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ANTHONY MUNDINE is set to make his US debut on the undercard of January's showdown between Roy Jones jnr and Felix Trinidad at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Jones's father, Roy Jones snr, who trained Mundine for his fights against Mikkel Kessler and Danny Green, has raised the possibility with the WBA super-middleweight champion, who will make a final decision after his December 10 bout with Argentina's Jose Alberto Clavero.
After a four-month lay-off thanks to the serious eye infection that threatened his career, Mundine is keen to get as many fights under his belt as possible to make up for the lost time before anticipated big bouts next year against the likes of Green, Kessler or Joe Calzaghe.
Mundine is planning to train with Jones jnr in the lead-up to his January 19 clash with Trinidad and confirmed there was a possibility he may also feature on the undercard.
"I'm not sure yet if I will be on the card. We haven't had that confirmed, but it would be good to do," Mundine said at Fairfax's Sports Performer of the Year awards on Wednesday. "I'm thinking about going at the start of the year to train for three weeks with Roy and then going to the fight."
Fellow Australian Kali Meehan is also hopeful of fighting on the undercard against WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev.
The Jones-Trinidad bout is one of the most anticipated of 2008 - and not just because of the pair's enormous reputations.
Jones, an eight-time world champion, was the first former middleweight champion to win a world heavyweight title in more than a century and also held super-middleweight and light-heavyweight belts, while Trinidad is a five-time world champion, with titles in the welterweight, junior-middleweight and middleweight divisions.
Another ring legend, Bernard Hopkins, wants to fight the winner - and has indicated he will knock back a bout with Calzaghe to do so - but Jones has offered to take on the 35-year-old Welshman if he beats Trinidad.
Mundine also wants to fight Calzaghe after his defeat of Kessler in Cardiff earlier this month, although he still rates the 27-year-old Dane the better boxer. "I believe Kessler is the better fighter, but he didn't execute the right fight," Mundine said. "He tried to knock him out every punch and it took away from his boxing ability. Calzaghe threw a volume of shots and boxed better on the night but, overall, I think Kessler is the superior fighter. Maybe he thought he had to knock him out, but all credit goes to Calzaghe. I've just got to continue to win and make a noise and sooner or later he's going to have to fight me."
While Hopkins is his preferred opponent, Calzaghe has revealed that a UK super fight with IBF light-heavyweight champion Clinton Woods is another option.
Jones's father, Roy Jones snr, who trained Mundine for his fights against Mikkel Kessler and Danny Green, has raised the possibility with the WBA super-middleweight champion, who will make a final decision after his December 10 bout with Argentina's Jose Alberto Clavero.
After a four-month lay-off thanks to the serious eye infection that threatened his career, Mundine is keen to get as many fights under his belt as possible to make up for the lost time before anticipated big bouts next year against the likes of Green, Kessler or Joe Calzaghe.
Mundine is planning to train with Jones jnr in the lead-up to his January 19 clash with Trinidad and confirmed there was a possibility he may also feature on the undercard.
"I'm not sure yet if I will be on the card. We haven't had that confirmed, but it would be good to do," Mundine said at Fairfax's Sports Performer of the Year awards on Wednesday. "I'm thinking about going at the start of the year to train for three weeks with Roy and then going to the fight."
Fellow Australian Kali Meehan is also hopeful of fighting on the undercard against WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev.
The Jones-Trinidad bout is one of the most anticipated of 2008 - and not just because of the pair's enormous reputations.
Jones, an eight-time world champion, was the first former middleweight champion to win a world heavyweight title in more than a century and also held super-middleweight and light-heavyweight belts, while Trinidad is a five-time world champion, with titles in the welterweight, junior-middleweight and middleweight divisions.
Another ring legend, Bernard Hopkins, wants to fight the winner - and has indicated he will knock back a bout with Calzaghe to do so - but Jones has offered to take on the 35-year-old Welshman if he beats Trinidad.
Mundine also wants to fight Calzaghe after his defeat of Kessler in Cardiff earlier this month, although he still rates the 27-year-old Dane the better boxer. "I believe Kessler is the better fighter, but he didn't execute the right fight," Mundine said. "He tried to knock him out every punch and it took away from his boxing ability. Calzaghe threw a volume of shots and boxed better on the night but, overall, I think Kessler is the superior fighter. Maybe he thought he had to knock him out, but all credit goes to Calzaghe. I've just got to continue to win and make a noise and sooner or later he's going to have to fight me."
While Hopkins is his preferred opponent, Calzaghe has revealed that a UK super fight with IBF light-heavyweight champion Clinton Woods is another option.
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