Mundine disses 'Christian' Soliman!
Saturday, May 10 2008
By Ray Wheatley -- World of Boxing
WBA super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine, who will defend the title against Sam Soliman on May 28 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, has stated he is a Muslim and will not allow himself to be defeated by a Christian. Mundine said "I'm just giving Soliman a chance because every fighter has an ego and pride. But he will need a miracle to beat me. It was stopped in nine rounds last year and he'll be lucky to last that long again. He said he had problems before fighting me then - the biggest problem was having me in the other corner. I'm a Muslim and I can't allow myself to lose to a Christian. My people are persecuted all over the world and they need inspirational figures like myself, Zinedine Zidane in soccer and also fellow fighters like Sugar Shane Mosley to look up to." Soliman is with his trainer Dave Hedgecock in Los Angeles and is confident of turning the tables on May 28 against Mundine.
Mundine has been ordered by the WBA to defend against Mikkel Kessler if he is successful against Soliman. There is speculation, however, that Mundine will move down to 160 pounds to avoid a rematch with Kessler who has previously defeated him in a WBA title bout.
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