Before the two super middleweights meet, each fighter will have a “warm up” fight on December 11th at The Challenge Stadium in Perth and if both fighters win, they will then meet each other , at a venue to be announced, at a date to be announced. [ possibly, February or March ] What is guaranteed, is the fight will be held at the biggest stadium,[ probably in Melbourne ] and should beat the 37,000 live gate attendance for Jeff Fenech v Azumah Nelson in 1992. [ which was also Melbourne ] Mundine is the former WBA super middle weight champion and has been in some big fights against , tough, seasoned pro’s in Antwon Echols, Manny Siaca, and Mikkel Kessler.

Green is the former WBC “interim” super middleweight champion, and also had big fight experience with fights with Eric Lucas, and Marcus Beyer.

Mundine will be the bookies favourite, but Green will definitely be stepping into the ring as the peoples favourite.

Kostya Tszyu secured his place as a future hall of fame inductee , yesterday, as he hammered Sharmba"the little big man" Mitchell into submission at the Glendale Arena, in Phoenix, Arizona. Tszyu wasnt fighting the most dangerous opponent in Sharmba Mitchell , but the slick and wild punching southpaw was ranked as the No 1 contender for the ibf title. for me, what was more incredible was the way he did it. most of the American boxing experts had Tszyu beaten even before he got to the weigh in, and most writers had him as underdog due to his layoff period of 20 months.

Some even said he was fat, without even seeing him. This boxing writer did manage to see him in the gym and knew that Mitchell would be in considerable trouble once they touched gloves. I actually picked Mitchell to stick and move for the first 6 rounds and Tszyu to cut the ring off and catch him around the 8th round. Tszyu had different ideas.

The first round started with Mitchell firing out fast piston like jabs to Tszyu's face and it was looking to be similar to their first encounter, with Mitchell and Tszyu rough housing in the centre of the ring. Fighting out of the clinches, Tszyu was throwing every punch to inflict damage to Mitchell's head and body, and Mitchell looked scared. Towards the end of the 1st round, Tszyu and Mitchell clashed and both heads banged together, with Tszyu coming away with an awkward cut to the middle of his eyebrow.

The second round started with Tszyu stalking Mitchell and finding his range with his trade mark circling left hand and boom, landing his devastating straight right hand, followed with the chopping left hook to Mitchells head. At 1:46 seconds Mitchell was down on the canvas. Mitchell jumped up, and the referee gave him the standing 8 count.

From that minute on, Mitchell was gone. just as the round was coming to a close, Tszyu hit him with another right hand left hook and Mitchell did well to survive the round. In boxing, 1 minute is a long time in the gym, but when you've just been battered , 1 minute is usually never enough time to recover .

Tszyu came out in the 3rd round knowing he could finish this fight anytime he felt like it and he wasted no time in setting about the task. Mitchell continually looked at his corner and was running scared. Tszyu piled on the pressure and with 31 seconds left in the 3rd, he hit Mitchell with a perfectly timed right hand that actually took him off his feet and catapulted him backwards to the canvas. Mitchell again rose to his feet and Tszyu pounced on him and with 12 seconds reAUSSIEBOXing in round3, he delivered a lethal combination of left rip, right hooks to Mitchells body and head, and finished him off with the right hand.
Was this Tszyu's greatest performance? possibly. as i said it was the way he did it, and the route he had to take to get there.

Whats next for the Thunder from Down Under? there is talk of Gatti, Mayweather jnr, Hatton. I will be surprized if he fights Ricky Hatton. Tszyu will be hoping for Gatti . Whatever happens, Tszyu is back and is in a position where he can make his last reAUSSIEBOXing fights, mega fights.

2005 will be a great year for the Tszyu crew.

On the eve of Kostya Tszyu's most anticapated fight to date, with top southpaw, Sharmba Mitchell, I thought it was about time I paid my respects to Kostya Tszyu's father, Boris Tszyu, and paid tribute to the man behind the champion.

When Tszyu goes to war in Phoenix, with Mitchell this weekend, Boris will be there in the front line, proudly carrying his sons world championship belts.

When Tszyu prepared for the fight and endured his gruelling training camp, Boris was there. when the fight is over, whatever the outcome, Boris will be there.

From the time Tszyu moved to Australia, and started his professional career, steadily moving up to fighting the best in the division, Boris was there.

This quiet ,smiling man does not crave the razzamataz, the bright lights or media attention and he is happy to be there but not be there.
His only purpose is to be there for his son. I have been going down to Tszyu's gym to watch him prepare for his fights for years and you can always rely on Boris being there. just as Kostya has his regimented routine, so does Boris. from giving Kostya his pre training rubdown, to timing his workouts, and documenting the exercises in a log which he has kept for years, and giving words of wisdom. Just being there for him and basically doing whatever keeps Tszyu ticking over like a well oiled engine.

I feel Boris Tszyu is one of the reasons why Kostya Tszyu has been so successful.
There has been a few father-son relationships in boxing over the years, but none as successful as that of Kostya and Boris Tszyu.