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Height
  
5' 11½ (182 cm)

Name
  
Tony Mundine

Stance
  
Orthodox stance

Wins by KO
  
64

Total fights
  
96


Wins
  
80

Martial art
  
Boxing

Nationality
  
Australian

Role
  
Boxer

Children
  
Anthony Mundine

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Real name
  
Anthony William Mundine

Rated at
  
HeavyweightCruiserweightLight heavyweightMiddleweight

Born
  
10 June 1951 (age 72) Baryulgil, New South Wales, Australia (
1951-06-10
)

Similar People
  
Anthony Mundine, Bennie Briscoe, Carlos Monzon, Danny Green, Dave Sands

Kahu mahanga vs tony mundine 10th nov 1969


Anthony "Tony" William Mundine OAM (born 10 June 1951) is an Australian former boxer, and one of the country's most accomplished indigenous fighters. The only Australian boxer to compete professionally in four weight divisions, he held the Australian middleweight, light heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight titles, as well as the Commonwealth middleweight and light heavyweight titles. He is the father of former world champion boxer Anthony Mundine.

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Tony was the 2005 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Moderns catergory.

Rugby League

Mundine played centre three-quarter for a Grafton Rugby League team. He showed promise and was offered a place with the Redfern All Blacks in the South Sydney Junior Rugby League in 1968 at age 17. Rather than return to Baryulgil to work at the asbestos mine between seasons he kept fit at Ern McQuillan's gym in Newtown, where he showed natural ability and speed. McQuillan engaged him in a fighter-trainer contract.

Boxing

Mundine won his first bout on 5 March 1969 against Frank Graham.In his fifth professional bout, Ray Wheatley dropped Mundine in their scheduled ten round contest in round one to become the only Australian to have Mundine on the canvas at the Manly Leagues club in May 1969. Mundine stopped Wheatley in round two. In less than a year he won his first title, the Australian Middleweight crown. His last bout was against Alex Sua on 19 March 1984.

His titles were:

  • Australian Middleweight title, 23 April 1970 against Billy Choules
  • Australian Heavyweight title, 25 February 1972 against Foster Bibron
  • Commonwealth Middleweight title, 14 April 1972 against Bunny Sterling
  • Australian and Commonwealth Light Heavyweight titles, 30 October 1975 against Steve Aczel
  • Australian Cruiserweight title, 24 July 1981 against Steve Aczel.
  • Mundine challenged Carlos Monzón on 5 October 1974 for the WBA World Middleweight title but lost to a knockout in the 7th round. He was undefeated by any Australian boxer during his 16-year career. He fought many top boxers including Emile Griffith, Monty Betham, Steve Aczel, Bennie Briscoe and Alex Sua.

    Professional boxing record

    Mundine currently lives in Redfern, New South Wales, where he manages a training gym called Redfern Gym adjacent to the Block.

    Mundine is father and boxing trainer/promoter of World Super Middleweight Champion Anthony Mundine. Mundine's older brother Mickey Mundine played in the first Australian Aboriginal rugby league team in 1973.

    On 26 January 1986 Mundine was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for "service to sport particularly to boxing and to aboriginal youth". He was the winner of The Ella Award for Lifetime Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sport at the Deadly Awards in 2004.

    References

    Tony Mundine (boxer) Wikipedia