The new face of boxing

By Adam Cooper
Updated May 2 2013 - 5:09pm, first published February 13 2013 - 10:33am
Quade Cooper (left) and Anthony Mundine in the gym.
Quade Cooper (left) and Anthony Mundine in the gym.

A MIXED reception greeted Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet when it was released, particularly among purists. Those critical derided it as Shakespeare for the 1990s: extravagant, violent and punked up. But just as many found the modernisation thrilling and argued it didn't matter if it was Leonardo DiCaprio who introduced the classic to a new audience, so long as someone did.