'Retire now for good of boxing'

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ANTHONY Mundine has been a detriment to the sport and should have left boxing years ago, former world champion Daniel Geale says.

While not involved in the promotion, Mundine was a central figure in another farce during the week when his opponent Shane Mosley flew home to the US just 24 hours before his bout with "The Man'' after failing to be paid on time.

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Geale, who held the coveted IBF middleweight world title before losing a split points decision this year to Englishman Darren Barker, said it was overtime for Mundine to go.

"It has probably been that way for a while,'' Geale said.

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"A lot of people do argue he's done a lot for the sport, he's kept it in the media but at what cost?''

He said the previous week had been damaging not only to the sport in Australia but to world boxing and would have an adverse effect on up and coming professional fighters like fellow Tasmanian, London Olympic boxing captain Luke Jackson.

"There are a lot of really good fighters out there working their butt off doing the right thing,'' he said.

"There are a new crop of Olympians who have turned pro coming through now and they are going to find it extremely difficult because no one will want to go near boxing for that reason.

"They are too scared that something bad will happen so they won't sponsor it and get behind it.''

Anthony Mundine lands one against Daniel Geale. Source: News Limited

Geale and Mundine have been rivals in and out of the ring, with Geale suffering his first pro loss to Mundine before turning the tables on the former NRL star with an easy points win earlier this year. But leading into that fight, Mundine questioned Geale's Aboriginal heritage and criticised the Launceston born and raised fighter for having a "white woman'' as a wife.

"I look at it like there definitely has been a lot of negatives,'' Geale said of Mundine.

"I don't like that. I love the sport of boxing and I only want to see the sport in the right light,'' Geale said.

"When he's been involved, and not only him but others around the world who have done the wrong thing, it makes it hard for everyone else.''

Geale said he was still hopeful his next bout would be against the winner of December's Darren Barker-Felix Sturm fight to regain his IBF belt.

Daniel Geale (right) was robbed in his fight against Darren Barker, says Jeff Fenech. Source: AFP

The 32-year-old Sydney-based father of three said he had watched a replay of his narrow split points loss to Barker with some frustration.

"I had a copy of the scorecards in front of me while I was watching,'' Geale said.

"I'm not a judge but I've watched a lot of fights over the years.

"There were some rounds that I thought how could that be? You just wonder how things are done.

"Whether you are sitting on one side of the ring or the other, there is not that big a difference.

"It is just a frustrating sport at times.''

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