Tony Mundine (boxer)

Tony Mundine
Born	Anthony William Mundine (1951-06-10) 10 June 1951 (age 73) Baryulgil, New South Wales, Australia [1]
Nationality	Australian
Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight Cruiserweight Light heavyweight Middleweight
Height	5' 11½ (182 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	96
Wins	80
Wins by KO	64
Losses	15
Draws	1

Anthony William Mundine OAM (born 9 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 also challenged once for the WBA world middleweight title in 1974.

He is the father of former world champion boxer Anthony Mundine, and cousin of Warren Mundine.

Early life

Anthony William Mundine was born on 9 June 1951. ^[1]

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, Sydney, where he showed natural ability and speed. McQuillan engaged him in a fighter-trainer contract. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Boxing

Mundine was 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. ^[2]

Mundine won his first match 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. ^[4]

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. ^[5]

Mundine challenged Carlos Monzón on 5 October 1974 for the WBA World Middleweight title but lost by a knockout in the 7th round. He was undefeated by any Australian boxer during his 16-year career. ^[6] He fought many top boxers including Emile Griffith, Monty Betham, Steve Aczel, Bennie Briscoe and Alex Sua. ^[7]

Personal life

He is the father of former world champion boxer Anthony Mundine, and cousin of Warren Mundine. ^[8]

Mundine's older brother Mickey Mundine played in the first Australian Aboriginal rugby league team in 1973. ^[9]

Mundine currently^{[ when? ]} lives in Redfern, Sydney, where he manages a training gym called Redfern Gym adjacent to the Block.^{[ citation needed ]}

Awards and honours

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". ^[10]

He was the winner of The Ella Award for Lifetime Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sport at the Deadly Awards in 2004.^{[ citation needed ]}

Mundine was the 2005 inductee in the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Moderns category.^{[ citation needed ]}

