Mundine with his pants down and Soliman III preview

[BattlingNelson]

Here's a few youtubes as a teaser for Anthony Mundines third fight with Sam Soliman:

1: 2. round of Mundine-Soliman II:

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2: 9. round:

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Apparantly the weigh-in today was a bit unconventional. This is from *********:

A practical joke has caused things to heat up even more for Wednesday night's WBA super middleweight title fight between Anthony Mundine and Sam Soliman at Vodafone Arena in Melbourne, Australia. During Tuesday's weigh-in, while Mundine was flexing on the scale for photographers, Soliman (whom fight fans know from the Contender series) sneaked over and pulled down the champion's loosely fitting pants. Mundine was angry about the incident and tried to headbutt Soliman before being restrained. "He ain't gonna catch me like that again," he told AAP. "I'll hurt him, I'll hurt him bad. I told him 'I'll make you pay for that ****'." It will be the third match between the two, with Mundine winning both previous bouts -- a controversial decision in 2001, and a ninth round KO last year.

If anyone got some pics of this please post....

[BattlingNelson]

And here's a little on Soliman.

1: Vs. Bika:

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2: vs. Bika second half:

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[The Hammer]

Go Soliman! If Mundine can be KOed by Ottke, then Soliman has a chance.

I always enjoy seeing loudmouthed poor sports like Mundine being defeated by a classy fighters like Soliman.

[BattlingNelson]

Go Soliman! If Mundine can be KOed by Ottke, then Soliman has a chance.

I always enjoy seeing loudmouthed poor sports like Mundine being defeated by a classy fighters like Soliman.

haha. If Soliman actually pulls off the upset, it'll have serious implications for Kessler's fight with Sartison. That fight is billed as for the WBA title held by Mundine. Mundine vacates the title after the Soliman fight and everything is fine.

Should Soliman win then what????????????

[BattlingNelson]

In an interview Mundine today said that he cannot defeat Mikkel Kessler(!!!):

AC: Realistically what are the chances of you moving down to middleweight or up to light heavyweight, or will you sit around at super middleweight and wait for something to come up?

AM: Well I’m just going to keep my options open. I’m definitely interested in the middleweight division, but I want to fight for lucrative deals against the best fighters. Winky Wright, Kelly Pavlik, just the names in the sport, you know what I mean. If I’m matched up against them and I do what I do, which is win and be destructive and be dominant, there’s not many names left. I’m already in the mix, it’s just a matter of continuing to do what I do and just being patient and biding my time because they’re going to have to come and see me. I’m not going to lose again.

AC: And what about a rematch with Mikkel Kessler? Is that fight dead in the water or is there a chance there for you to go back and get revenge?

AM: It’s not dead in the water, but the thing is I can’t win against Mikkel Kessler in the fact that he’s coming off a loss to Calzaghe, so if I beat him now, he’s already lost to Calzaghe. And I’m not winning financially, you know what I mean. So why take a fight like that where I’m not going to win either way even if I beat him and I’m not going to make money. That would be silly on my behalf. But if he comes back and wins a few fights and beats a few names, he’s back in the picture. But right now he’s not.

AC: What can fight fans expect from Anthony Mundine on Wednesday night?

AM: They can expect another great show. Another great boxing entertainer, a flamboyant and charismatic fighter doing what he does best. That’s why people love to watch me, because I’m pretty to watch. I’ve got the values that pound-for-pound fighters have and that is the grace of the sweet science. They enjoy my fighting style, they love my fighting style and obviously my personality and my charisma make for a great fight.