Anthony Mundine under fire over 'racial' slur

Jeff Horn has slammed Anthony Mundine after the controversial boxer used a derogatory slur to describe his opponent.

Speaking to media on Wednesday at a joint press conference for their fight in Brisbane on Friday night, Mundine referred to Horn as a ‘cracker’.

Mundine used the derogatory term when asked about his controversial views on the Australian national anthem.

“I don’t want the anthem to play, I made my stance clear on that,” Mundine said.

“They want to play a white supremacist song at an event that I’m involved in…I don’t want it to be played.

“If it’s played you know what I’m going to do.”

After a reporter told Mundine that Horn wants the anthem played, Mundine used the derogatory term.

“Well he’s the cracker that they want him to be.”

The term ‘cracker’ is a pejorative term used to describe Caucasian people, usually of lower status or income.

And it left Horn fuming.

“If he wants to erase racism he’s got to stop doing it himself,” Horn said.

“Putting people in boxes and categories is the way to be racist and that’s what he’s doing.

“I just prefer to treat everyone equally and that’s it.”

Why Mundine won’t stand for the anthem

The 43-year-old says he’ll be “sitting down” while Advance Australia Fair plays at Suncorp Stadium on November 30.

“If I had it my way, the anthem would not be sung, they’d play Yothu Yindi’s Treaty, give us something, what are you going to give our people?” Mundine told News Corp last month.

“You want to play a white supremacist song, but you’re not going to play something for us.

“And you condition us to think that it’s our song, our way – that ain’t our way, that’s your way to separate and say you’re superior.

“That song was a theme song for the White Australia policy, which was that no one was allowed into the country except white fellas.”

Mundine has previously announced he would snub the anthem before his rematch with Daniel Geale in 2013 and prior to his second fight with Danny Green in 2017.

In both instances organisers opted to play Advance Australia Fair before the fighters entered the arena, effectively scuppering it as an issue.

Mundine expects to retire after the bout – unless another big-money opportunity comes along.