Professional boxing record

80 Wins (64 knockouts, 16 decisions), 15 Losses (10 knockouts, 5 decisions), 1 Draw
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	21–3	Alex Sua	PTS	12	19 March 1984	Auckland, New Zealand	Australasian Light Heavyweight Title. 233–234, 232–234, 228–234.
Loss	15–6–2	Rufino Angulo	KO	5	13 June 1983	Paris, France
Win	13–3–1	Dragomir Milo Popovic	TKO	6	6 November 1982	Noumea, New Caledonia
Loss	34–8	Murray Sutherland	UD	10	6 September 1982	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	90–99, 94–99, 93–100.
Win	24–1–1	Mustafa Wasajja	PTS	10	11 June 1982	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Win	29–1–1	Hocine Tafer	KO	2	8 May 1982	Grenoble, Isère, France
Loss	53–12	Yaqui Lopez	TKO	3	27 November 1981	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Win	27–4–1	Steve Aczel	TKO	6	24 July 1981	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Australian Light Heavyweight/Cruiserweight/Heavyweight Titles .
Win	54–15–1	Bunny Johnson	TKO	10	20 May 1981	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	Referee stopped the bout at 2:43 of the tenth round.
Loss	21–13–2	Jesse Burnett	PTS	12	4 March 1981	Auckland, New Zealand
Win	38–9	Monty Betham	KO	5	15 December 1980	Auckland, New Zealand	Australasian Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	1–1	Joe Fabiano	KO	6	20 September 1980	Noumea, New Caledonia
Win	23–3–1	Steve Aczel	TKO	9	28 July 1980	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Australian Heavyweight Title .
Win	10–21–5	David "The King" Smith	UD	10	30 May 1980	Pirae, French Polynesia	98–94, 97–90, 100–97.
Win	9–5–1	David Conteh	PTS	10	18 April 1980	Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy
Win	17–3	Pat Cuillo	DQ	5	4 April 1980	Milan, Lombardia, Italy
Win	17–6	Johnny Wilburn	PTS	8	14 December 1979	Milan, Lombardia, Italy
Win	30–5–3	Ennio Cometti	TKO	9	30 November 1979	Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Loss	23–2–1	Mate Parlov	PTS	12	26 September 1979	Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy	WBC World Cruiserweight Title Eliminator.
Win	10–9–1	Pete McIntyre	TKO	5	3 August 1979	Sydney, Australia
Win	17–8–3	Tony "Lime" Greene	KO	4	20 April 1979	Melbourne, Australia
Win	12–6–1	Marc Ecimovic	TKO	2	31 March 1979	Melbourne, Australia	Australia Heavyweight Title .
Win	0–1	Ananai Curebera	TKO	2	18 February 1979	Sydney, Australia	Referee stopped the bout at 1:03 of the second round.
Win	67–32–7	Ron "Mr." Wilson	TKO	7	9 February 1979	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	10–2	Karl Canwell	TKO	3	24 November 1978	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	11–3	Fossie Schmidt	KO	1	15 July 1978	Suva, Fiji
Loss	29–13–3	Gary Summerhays	KO	11	27 February 1978	Melbourne, Australia	Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	13–2	Andros Ernie Barr	PTS	10	24 January 1978	Melbourne, Australia
Win	9–6	Maile Haumona	KO	3	5 December 1977	Melbourne, Australia	Australia Heavyweight Title .
Win	13–10–1	Danny Brewer	KO	7	21 October 1977	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	11–9–1	Dave Lee Royster	PTS	10	9 September 1977	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	49–45.
Loss	10–9–1	Dave Lee Royster	KO	1	28 July 1977	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Win	12–1	Andros Ernie Barr	PTS	15	8 July 1977	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	8–5	Maile Haumona	TKO	10	2 June 1977	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Win	8–6–2	Victor Attivor	TKO	9	4 September 1976	Accra, Ghana	Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	7–4	Maile Haumona	PTS	10	11 August 1976	Sydney, Australia
Loss	11–3–1	Jesse Burnett	KO	6	14 May 1976	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Mundine knocked out at 1:06 of the sixth round.
Win	34–14–2	Baby Boy Rolle	KO	3	26 March 1976	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	38–23–4	Karl Zurheide	KO	1	19 March 1976	Sydney, Australia	Karl knocked out at 1:25 of the first round.
Win	7–4–1	Victor Attivor	TKO	2	4 December 1975	Sydney, Australia	Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:16 of the second round.
Win	14–1	Steve Aczel	KO	12	30 October 1975	Sydney, Australia	Commonwealth/Australian Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	14–3–2	"Shoeless" Joe Jackson	PTS	10	4 September 1975	Sydney, Australia
Loss	9–3–1	"Sweet" James Marshall	KO	1	2 May 1975	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Mundine knocked out at 2:58 of the first round.
Loss	28–2	Rudy Robles	PTS	10	28 February 1975	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	46–47.
Loss	82–3–9	Carlos Monzon	KO	7	5 October 1974	Buenos Aires, Argentina	WBA World Middleweight Title.
Win	24–16	Nate "Nat" Collins	TKO	5	9 August 1974	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	14–2	Lenny Harden	KO	3	27 May 1974	Paris, France
