By Keith Idec

It was far from pretty and not without controversy, but Danny Green avenged his loss to Australian rival Anthony Mundine on Friday in North Adelaide, Australia.

Green defeated Mundine by majority decision in a 10-round, foul-filled cruiserweight fight that lacked conclusive action, yet was closely contested and challenging to score. The 43-year-old Green won on two scorecards (96-94, 98-90), while a third judge had it even (94-94).

Green and Mundine had a point apiece taken away – Mundine in the first round, Green in the seventh – for illegal blows. There were no knockdowns during a fight that drew a crowd in excess of 26,000 to Adelaide Oval, despite that the former champions are well past their primes.

Perth’s Green, a former WBA world light heavyweight title-holder, improved to 36-5 (28 KOs). Sydney’s Mundine, a former WBA super middleweight champion, lost for the third time in four fights and fell to 47-8 (27 KOs).

“I’m feeling 53,” Green said after the fight, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. “But tomorrow morning I’ll feel 63. But for [however] long I’ve got in my life, I’m gonna feel 23.”

Green added, “I’m an old man, but I gave it my best.”

The 41-year-old Mundine clearly was disgusted by the decision in a fight that included countless questionable tactics, more from Mundine than Green.

“Hey, it’s a fight,” Green said. “They’re all dirty. So what, he’s trying to bowl me over? That’s the game.”

The long-discussed rematch between Green and Mundine finally took place Friday, nearly 11 years after Mundine won their first fight.

It was contested at a maximum catch weight of 183 pounds, technically two divisions above the weight at which their first bout was fought (super middleweight) in May 2006. The Green-Mundine rematch was televised via pay-per-view in Australia ($59.95 in HD), even though both boxers are into their 40s.

Before Friday’s fight, Green had fought just twice since November 2012. Mundine’s previous fight took place in November 2015, when he was stopped in the 11th round by American junior middleweight contender Charles Hatley.

Mundine moved up four weight classes from that bout to secure this high-profile fight against his bitter rival. He weighed in at 174¾ pounds, nearly eight less than Green (182½).

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Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.