{"id":8272,"date":"2014-03-24T14:52:53","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T14:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=8272"},"modified":"2014-03-24T14:52:53","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T14:52:53","slug":"anthony-mundine-admits-he-is-afraid-ahead-of-joshua-clottey-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/anthony-mundine-admits-he-is-afraid-ahead-of-joshua-clottey-bout\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Mundine admits he is \u2018afraid\u2019 ahead of Joshua Clottey bout"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8273\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8273\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mundine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8273\" alt=\"Anthony Mundine in South Hurstville ahead of his fight against Joshua Clottey on April 9\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mundine.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mundine.jpg 650w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mundine-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Mundine in South Hurstville ahead of his fight against Joshua Clottey on April 9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>FOR the first time in his life Anthony<\/strong><strong> Mundine is afraid. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Normally before a big fight he\u2019s shouting out the usual lines and talking himself up big time.<\/p>\n<p>Before Daniel Geale it was: \u201cI\u2019m the best athlete ever, man &#8230; You ain\u2019t at my level, Daniel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Or before Danny Green: \u201cI\u2019m physically and mentally ready, he can\u2019t touch me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, as he prepares to fight New Yorker Joshua Clottey in Newcastle on April 9, it\u2019s a different man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I\u2019m afraid,\u201d Mundine said. \u201cI fear failure. The fight is everything. My career is on the line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could come back from a loss when I was younger but I\u2019m now at an age where one loss and it\u2019s all over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll top athletes have doubt at different times and I think it\u2019s going to make me perform better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve seen me in my last two fights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mundine, who is now ranked No.4 contender for Floyd Mayweather\u2019s WBA super welterweight title, has been heavily criticised in the past for beating up weak \u00adopponents and dodging class fighters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: couriermail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR the first time in his life Anthony Mundine is afraid. Normally before a big fight he\u2019s shouting out the usual lines and talking himself up big time. 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