I have wondered how Muhamad Ali was percieved during his career as a talented loud mouth boxer during the 60′s and 70′s. Was he disliked as much as Anthony Mundine seems to be dislike now? I may have asked this before but I still wonder.

Regardless, Mundine is the man now who is trying to walk the talk and in my opinion he isn’t quite doing it. Last night he dropped to the middleweight division and battled to a decision against former world title contender Shannon Taylor. Taylor in his time was a pretty reasonable fighter but I honestly think the much larger Mundine should have been able to put him away last night. I didn’t shell out the $50 to get the fight on PPV so I don’t know the ins and outs of the whole battle but it didnt sound like a terribly glamorous affair with Mundine winning every round in a foul filled event.

The $50 is a sore point for me as well. Why should I pay $50 to watch a main event fight and a few undercard fighters I have never heard of when I can pay $40 for UFC events that have much higher quality of fights and fitness and put on a much better show. I vote with my feet.

Anyway, this victory puts Mundine in line for a middleweight title fight agains German Felix Sturm which could mean a long delay for anyone hoping to see Green V Mundine again anytime soon. If Mundine beats Sturm it would surely mean a unification bout with the well regarded Kelly Pavlick is no longer a pipe dream and an undisputed middlewhieght champion of the world could be crowned in 12 months. If Mundine keeps winning and Green can’t make middleweight than a ‘Green V Mundine 2′ fight might be years off rather than months off.