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| Australian boxing bout sparks nationwide brawls |
| 2006-05-18 |
| Australian people brawling? I'm shocked! I really though they were quiet, subdued people, like thoses nice irish guys. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Pugnacious Australians just love a good fight -- in the ring or in the pub. Some 30 bar brawls broke out across the nation, and one man died in a fight, on Wednesday night following a much-hyped televised bout between Aboriginal boxer Anthony "The Man" Mundine and Danny "The Machine" Green. Mundine, an ex-footballer renowned for his quick mouth and flamboyant clothes, won the super middleweight non-title fight on points at Sydney's Olympic Stadium, but not everyone was happy. Police in the western city of Perth, Green's home town, said they were called to 13 hotel brawls involving up to 60 people. One man died in hospital after being punched to the ground in a hotel carpark and hitting his head on the pavement. In South Australia, police were called to break up 14 hotel fights and police in the northeastern state of Queensland had to sort out three brawls involving some 50 people. A violent brawl in a hotel in New South Wales state left a bystander with a suspected fractured wrist and another person suffered cuts from a broken glass. Police told local media that the fights were fuelled by alcohol and, depending on who you supported, the fight outcome. They also said many hotels were unprepared for the large crowds that gathered to watch the bout live on cable television. "All had been drinking and watching the fight live on TV," said a police spokesman. "Either it wasn't a popular win and they were fighting over the result or they were just fuelled by too many drinks and then suddenly everyone thinks they're Rocky Balboa." |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #5 to fill you all in: Mundine is from Sydney: Redfern. He has taken on all the victim cultures. He's part-aboriginal so of course his country was "stolen". Then he's converted to Islam, the next biggest victim culture. THen he's from Redfern, Sydney's ghetto and has taken on homeboy culture (US rap culture, likes to wear trackies with hoods and play gangsta rap) he walks in surrounded by posse of mainly black men. Thanks allah after he wins to screams of Allahu Akhbar. Danny Green, a white Aussie from Perth. Theme song as he walks in: Men at Work, I Come From a Land Downunder (unofficial Aussie anthem). Standard-bearer for yobbo dominant drinking culture men. So clash of cultures drummed up clash in ring. Dominant culture versus oppressed. Middle class versus victim class. classic social theatre. No wonder fights erupted. Plus there's a bit of east coast vs west coast. Mundine has a big mouth, most Sydneysiders hate him. Had he been versing an American, a Frenchman, Brit or German, I'd go for the opposition. But I took a look at Green and he looked like the worst yob I'd ever seen and he's from PERTH. Mundine is a better fighter, too there's no denying it. He's quick and lethal. But we all hate his arrogance. The whole country wants someone to give him a good drubbing. And we hate his 911 comments. |
| Posted by: anon1 2006-05-18 11:29 |
| #4 How about this guy? Man found asleep after 30 metre fall! on his way home from the pub after watching the fight. |
| Posted by: tipper 2006-05-18 10:18 |
| #3 Mundine is a motormouth, a muslim "revert" and the guy who said after 9/11 "America brought it upon themselves". I'd love to see how how he goes if he ever has to fight in the US. |
| Posted by: tipper 2006-05-18 10:00 |
| #2 Ozzies boozin and brawlin. Where's the news? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-05-18 09:30 |
| #1 "Is this a private fight or can anyone join in?" |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-05-18 08:34 |