MANY athletes have been accused of being Anthony Mundine's puppet but Blake Ferguson took the cake on Wednesday.

At a strange and awkward media opportunity in Sydney to promote Mundine's upcoming fight against "Sugar" Shane Mosley, Ferguson sat right on the shoulder of his cousin but refused to take questions from the assembled press.

What ensued was something of a ventriloquist act.

Mundine began the media session with the disclaimer that Ferguson would not be taking questions.

"Blake's not here to do any talking, he's here to support me," Mundine said.

"I'll be doing the talking - I'm used to that so it's all good."

Watch the video above of one of the weirder interviews you're ever likely to see

The Origin flyer has has gone AWOL from the Raiders and was stood down last week. He is due to face the club's board later this week to determine his future.

The only time Ferguson spoke was when responding to a question about whether he would be taking up Mundine's offer to fight on his undercard.

Ferguson held back from speaking until Mundine said: "See what happens," and Ferguson simply repeated the phrase.

Pressed on whether Ferguson owed the fans to speak about his situation, Mundine assured: "In due time, Blake will say something."