ENGLAND - Anthony Mundine tonight took another step forward in his impressive professional boxing career with a sensational second round, one punch knockout of Guy Waters at Liverpool's EG Whitlam Centre this morning (NZT).
Mundine couldn't have hoped for a better build-up to his December tilt at the World Super
Middleweight crown.
Mundine threw a strong right hand onto Waters' chin in the second round and referee Billy Males immediately stopped the bout, realising was no prospect of the 37-year-old veteran beating his 10-count.
Former rugby league star Mundine extended his professional record to 10 wins from 10 bouts and logged his eighth KO.
Tonight's victory cleared the way for 26-year-old Mundine's December 1 challenge to Germany's unbeaten international Boxing Federation super-middleweight Sven Ottke in Dortmund.
The first round in Liverpool last night saw the two men mostly trade jabs, but the action warmed up in the second.
Waters, who lost three world title bouts at light heavyweight and cruiserweight, caught Mundine with right hand early in the second, but it merely provoked the Australian they call 'The Man'.
Mundine retaliated with some right hands of his own and the knockout blow was every bit as decisive as his devastating one-punch knockout of Timo Masua on the Gold Coast back in April.
Mundine said he would have three or four days off before starting preparations for his world title shot.
