Anthony Mundine broke his silence on Danny Green yesterday to label him a big-head who is getting carried away with his own success. Mundine said Green had dodged him throughout his career and offered to fight Green any time after he had taken care of Sven Ottke. Mundine wore flak from Green and his trainer Jeff Fenech all last week after Green beat Eric Lucas in Canada to win the interim WBC super-middleweight belt. Green labelled Mundine a chicken and a turkey, while Fenech said his fighter would kill Mundine.

Mundine sat back despite repeated requests from the media and listened to what Green has had to say. But yesterday he grew sick of biting his tongue. "I will fight Danny Green, make no mistake about that, and it's time a couple of things were said about him," he said. "Firstly I want to say that it's good for boxing that he had a victory, but I'm afraid that that victory has gone to his head. He's now got a big-head and he's employing tactics of taunting me that I used early on in my career.

"I'm above all that rubbish and I'm not about to start fighting with him like a teenage girl. I'm a man. I'll tell you what will happen though, next year my big aim is to fight against Sven Ottke and beat Sven Ottke.

"That is my redemption fight. After I beat Ottke then I will take on Danny Green, and when I fight Danny Green I'm going to make him say my name. "He will say 'The Man' Mundine as I'm hitting him and as he is losing the fight because I can guarantee that is what's going to happen. "He thinks he's a good fighter but he's going to be up against the best fighter in the world and that's not bragging, that's just fact. "It's really a shame that he is popping off like he is and carrying on because he doesn't need to.

"I just think he's surrounded by some bad people and maybe some of their influence is rubbing off on him. It's a shame for him and a shame for boxing." Mundine said he was focused on his January 19 fight at the Wollongong Entertainment Centre against world-ranked Japanese fighter Yoshinori Nishizawa. "My next fight is setting the platform for a big year," he said. "I've planned things meticulously and, after 2004 is over, you will see a fight between me and Danny Green, because if he is still going well and he finally wins his world title, I'll want his belt to go with my other one which I will hold by then."

Mundine said he had tried several times to organise a bout with Green, but Green had dodged him. "We tried to get a fight with Danny Green before Rick Thornberry," Mundine said. "They come out in the press and say we will fight for peanuts or that I'm running from him but people need to stop for a minute and listen to the truth. They won't fight me for peanuts. Money was the reason we didn't fight back then and will continue to be that way while we're both doing well.

"Danny Green does not want to fight me. He knows when I finish with him it will be the end of his career.

"I just wish that Danny Green would stop cashing in on my name to try and get publicity."

Anthony Mundine had dual cause to celebrate as he opened his first business and found boxing nemesis Sven Ottke wasn't going to retire after his latest successful title defence. Ottke, the International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Association super middleweight super champion, notched his 20th successive title defence with a unanimous points win over Britain's former world champion Robin Reid in Nuremberg.The unbeaten German, who stretched his record to 33-0, is the only man to have beaten Mundine, knocking him out in the tenth round of their world title bout in Dortmund in December 2001.

The 36-year-old German finished two points ahead on two cards and five clear on the third after an ugly fight in which Reid was docked several points for illegal punches. Throughout this year there were frequent times Ottke was planning to retire, but he said he planned to fight again in March. "That's good news for me, because I really want redemption as a fighter," said Mundine from his brand new coffee bar which opened in the southern Sydney suburb of Hurstville.

"I want to defeat every man that I face and obviously he's the first and only guy to defeat me, so it wouldn't be right if I don't get back at him." Providing both men keep winning and Ottke continues fighting, he will have to make a mandatory defence of his WBA super title against Mundine late next year. The WBA elevated Ottke to the status of super champion earlier this year in recognition of him holding both the WBA and IBF titles.

The WBA promotion left its standard super middleweight title vacant and Mundine claimed it by defeating American Antwun Echols in Sydney last September. Mundine acknowledged he would almost certainly have to go to Germany for another crack at Ottke, but said he was willing to do that in order to get his chance for revenge.

"It's very tough to fight in Germany, but I really believe next time I will dominate Ottke so much that it will be blatant robbery not to give me the decision," Mundine said. He said his new enterprise outside boxing, called The Boxa Bar, was the first of what he hoped would be a number of business ventures outside boxing.

