By Mark Vester
Aussie bad boy Anthony Mundine is having some serious weight struggles for his January 11 bout with fellow Australian Robert Medley. Mundine was a two-time WBA champion at super middleweight. He vacated the title and moved down to middleweight. He captured the IBO title at 160 and soon-after he made a decision to move down to junior middleweight. The fight with Medley is for the vacant IBO title at 154. Mundine wants to become the first fighter to wins titles in the three divisions - by moving backwards.
''For the last few days I've been doing it tough. It's going to get tougher. But it's got to be done, if I'm going to make history,'' said Mundine to the Sydney Morning Herald. ''The thing is, though, I've got to keep training. 'At the end of it, I've got to be strong enough, I've got to have enough left in the legs, to get me through the fight. I've got to do it smart.''
Mundine is having such a tough time that he went to champion jockey Jim Cassidy for help with additional weight loss. Cassidy can't figure out where Mundine can possibly lose more weight.
''I can't see anywhere the bloke can lose weight. His body's, like, made of concrete," Cassidy said.
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