Anthony Mundine (32-3, 23 KOs) retained his WBA super middleweight belt this past week by defeating fellow countryman Sam Soliman (35-11, 13 KOs). Congratulations Mundine, you managed to hold on to your belt by facing another nobody in Sam Soliman, who you have already beat once before.
Sam Soliman as many of you will remember is the hard working and well conditioned boxer from The Contender, who displays little to no boxing skill in any of his bouts. The two of them met before in 2007 for the vacant WBA title which Mundine still holds. Which begs the question, how did the WBA match these guys up for the a vacant belt. I might as well have put my name in the drawing.
Mundine has about as many quality wins as most of the club fighters around the country. His only notable victory was over a "sickly" (by his own account) Danny Green, who was undefeated at the time. The only other quality fight was against Mikel Kessler, who dominated him for a wide unanimous decision.
There has been talk of Mundine wanting to set up a match with The Ghost, Kelly Pavlik. I would venture to guess that would not be a wise career choice on his part. The only way he is going to hold on to his current title is if he continues to fight chumps like Sam Soliman and stays close to home in the Outback where the level of competition suits him better. Since everyone and their mother is now calling out Pavlik, the fight may never happen. However, I don't think I would mind if the two did end up meeting in the ring - just another chance for Pavlik to collect some more easy hardware for his mantle piece.
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