By Mark Vester
WBA "regular" super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine returns to the ring on Dec. 10 to make a defense of his title against Jose Alberto Clavero at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia.
Mundine has been of the shelf for a few months after suffering a serious eye infection that almost ended his career. The infection in his left eye was caused by Mundine himself, after the Australian fighter licked his contact lens to clean it, and then placed the lens back on.
After surgical procedures and a brief hospitalization, Mundine said that he was legally blind in his left eye, but vowed to defend his title. Since the fight with Clavero was announced, Mundine has said the infection claimed 50% of the vision in his left eye.
The Daily Telegraph contacted Dr. Lou Lewis, the fight doctor who will officiate at next week's bout, who told the paper Mundine is exaggerating his eye injury to sell tickets.
"A lot of it is just bulls...," said Lewis. "He's a self-perpetuating publicity machine. No one would let him get into a ring if he had 50% or less vision. It just wouldn't happen. His peripheral vision is OK. He meets all the criteria."
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