I'll post what I think, then leave this debate.
I'm a big fan of boxing, a long term fan, and I've seen a lot of very ordinary things happen in the ring. But that coward punch was as bad as any, and the way the rest of the match proceeded was as bad as any.
Pretty much all of Green's good work on deriding the coward punch was unravelled by the likes of Fenech and Michael coming out and rallying behind Mundine's victory claim, it's a disgrace.
In my opinion Mundine should be banned from boxing, if he is allowed to box again, and if the boxing authorities don't take a serious stance. Then boxing should be banned in Australia, and it hurts me to write that, but I'd take the same stance in MMA, UFC, or any other contact sport so I must not be a hypocrit!
PS: I don't accept any excuses for Mundine, he was looking straight at the referee prior to the separation and punch, he isn't some green horn or newbie. Mundine new exactly what he was doing, it was deliberate, cowardly and cheap plain and simple.
I'm a big fan of boxing, a long term fan, and I've seen a lot of very ordinary things happen in the ring. But that coward punch was as bad as any, and the way the rest of the match proceeded was as bad as any.
Pretty much all of Green's good work on deriding the coward punch was unravelled by the likes of Fenech and Michael coming out and rallying behind Mundine's victory claim, it's a disgrace.
In my opinion Mundine should be banned from boxing, if he is allowed to box again, and if the boxing authorities don't take a serious stance. Then boxing should be banned in Australia, and it hurts me to write that, but I'd take the same stance in MMA, UFC, or any other contact sport so I must not be a hypocrit!
PS: I don't accept any excuses for Mundine, he was looking straight at the referee prior to the separation and punch, he isn't some green horn or newbie. Mundine new exactly what he was doing, it was deliberate, cowardly and cheap plain and simple.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"