I think hall's got a bit of the mundine factor in him in that people will he interested in watching his career for 2 reasons 1. Because tueyre fans and want to see him succeed / see how he goes in the ring and 2. To see him get knocked out and "get what's been coming to him". Some will he interested to see either happen. It's a good platform for him to attract an audience.
Where mundine failed was his fight wasn't nearly as big as his mouth. That's where hall differs, if he can put some decent performances together and shows that he has the talent / determination (which I personally don't doubt for a second), then some of the 50/50 people and even some haters will jump on the bandwagon which will see him gain a decent following.
Sure he's done some stupid stuff on the footy field. But he was obviously frustrated during that period. As a huge forward, his opponents have tried to scrag him knowing they were protected by the rules of the game, hall has challenged various opponents (imo saying if you're gonna take it there lets take it all the way). Right or wrong, he's backed himself on the footy field cause he knew he could back it up. People call him a thug, but footys a physical game, his opponents used every trick up their sleeve to heat him and hall did the same.
There's every chance that he'll be able to wreak as much talent in the ring as he did on the footy field. At that point, the people that consider him a thug on the field will have to reassess their opinion of him and say he was just a fighter who could play footy. If he does get his ass handed to him in the ring then he'll be the guy who picked on smaller opponents and couldn't match it with the big boys. But hey, at least he's giving it a go and is putting himself to the ultimate test. That's a pretty big risk to take, and I for one hope he succeeds. Australia needs a good world class heavyweight. Jot sure if he'll ever live up to that tag but I'd welcome it. Australia needs a high profile boxer, and it'll make.mundines accomplishments mundane. Plus it'll be another win to afl over league, and any time someone refers to afl as gay.fl we can point out that we have the best boxing convert (huge plus for Sydney Aussie rules fans). Let's see it I say.