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 73) 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:
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.