beastie
Roar Rookie
And he still maintains it was racism that kept him out of the NSW and Australian squads even though Daley's mother is Aboriginal. :laughing:
WarHorse
Roar Rookie
Mundine should have retired before he even started boxing. The only fights he won were against stiffs or were seriously rigged. The shams of boxing
Steve
Guest
Thought he was the best 5/8 in the country when Laurie Daley was playing. Yeah ok.
Papi Smurf
Roar Rookie
Mundine's mouth and his ambition were both always bigger than his boxing takent. His father was the professional boxing talent while Mundine was the footballer in the family and blew it when his ego became too big to fit in an NRL jersey.
anon
Roar Pro
Mundine is a disgrace losing that