"I'm starting to get very business minded, I want to become a young entrepreneur by the time I'm 30 and have several business and start to look for what I want to do after boxing and my sporting career," Mundine said.

He watched on television the professional boxing debut of his former rugby league clubmate, St George second rower Lance Thompson last Friday and thought the Dragon's vice captain looked "pretty good" in his points victory over heavyweight journeyman Huso Smajlagic.

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Mundine doubted he would contact any of Nishizawa's previous Australian opponents and said he would rely on tapes of the Japanese fighter. "I'm certainly not taking him lightly because he's going to have the determination and the will to win and you can't take anyone easy," Mundine said. "He hasn't been stopped in the last 11 years and he hasn't lost in three years and if I don't turn up on the night ready to knock him out I could find myself swimming in big water."

Asked about his ambitions in 2004, Mundine pinpointed a rematch with Ottke, the only man to beat him in 20 professional fights.

The WBA's decision to elevate Ottke to the status of super champion after he also won the International Boxing Federation super middleweight crown left the standard WBA title vacant with Mundine claiming it with a points win over American Antwun Echols in Sydney in September. Ottke, who will fight Britain's Robin Reid on December 13, must make a defence of his Super Championship against Mundine late next year, if both men keep on winning, but the 36-year-old German has already hinted he may retire before then.

"I want a big year in 2004. I want a rematch with Sven Ottke. That is my number one concern," said Mundine, who suffered a 10th round KO by Ottke in December 2001. "And to be active. I want to have four fights next year, but in saying that everything is illogical if I don't win on January 19."

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"As far as I'm concerned, that is an insult," said Mundine. "I'll offer Joe the same money to come here (Australia) and see if he fights me - I don't think he'll do it." Mundine has targeted a return bout with Germany's IBF and WBA 'super' super-middleweight champion Sven Ottke.

Mundine won't want to fight me in his first defence because he'll want to use the title to make some money first. Ottke stopped Mundine in the 10th round of their fight in Germany in 2001, but the Australian, who won his belt with a points win over Antwun Echols in September, claims he is ready to take revenge.

"I'll fight him (Ottke) anywhere, any time," said Mundine. "He knows I'm too good for him and he just won't give me the chance to prove it." Calzaghe's next fight is a mandatory defence against WBO number one Mger Mkrtchyan of Armenia in Cardiff on 6 December . "Mundine won't want to fight me in his first defence because he'll want to use the title to make some money first," said Calzaghe. A fight with the Australian would be an attractive proposition, though, both as a unification bout and because of the TV exposure it would guarantee in America. Mundine is a controversial figure in the US following his comments after the 11 September terrorist attacks where he said America had 'brought it upon themselves.'

No-one can even pronounce my name, but I promise that everybody will remember me when I knock out Calzaghe However, as Calzaghe eyes the big fights, Mkrtchyan has warned the Welshman not to look beyond his challenge."I am the mystery man of the division and Calzaghe should have every reason to be scared of me," boasted the Armenian."I came from nowhere to knock out Freeman Barr and get to the position of number one and mandatory challenger.

"No-one can even pronounce my name, but I promise that everybody will remember me when I knock out Calzaghe and take his title." Exciting 19-year-old featherweight prospect Kevin Mitchell has been added to the undercard of Calzaghe's 6 December bill in Cardiff. "It's a dream come true to fight on Joe's undercard," said the Dagenham fighter. "I grew up watching Joe and I think he's the best fighter in Britain and one of the best in the world. "I've got a lot of his fights on video tape and watch them over and over again to learn from. "It will be good learning experience for me to fight on a big world-title show and in a big arena."

Mundine beat a star-studded field which included joint AFL Brownlow medallist Adam Goodes, and Patrick Johnson, the fastest man in the world over 100 metres this year, to win best sportsman. Mundine says he wants to be seen as a role model for all children. Kids in general that do face adversity do need some kind of assistance in any way, whether it be mental, physical, whatever," he said. "Because at the end of the day, they're the next generation."

Cruz took out the top sportswoman award after being named player of the series at the touch football World Cup in Japan, won by Australia. And a boxer from Tasmania was named state achiever at the awards.

Nathan Polley has won the golden gloves championship in Western Australia and represented Australia at the Oceania titles in New Zealand during his nine years in the sport. He has made a successful comeback to the boxing ring, after suffering a back injury at work last year.