Farcical fight got the stench it deserved at the end in yet another Anthony Mundine circus

THE American boxing nation collectively snored at news Anthony Mundine had beaten Shane Mosley in Sydney.

Two fingers to boxing? Anthony Mundine celebrates his TKO win over Shane Mosley after the sixth round.

THE American boxing nation joined for a collective snore at news that Anthony Mundine had beaten Shane Mosley.

It failed to penetrate mainstream media and only boxing websites carried the news.

Here's a little sample:

"Anthony Mundine had his way with whatever is left of a badly faded Shane Mosley," wrote boxingscene's Jake Donovan, "dominating the action over six rounds before the fight was waved off. Back spasms were cited as the reason for Mosley being unable to continue prior to the start of the 7th round."

"The 42-year-old veteran looked a far cry from his glory days and was complaining of a back injury ..." wrote boxingonline's Matt Christie.

In Ring Magazine, still regarded as the authority on boxing, Lem Satterfield wrote, "Referee Raul Caiz Jr. came to Mosley's corner after the sixth, heard the ageing warrior's complaints, and all but suggested to an attending doctor during a discussion in the ring to stop the fight due to Mosley's apparent back spasms."

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And how this was allowed to happen - the referee telling the doctor to stop the fight on medical grounds - is anyone's guess, although few are taking a try.

None of them are printable.

So this was supposed to be the fight that woke America to the awesome skills of Anthony Mundine.

Mundine hopes it is a launch pad to get Floyd Mayweather, who recently signed a six-fight $US200 million deal with Showtime that makes him the richest athlete in the world.

Tell me what you think Showtime might say when Mayweather walks into the office to discuss his next fight and the bosses, looking to recoup that $200 million, hear he wants to fight Anthony Mundine.

I know what they'll say.

Who?

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Mosley's legacy could have been more damaged only if he had been knocked out, which Mundine was on the way to doing.

Mundine didn't "stop" Mosley, as some have suggested.

The official decision was he retired in the sixth, unable to fight on.

Once again, though, as has happened his entire career, history is being re-written to suggest Mundine's performance, and as such his career, was more than it was.

The pity is few have the balls to call it for what it was.

After a farcical build-up, whereupon Australian boxing was revealed as a joke, we got a farcical end.

The only good news was the ending to the fight gave it the stench it deserved.