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ABC News
7 days ago
- Sport
- ABC News
Paul Gallen wins points verdict over Sonny Bill Williams in heavyweight bout
Paul Gallen has scored a split-points win over Sonny Bill Williams in their long-awaited heavyweight boxing bout in Sydney. Two judges scored the bout 77-74 and 76-75 in favour of Gallen, while a third had Williams winning 77-74 in Wednesday evening's relatively tame affair. After all the spite and verbal barbs landed over the previous decade, the fight simply did not hit the heights as both Gallen and Williams laboured, working to their traditional strengths. NRL premiership-winning captain Gallen (15-3-1, 8 KOs) attempted to put pressure on from the start, while dual international Williams, who is 12 centimetres taller than his opponent, utilised his jab and movement. Williams tried to thwart Gallen's charges by holding and clinching, and was deducted a point by referee Les Fear In the seventh round. He was not interviewed in the ring after the fight and declined to attend the post-fight media conference. "I got the win. That's all that matters and it will be there forever," said Gallen, who revealed he had come down with COVID-19 two weeks before the bout. "I'm 44 years old in less than a month's time. "Sonny just came upon to me and said he wants to have a coffee man-to-man and I'm on for that. "I've finished my fights. I'm getting with my life. "I'm not going to gloat. It's been a long time coming. I got the job done and that's all that matters," he added. With his father and former world champion Anthony Mundine in his corner, 25-year-old super middleweight Rahim Mundine (2-0, 1 KO) stopped Fijian opponent Joe Vatusaqata (1-5-1, 1 KO) in the second round of their bout on the undercard. Heavyweight Alex Leapai Jr improved to 5-0-1 (4 KOs) with a first-round knockout of Herve Silu Mata 3-4 (2 KOs). Leapai's father, also named Alex, unsuccessfully challenged former IBF, IBO and WBO heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko in 2014. AAP
News.com.au
16-07-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Anthony Mundine calls out longtime rival Danny Green's son after Rahim Mundine scores KO win
Anthony Mundine has used the chance to take a shot at his long-time rival, Danny Green, after his son Rahim 'The Dream' Mundine won his second career fight by knockout. The son of Anthony and grandson of Tony Mundine, Rahim stepped back into the ring after injury ruined his dreams of playing NRL. And he had few troubles with Joe Vatusaqata (1-5 record) on Wednesday night. On the Sonny Bill Williams and undercard, Mundine was far too strong for Fijian boxer Vatusaqata, knocking him down twice in the second round before his corner threw in the towel. You can watch the vicious knockout in the player above. 'I went back to footy and hurt myself again, so I was like nah, I'm going back to boxing,' Mundine said after improving his record to 2-0. However, his post-fight interview quickly became a chance for the Mundines to reignite their beef with the Greens. Danny Green fought two massive fights against Anthony Mundine during their careers in the ring, splitting them 1-1. But that didn't stop Mundine accusing Danny of being scared of fighting again and instead called out Green's son Archie, who has never had a professional or amateur fight, to box his son Rahim. 'It makes sense (for his son to fight Archie),' Mundine said after his son improved to 2-0. 'I pumped Danny a couple of times; he doesn't want to admit it. He reckons he won the third fight, but he doesn't want to do it again. 'I said let's do it again, but he doesn't want to do it because he knows what's up, but our boys can do it.' Rahim added: 'He hasn't fought yet, but I'm sure if he does his job in the next five years and I keep doing what I'm doing, the Mundine last name can whoop the Green last name again, you know what I mean?' Danny Green – who was working in the commentary box for Stan Sport – fired back at Mundine. 'I'm a nice guy that's why I didn't take the third fight. You took 11 years to do the rematch you pelican,' Green said. 'I love you too much, I'd hurt you too much. So yeah, 100% and Choc can't count, the W is next to my name. Look what's going to happen in the future, our sons are going to carry on our legacies.' Archie Green was also open to the idea of fighting Rahim. 'At the moment I am 17 and I'm about 56kg and definitely I want to have a fight (at amateur level) before the end of this year,' Archie said. 'Down the track definitely, but I just want to make the trilogy 2 and 1.'
Daily Mail
01-06-2025
- Lifestyle
- Daily Mail
Anthony Mundine makes heart-warming return to rugby league after 25-year absence
NRL star turned champion boxer Anthony Mundine has attended his first official rugby league function in 25 years, after wanting nothing to do with the sport following his retirement in 2000. Mundine burst onto the scene in the mid-90s, signing with the Dragons at just 18 and making his first grade debut the following year. By the end of the decade he was a State of Origin rep for the Blues, and his electrifying ability suggested he might go on to be one of the all-time greats. However, he walked away from the game he loved in 2000 after growing disillusioned and bitter. Last week, 'The Man' made an emotional return at NSWRL's True Blues Ball in Sydney. 'I was dirty on the game for a long time after I left,' he told News Corp. 'I thought I was 'done wrong' and (denied) from reaching my ultimate dream, which was to play for the Kangaroos. I held a lot of resentment over the years. 'I achieved all my dreams in rugby league and the only goal left was to play for the Kangaroos. I felt I had runs on the board and was tearing it up. 'I was one of the best, premier players in the world. 'I felt I wasn't being treated right by the system. I know I rubbed the system up the wrong with my stances – how passionate and militant I was for my people and the injustices I saw. 'I just called it out. 'Because I was a brash, cocky, confident, loudmouth, Aboriginal boy, telling it how it was, I don't think they liked that too much.' Mundine, who would go on to win three world titles in boxing, explained that his anger has dissipated over the years. 'As you get older, you mellow, so I thought I would go and see some old faces and peers, and show my face,' he said. 'Whether you've played one game for NSW, or 20, you're still a Blue. I played a series so I am a big part of the history. 'I've got a really good relationship with Dave Trodden and I met up with 'Madge' last year so I felt a bit of love, you know what I mean? 'I've been to a couple of Dragons' old boys catch-ups but nothing official. 'It was a 25-year hiatus. 'What was gratifying (at the True Blues Ball) was having a yarn to a few of the boys and brothers – Spencer Leniu and Stephen Crichton.' In 2023, Mundine said he quit playing rugby league because he missed out on selection for the Kangaroos while appearing on SAS Australia. 'I feel like the system was against me,' he told SAS instructor Ant Middleton. 'I debuted in '93. I was 18 years old. I was only a skinny kid. And I was carving up but I felt like I wasn't getting the accolades. If I was a white fella, I would have got...' Middleton then interjected: 'Oh, you believe it came down to race?' Mundine replied: '100 per cent...I knew from a young age I wanted to play for Australia, that was my goal. '(1999) was probably one of my best years. But at the end of that year they were taking a tour to England. I don't know if it was the World Cup but they were taking a tour. 'They picked 42 men to go on this tour. I was the best player in the league, no doubt ... Stats showed that. 100 per cent they showed that. No one close to me in my position.' Middleton said: 'So you obviously got picked for the team?' Mundine replied: 'No. I didn't get picked for the team. The Australian coach said I didn't get picked (because of) my off-field characteristics. I don't drink, I don't smoke, I never took drugs in my life, but I'm very outspoken. 'They just wanted to show me that they were in power. So they didn't pick me ... They crushed me. Crushed me. Devastated me. Ripped my heart out, basically. 'I was playing from a young kid, I started footy when I was four years old.
