Mundine - Green, should cheats prosper?

[laj]

It's sad reading and listening to the rhetoric today about the recent battle of the prehistoric mammals. It seemed to me to be a sub-standard fight that was akin to two past-it bulls reliving the old days.

But even more disturbing for me is the result, the reason for the result, and the subsequent complaining.

A deliberate cheap shot taken early in the match, well outside the spirit of good sportsmanship, designed to level the playing field. Should not be rewarded with victory. It seems one of the three judges thought so, and despite Mundine finishing the match in better physical condition he should not have been rewarded for what I see as deliberate cheating.

Even sadder, old beaten around the ring boxers coming out and joining the chorus. They discount the bad behaviour and only care about the outcome.

Perhaps Mundine got the physical victory, but it does matter how you get a win! If that isn't the case the next person to fight him should feel free to take a shovel the ring and end him at the first bell!

Wasn't deliberate cheating. The referee, while breaking the fighters, didn't actually come between them to break them, hence Mundine may not have picked that up coming out of half a headlock. It was basically a late punch and he duly got deducted a point but it wasn't a a deliberate cheap shot. Green certainly didn't see it as a deliberate cheap shot.

Felt Mundine won reasonably comfortably but after a great rivalry 1-1 isn't a bad result.