<big>No Pacquiao, no career: Low life bum Mundine KTFO'd by novice</big>
December 8th, 2010 7:55 pm ET.
Bum who said America deserved Sept. 11 carnage KO'd by Garth Wood
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I hate to kick a man, or in this case an overrated loudmouth who refers to himself as 'The Man,' when he is down but I will gleefully make an exception for Anthony Mundine.
Not only will he never fight a real hero named Manny Pacquiao, his mediocre at best ring career seems to be finished.
He was in the twilight of that mediocre career but now he may have to pack it in.
And, guess what, Mundine deserves it.
Mundine got flattenend by a relative novice, 10-1-1 "Contender" show graduate Garth Wood Wednesday night in Sydney and it's going down as one of the biggest upsets in Australia's boxing history.
Wood, a modest bloke who is handled by a great Aussie fighter, the Hall Of Famer and Mike Tyson pal Jeff Fenech, laid Mundine, the 35 year old former rugby league football star and son of excellent boxer Tony Mundine, with a smashing left hook to the temple.
From what I hear and see, Mundine went down in sections just like the buildings at the World Trade Center did when terrorists flew airplaine into two of the towers on the infamous Monday, Sept. 11, 2001, in my home city of New York.
Mundine made some hateful remarks about that horrific day and sent shock waves far beyond the thimble sized world of boxing. He later issued a half-assed apology but it was clear that the later remarks by 'Choc' were a crock.
While opining that Aussies should not get involved in fighting alongside Americans in Afghanistain, Mundine went way too far in adding this:
"I really feel that it's not our problem," Mundine said. "They call it an act of terrorism but if you can understand religion and our way of life, it's not about terrorism. It's about fighting for God's laws, and America's brought it upon themselves (for) what they've done in the history of time."
To their credit, New York promoter Lou DiBella and the WBC's Don Jose Sulaiman laid into mouthy Mundine for his sickening statement.
As usual, DiBella did not sugarcoat his reaction, calling Mundine "a low life bum" and saying:
"As Americans, New Yorkers and human beings, we at DiBella Entertainment find your statements to be evil, deplorable and totally ignorant.
"You're lucky, Anthony, to live in a great country like Australia which allows you to express your opinions, as vile as they may be. That kind of freedom is what our country is now defending. We're defending it against cold-blooded murderers who kill the innocent; cold-blooded killers who you apparently admire.
"You should really consider joining the Taliban and Bin Laden. You would be deprived of nearly all of the freedoms you now enjoy. We don't think you or the women in your life would like it very much. And don't attribute your inhumanity to Islam, a religion of peace. You and those you support don't represent your religion, Anthony, they pervert it. Contrast your statements to the actions of Muhammad Ali, who personally visited the site of the horror to console the victims' families and pray with the rescue workers."
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Then Sulaiman came on with a two fisted bit of counterpunching:
"The World Boxing Council read with stupefaction the statements made recently by Australian boxer Anthony Mundine justifying the terrorist attacks and the consequent deaths of so many innocent victims that occurred on September 11 in New York,” said Sulaiman.
"Mundine is currently rated in the super middleweight division and, therefore, the WBC announces that he will be sanctioned by dropping him indefinitely from the WBC ratings, since such statements are unbelievable and intolerable and seriously hurt world society and boxing. The WBC will not tolerate the utilization of a position in boxing to make such absurd and denigrating public statements.
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"The World Boxing Council ratifies its position in absolute solidarity with the United States and the families from 80 countries who suffered the vicious attacks by criminals that blemished the principles of peace in the world."
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Mundine's weak apology went like this:
"On Monday morning, statements attributed to me and reported around the world have been taken out of context by the Australian media portraying me as an uncaring and inconsiderate individual. I sincerely apologize to any person who may have been offended, who may have read or heard my comments. I condemn killings on any side and all acts of terrorism. I am against any form or any shape of violence or killing."
Garth Wood is my new ring hero.
Throw some shrimp on the barbie, put some Foster's on ice.
Wood destroyed this sicko.
I may be smiling for another week or two.
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