Mundine card farce as fight canned

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TONIGHT'S Anthony Mundine fight card has been decimated with one undercard fight already cancelled and another on the verge of being canned.

The NSW Combat Authority has cancelled the Bilal Akkawy-Jacques Henrisson fight after being made aware of the wild mismatch the contest promised to be.

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Akkawy is 7-0 with six knockouts while Henrisson (0-12-2) is yet to register a win in 14 fights.

It is understood the Victorian Combat Authority withdrew its support after being made aware of the quality of Henrisson's opponent.

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"The Victorian board withdrew their clearance for Henrisson," NSW Combat Authority's Craig Waller said.

"I don't know why, all I got was an email that said they withdrew their clearance."

Sonny Bill Williams and Bilal Akkawy earlier this year. Akkawy's opponent on Wednesday night's undercard was forced to withdraw. Source: News Limited

An anonymous tip warned the Victorian authorities after the caller originally failed to convince NSW officials the fight was a mismatch.

NSW Combats Sports Authority chairman Denis Fitzgerald confirmed the Akkawy-Henrisson was cancelled today while another was currently under review.

"It's very much an operational matter that the chief combat sports inspector is looking after, but basically they have informed me of that," Fitzgerald said.

Fitzgerald said the Authority is also waiting on information from interstate authorities before a decision would be made on the other fights.

"They are waiting on information from interstate because if they are not registered in NSW and they're not registered anywhere else they can't fight," Fitzgerald said.

"They're checking with other bodies to see whether they are in fact registered because, as you know, people in the fight game sometimes tells fibs."

Shane Mosley weighs in. Picture Gregg Porteous Source: News Limited

The fight promises to be a night of mismatches and barely contestable bouts.

Ahmed Dib (9-0) will fight Mike Wanprasent (8-23-1) and, in another mismatch, Sam Ah See (7-0) fights Daniel Roy Maxwell (1-15-1).

Both fights will go ahead while, elsewhere, Dylan Emery (7-0) fights Singkasem Sithkruwin on debut, and they're not even the other fight in question.

That would be David Aloua (8-1) versus Mosese Sorovi.

Sorovi is 43 and has fought just five times in the past 13 years, which included an eight year lay-off, and will be an incredible mismatch if it goes ahead.

Sorovi is currently unregistered.

"He's trying to get registered at the last minute in Western Australia," Waller said.

"All I need is to do is get a reply from Western Australia."

Anthony Mundine and Shane Mosley official weigh-in at Allphones Arena, Homebush. Picture Gregg Porteous Source: News Limited

The only fight featuring two fighters relatively evenly matched fighters, other than the main event, is Joseph Kwadjo (21-6) against Renold Quinlan (5-0) and NRL player Blake Ferguson on debut against fellow debutant Luke Turner.

The eight fight card will now be seven, or maybe six fights.

For Mundine, the dream is a crack at supremely gifted WBA super welterweight Floyd Mayweather, indisputably the world's best pound for pound boxer.

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