As it happens, I don't particularly care whether he won or lost.
Poirot,
I'm with you on that. I just happen to have very good insight on matters of mentality vs mentality & I assure you Anthony isn't even up to his father's ankles so far as dignity goes.

Our country embarrasses its sportsmen.
In Mundines case firmly by the throat.
It is a self inflicted move the man, I differ with that term, bought it all on himself.
No sports man, or woman, in out country,s history is so, well lets water it down, disliked.
Yet his dad was and remains a gentle man, deeply concerned about his sons mental health.
Only such a man as Mundine, and his disciple Sonny Bill Williams, can not see the result was right.
And Celebrated by Australia as much as any Gold Medal ever was.
Mundine will continue to be a racist, and harming his own people, not serving them.

Do you think Julia will want him to run for parliament in her team?

run for parliament in her team?
Hasbeen,
For crying out loud, don't give 'em an ideas ! Next thing we see will be a skate boarder or a reggae whiner.

Lexi you may well be aware.
Mundane,[not miss spelled] tried to be Ali like, he was never in that class.
It took Wit and brains to be Ali.
The fool became, yes true, a Muslim, in an effort to become Ali like.
Mundane, an ex great player in my NRL team, always spoke/speaks as he did about this fight.
Few pence short of the dollar he was upset Ali would never talk to him, seeing him for what he is.
Hasbeens attempt to provoke me, earns him life membership of Mundanes mugs, a racist team of hangers on who, like their boss, say truly silly things.
Re look at the pure racist history of this BUM, he slandered his opponents wife, for being white, and said *he thought all Tasmanian Aboriginals had been wiped out, to denigrate his opponent.
CUTE, some hurled verbal missiles and a journalist who got in trouble for just that!
Be content knowing future racist words from this drop kick, as he trys to become his peoples mouth piece will inflame us again.
That journalist has the same mentality as Mundane, but this sporting nation gloats, that Mad Mundane got it in the end.

Dear Belly,

Thanks for sharing your opinion with me.

You may well be right about the man.
I don't know him. I was merely trying to
introduce a bit of rationality into what
looked to me like an unecessary attack
on a person.

Therefore I tried to point out facts like -
his fight was a sell out, people did pay to watch in large
numbers - and that he (like Ali) took part
in "trash talk" and seemed to know how to
sell tickets. I didn't go any deeper into
the man's psyche - because I don't know him
to be able to do that and I didn't want to
make any sweeping statements or generalisations
about a person I really didn't know.

Anyway, this thread has now run its course for me.
See you on the next one.

Cheers.