'Don't make it out like I'm crying and sooking about the fight'

Anthony Mundine has revealed the real reason he was in tears after his controversial loss to Danny Green in Adelaide earlier this month.

After Green was declared the winner of their long-awaited rematch, cameras caught Mundine weeping in his corner.

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Mundine has now explained that he wasn't crying because he lost, but because of something one of his most faithful supporters said.

"That wasn't even about the fight, that's the crazy thing. Don't make it out like I'm crying and sooking about the fight, that wasn't even about the fight," Mundine told SEN Radio.

"My dear friend Michael Dickie — he's one of my best fans from the get go, he's been to pretty much every one of my fights — he embraced me and spoke with conviction. He said, 'Man, you saved my life, you saved my life'.

"This guy went through depression, he was going to commit suicide.

"He said to me, 'If it wasn't for you Choc, I wouldn't be here. You saved my life man'.

"When he said that to me I was like, 'Damn, you got me man'. I couldn't hold back the tears."

Mundine also opened up about Green's claims he was concussed after a 'cheap shot' in the opening round.

"I think Danny's going over the top with it because he wants to give himself every opportunity (to make his victory seem more impressive)," Mundine said.

"You watch the professional soccer players play, they get kicked in the shins and go down for two or three minutes. It reminded me of something like that.

"The theatrics he went on with, for me it was a bit funny."

'The Man' also rubbished Green for suggesting Mundine's father admitted he lost the fight.

"That's some bulls*** man, that's some bulls***.

Mundine went down to Green in a controversial points decision on February 3, squaring the ledger at one-all 11 years after beating his fierce rival in Sydney.

Mundine's camp has lodged an appeal with the Australian National Boxing Federation in the hope of getting the result changed to 'no decision'.

with AAP