Man with a plan

For the sheer novelty value, DL and I went along to Anthony "The Man" Mundine's press conference at the Entertainment Centre as guests of the Main Event channel. Australia's WBA Super Middleweight champ is far from over his self-inflicted eye injury (he stupidly put in a dirty contact lens, got an infection and his left-eye vision remains a blur), but will voluntarily defend his title on December 10 at the E/C against Argentina’s Jose Alberto Clavero. AM's record is 29-3 (22 KO), while 15th-ranked contender JAC's is 27-5 (13 KO). Ordinarily, you'd expect Anthony to destroy him. But given his reduced vision and "ring rust" from a long recuperation, anything could happen. Also at the press conference were Mundine's dad and trainer Tony, his manager Khoder Nasser and his heavyweight mate Solomon Haumono. SH will fight on the undercard – as soon as they find a slugger willing to face him. I just hope The Man knows what he’s doing...


Listening: "Doctor Who - Medicinal Purposes" by Robert Ross (Big Finish audiobook #60. Doc Six and Evelyn meet Burke and Hare, serial killers who sold their victims for medical experiments in Edinburgh between 1827-28.)