Anthony Mundine (38-3, 23KOs) retained his WBA international middleweight title with a twelve round unanimous decision over Rob Medley (27-3, 17KOs) at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The fight was originally scheduled to take place at 154-pounds for the vacant IBO title but changed a few days ago to a middleweight contest after Mundine got into a rift with the IBO.

Mundine was too big for Medley and used his size to push the challenger around. Medley biggest moment was in the fifth when he was able to shake Mundine with a shot to the temple. Mundine came right back the sixth, hurting Medley bad with a hard right and it appeared as if he would finish him off.

"I knew I was the superior fighter," Mundine said. "I don't know what the judges were doing. He never hurt me, I wanted to knock him out, but he showed his fitness and preparation."

Next up, Mundine will face another former rugby league player in Garth Wood (7-1, 3KOs). Wood earned the fight with Mundine by winning the Australian Contender Super Middleweight Series.


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