Boxing: Mundine's dreams far from being satisfied

Anthony Mundine in action against Xavier Toliver in 2011. Photo / Dean Purcell

Weeks shy of his 40th birthday, Anthony Mundine sees himself boxing for two more years as he prepares to fight Austin Trout in one of the biggest bouts of his career.

Mundine flies out to Texas today to defend his WBC Silver middleweight title when he takes on former world champion Trout on Saturday week.

Victory in just his second fight in the US could put fourth-ranked Mundine in some contention for his dream match-up against Floyd "Money" Mayweather - a contest he has grandly labelled a battle between "the best boxer of our era against the best athlete of our era".

Mayweather faces Manny Pacquiao in one of the biggest fights in boxing history this weekend. Mundine tips Mayweather to win.

Time may be running out for Mundine, with Mayweather saying he'll fight only once more after Pacquiao.

But Mundine has no such plans to retire himself.

"It doesn't matter if there's no Mayweather. Whoever is next. [Miguel] Cotto, [Saul] Alvarez.

"Whoever are the biggest stars line them up," he said.

"I don't want to go for that long. Maybe two years. I just want to fight the biggest fights I can get."

But before then Mundine has to get past Trout, who has never been stopped and holds a record of 28 wins and two losses.

- AAP