Mundine-Waters: Full Report

By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing

Former WBA super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine (40-3, 24KO’s) stopped WBA #8 jr middleweight Ryan Waters (20-3-2, 12 KOs) in round ten at the Entertainment Center, Wollongong, NSW, Australia on Wednesday. Also, IBF #5 featherweight Billy Dib (29-1, 17 KOs) scored a fourth round stoppage of tough Filipino Jack Asis (21-17-4, 10 KOs).

Former WBA super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine (40-3, 24 KOs) stopped WBA #8 jr middleweight Ryan Waters (20-3-2, 12 KOs) in round ten at the Entertainment Center, Wollongong, NSW, Australia on Wednesday. Referee Will Soulos saved Waters from further punishment at :24 of the tenth. Mundine was cut in round four from an accidental head clash. Waters was warned in round seven for an attempted head butt.

Mundine’s trainer Jeff Malcolm was happy with his boxer’s performance. “Choc (Mundine) had to dig deep tonight,” Malcolm said. “Although he was always in control Choc had to open up to keep the aggressive Waters off him. We knew it was only a matter of time before Choc got him. Anthony had to work hard but we were happy with his performance.”

Mundine is rated WBA #2 at 154 pounds and next bout will be against super middleweight Garth Wood.

In undercard bouts, IBF #5 featherweight Billy Dib (29-1, 17 KOs) scored a fourth round stoppage of tough Filipino Jack Asis (21-17-4, 10 KOs). Dib controlled the action in all rounds, connecting with solid combinations consistently. The referee stopped the bout at 2:18.

Dib’s manager Nathan Butler said, “We are after a IBF title shot as soon as possible. That was five wins from five fights in 2010.”

Australian middleweight champion Johannes Mwetunga (9-2, 4 KOs) scored a clear ten round decision win over Sydney based Kurt Bahram (9-2, 3 KOs) by scores of 99-91, 98-92, 98-92.

Super middleweight Garth Wood (9-1-1, 4 KOs) blasted out Indonesian Elvin Marbun (13-10-2, 6 KOs) at 1.40 of round one. Marbun had lasted eight rounds against Ryan Waters in March.

Light heavyweight Peter Kazzi (13-1-1, 7 KOs) scored a second round knockout over Thailands Jakkirt Suwunnalirt (15-17-1, 6 KOs). Time :59.

In a jr middleweight contest, John Krishna (6-0-1, 2 KOs) stopped Junior Kuar Singh (6-8-3) in round three. Time was 1:26.

Promoter was Tony Mundine, who defeated the Emile Griffith in Paris, France in 1973 but was defeated by the great middleweight champion Carlos Monzon in 1974. The event was televised throughout Australia on Foxtel Main Event Pay-Per-View Television

September 16th, 2010

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