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MUNDINE VERSUS THE WORLD By Danny Leigh PhilBoxing.com Wed, 23 May 2007 How does Anthony Mundine stack up against the WBA's top ranked fighters. The best in the WBA Mikkel Kessler 39-0 Denmark Current WBA Super Champion and WBC World Champion. Jeff Lacy 22-1 USA Lucien Bute 19-0 Romania Dennis Inkin 30-0 Russia Danilo Haussler 29-3 Germany Juergen Braehmer 29-1 Germany David Gogiya 17-1 Georgia Gusmyl Perdomo 14-1 Venezuela Jean Paul Mendy 23-0-1 France Vitali Tsypko 19-2 Ukraine Librado Andrade 24-1 Mexico Carl Froch 21-0 England Dimitri Sartison 19-0 German Epifanio Mendoza 27-4-1 Colombia Pablo Zamora Nievas 17-1-1 Argentina A rematch with Unified Champion Mikkel Kessler would place Mundine into a world recognised Super Fight. But the super middleweight division as you can see is loaded with talented boxers from all over the world. Topping the list is American Jeff "Left Hook" Lacy who has a points win over durable Ukranian Vitali Tsypko and a very one sided loss to undefeated WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe 43-0 of Wales. Mundine who improves with each fight could raise his stock internationally if he were to out box the tough American in what would be a very high profile fight. Canada based Romanian Lucien Bute might be the best kept secret in boxing. Fortunately for Mundine the unbeaten Bute is chasing the IBF title held by Colombian Alejandro Berrio 26-4. He faces Australia based African Sakio Bika 22-2-2 in an eliminator for the IBF title. Berrio is defending the title against German Danilo Haussler on the 23rd of June 2007. Mundine looks to be too strong for Berrio, Bika and Haussler and may look to capture the IBF title as well, But the strong Romanian is favoured to be the one standing in his way. Undefeated Russian Dennis Inkin has climbed his way up the rankings by knocking over a large number of German prospects. He has since been signed by German promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl, who must figure if you can't beat him join him. Mundine might be lucky here the Russian seems to be chasing Calzaghe and Kessler. England's unbeaten Commonwealth champion Carl Froch, has established himself as quite a knock out artist, stopping durable ranked contenders and cleaning out his back yard in the U.K. He also looks set on challenging Kessler and Calzaghe over Mundine. It is hard to find a patsy in the super middleweight division, which is why the recent insertion into the WBA ratings, of Argentinian Pablo Zamora Nievas who on the form of a draw to previous Mundine ko victim Ruben Acosta, won't last more than 5 rounds. The Mundine camp is taking the term easy first defence to a nursing home. This fight match up is garbage. Australian fight fans who pay to see Mundine v Nievas will be donating their money to the " Mundine's learning how to promote boxing fund." The Argentinian's well padded record would make him the perfect opponent for Australian super middleweight champion Jamie Pittman 13-0 or New Zealand's Peter Kariuki 14-6-2. In fact either Pittman v Nieves or Kariuki v Nieves would be a great support bout for Mundine's first real defence, of the world title. That would be value for money, instead of being forced to sit through the long drawn out completely insignificant undercards Mundine promotions are normally known for. A legitimate first defence for Anthony Mundine would be Juergen Braehmer or Epifanio Mendoza, the easiest looks to be Gusmyl Perdomo. The 14-1 record is the least impressive of the group but Venezuelan Gusmyl Perdomo who is based in Germany at least has a few wins over undefeated boxers and with a number 6 ranking has been there a while. Mundine isn't seriously dodging this guy? Epifanio Mendoza is a dangerous puncher but has been stopped by opponents he was favoured to beat. He also has weight problems, a world title shot would be hard for him to knock back. he is definitly a live wire. The Colombian would probably bring the best out of Mundine. The best match up is popular German Juergen Braemer 29-1 23kos. The German bad boy has a lot of fans in Germany that think he will win the world title but he hasn't shown that much power when he fights ranked contenders, which led to an unexpected loss. Mundine looks to be too big a step up for Braehmer but lots of German fans would disagree. Mundine v Braehmer would draw a lot of attention especially in Europe. These two guys are very charismatic and controversial. More Money More Power..This fight is worth the cash. Click here to view a list of other articles written by Danny Leigh.  |
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