Postponed Anthony Mundine vs. Austin Trout fight gets called off

 
THE anticipated rescheduling of Anthony Mundine’s WBC Silver super welterweight title defence with Austin Trout has been called-off.

 
Negotiations to reschedule the fight in the US have been underway since May when Mundine was forced to withdraw from the original May 9th bout in Texas due to injury.

 
Anthony fully recovered from his ear injury suffered in training and set-out to reschedule the fight with Trout at the promoters earliest possible opportunity.

 
Team BOXA and Anthony Mundine were unable to get a confirmed date on a Premier Boxing Champions show and new terms proposed by Promoter were unworkable and unacceptable to Team Mundine.

 
Mundine, 40, is disappointed that it’s taken so long to get to this point and wanted to fight Austin Trout.

 
Several attempts were made to save the fight – including hosting the fight in Australia with Mundine’s local promoter Brian Amatruda – however the new contractual terms could not be agreed with the US promoter.

 
We will hold a press conference in the coming days to communicate plans for his next moves which will see Mundine take on the biggest names in the super welterweight division.

 
With an opportunity to fight Austin Trout taken away from him for the third time, Mundine calls out the biggest names ranked above him to challenge.

 
Anthony Mundine is the current WBC Silver super welterweight champion and is the mandatory challenger to WBC titleholder Floyd Mayweather. The WBC have released a statement noting Floyd Mayweather is yet to vacate his title.

 
We will seek instructions from the WBC regarding Mayweather’s obligations to defend his belt or vacate and look forward to their recommendations.

 
Anthony Mundine would like to acknowledge and thank his loyal and fanatical supporters for their patience.

 
“Good things come to those who work their butt off, persevere and pay attention to detail to the things that will set them up for the biggest opportunities,”

 
The press release was originally published by BOXA.

 
 
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