Legally blind boxer vows to fight on..

SYDNEY, Australia - WBA champion Anthony Mundine, who says he is legally blind in one eye, will fight for the undisputed world super-middleweight title next year.


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"I don't need two eyes to beat them," Mundine said Thursday. "I'll fight with one eye."

Mundine, 32, suffered impairment to his sight when he infected his left eye two months ago after using his tongue to clean a contact lens.

He underwent surgery to remove a growth behind the eye and has since been treated with steroids and antibiotics.

"My vision is not great - maybe 40-50 per cent - which is pretty much legally blind at the moment," Mundine said. "It's not sore but there's still a bit of cloudiness in the eye."

Mundine, who last defended his super middleweight title against Argentina's Pablo Zamora Nievas in June, said he is determined to carry on with his career.

He said his priority is to fight Denmark's Mikkel Kessler next year.

The undefeated Kessler, who outpointed Mundine in a WBA title defence at Sydney in June 2005, is scheduled to fight unbeaten WBO champion Joe Calzhage in Cardiff on Nov. 3.

"I'm the only guy that's got the tools to beat Kessler, and he knows it, and hopefully I can get the fight in next year, with God's will," Mundine said.

"All I need is for my eye to be about 60 per cent," he said. "If I can see a silhouette under them lights in my left eye, I feel that I can still become what I have always desired."

..wow, talk about a 'fighting spirit.' *i just hope he doesn't re-injure that eye left though on the big night..

This article also goes to show just how **extremely** important contact lens hygiene is. If you don't have time to clean/sterile properly; much better to just leave them out.

..so hoping he gets most of his vision back, only time will tell..