Win	23–12–1	Don Cobbs	TKO	6	10 May 1974	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Loss	48–12–1	Bennie Briscoe	KO	5	25 February 1974	Paris, France
Win	25–5–1	Manuel Fierro	KO	6	11 February 1974	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	77–14–1	Emile Griffith	UD	12	19 November 1973	Paris, France
Win	23–19–1	Carlos Marks	PTS	15	28 September 1973	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Commonwealth Middleweight Title.
Win	19–10–2	Fred Etuati	KO	1	20 August 1973	Auckland, New Zealand	Commonwealth Middleweight Title. Fred knocked out at 1:44 of the first round.
Win	23–18–1	Carlos Marks	KO	10	3 August 1973	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Commonwealth Middleweight Title.
Win	31–7–8	Nessim Max Cohen	TKO	4	14 May 1973	Paris, France	Referee stopped the bout at 0:42 of the fourth round.
Win	20–20–5	Luis Vinales	TKO	2	1 May 1973	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	18–10–2	Matt "Art" Donovan	KO	3	7 February 1973	Sydney, Australia	Commonwealth Middleweight Title.
Win	25–11–2	Lonnie Harris	TKO	5	8 December 1972	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	13–7–1	Roy "General" Lee	KO	2	4 November 1972	Noumea, New Caledonia
Win	69–9–7	"San" Antonio Aguilar	TKO	3	26 September 1972	Sydney, Australia
Win	40–13–5	Juarez de Lima	TKO	5	21 August 1972	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Referee stopped the bout at 1:12 of the fifth round.
Win	83–23–4	Denny Moyer	TKO	7	31 May 1972	Sydney, Australia
Win	24–10–3	Bunny Sterling	KO	15	14 April 1972	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Commonwealth Middleweight Title.
Win	27–12–1	Foster Bibron	TKO	11	25 February 1972	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Australian Heavyweight Title .
Win	19–8	George "Hurricane" Carter	TKO	2	17 February 1972	Sydney, Australia
Win	38–40–7	Charley "Bad News" Austin	TKO	2	10 December 1971	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	11–4	Eric Blake	TKO	3	26 November 1971	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	17–9–1	Tommy "Gun" Gray	TKO	7	22 October 1971	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Referee stopped the bout at 0:55 of the seventh round.
Win	17–9–2	Rod Kenny	TKO	4	23 September 1971	Sydney, Australia
Win	10–4–2	Jackson McQuade	KO	1	5 September 1971	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	3–0–1	Al Korovou	KO	5	1 July 1971	Sydney, Australia
Loss	104–9	Luis Manuel Rodriguez	KO	1	7 April 1971	Melbourne, Australia	Mundine knocked out at 0:52 of the first round.
Win	3–2	Victor Manuel Basilio	TKO	2	18 February 1971	Sydney, Australia
Draw	19–9–2	Bunny Sterling	PTS	15	21 January 1971	Sydney, Australia	Commonwealth Middleweight Title.
Win	24–14–4	Barry Calderwood	TKO	5	12 December 1970	Melbourne, Australia
Win	39–25–3	Johnny Kramer	TKO	5	25 August 1970	Sydney, Australia
Win	51–64–14	Billy "Mellow" Marsh	TKO	8	16 July 1970	Sydney, Australia
Win	9–15–2	Filipino Ravalo	KO	2	9 June 1970	Sydney, Australia
Win	3–6	Ravuama Roko	KO	2	28 May 1970	Sydney, Australia
Win	12–8–2	Billy Choules	KO	4	23 April 1970	Sydney, Australia	Australia Middleweight Title .
Win	--	Jeke Naqelevuki	TKO	3	19 March 1970	Sydney, Australia
Win	1–3–1	Sione Sani	KO	1	10 March 1970	Sydney, Australia
Win	12–7–2	Billy Choules	KO	4	9 February 1970	Melbourne, Australia
Win	17–8	Billy Opetaia	TKO	7	17 December 1969	Sydney, Australia	Referee stopped the bout at 1:04 of the seventh round.
Win	--	Feleti Leone	TKO	2	12 December 1969	Melbourne, Australia
Loss	14–5	Kahu Mahanga	KO	9	10 November 1969	Melbourne, Australia
Win	4–6–2	Les "Jazzer" Dixon	KO	2	22 October 1969	Sydney, Australia
Win	6–5	Lee Moto	KO	5	23 September 1969	Sydney, Australia
Win	1–2–1	Sione Sani	PTS	8	8 September 1969	Melbourne, Australia
Win	3–4	Ted McKenzie	KO	3	28 July 1969	Sydney, Australia
Win	7–3–1	Ricky Datsun	PTS	8	23 June 1969	Melbourne, Australia
Win	1–1	"Sugar" Ray Wheatley	KO	2	28 May 1969	Sydney, Australia
Win	2–2	Ted McKenzie	KO	5	7 May 1969	Sydney, Australia
Win	2–1	Ted McKenzie	PTS	10	16 April 1969	Sydney, Australia
Win	0–2	Frank "Evangelist" Graham	KO	3	9 April 1969	Sydney, Australia
Win	--	Frank "Evangelist" Graham	PTS	4	5 March 1969	Sydney, Australia

References

1. Peacock, Matt (23 March 2006). "Mundine's hometown copes with asbestos legacy". The 7.30 Report. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
2. "Tony Mundine". A history of aboriginal Sydney. University of Sydney. 2010. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
3. "How Tony Mundine went from football to boxing". A history of aboriginal Sydney. University of Sydney. 2010. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
4. Cameron, Dave (June 2006). "The Fighting Mundines From Sydney, Australia". Fight Times Magazine. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
5. Tony Mundine. Brookvale school
6. Tony Mundine. Turning Sixty
7. Tony Mundine. BoxRec.
8. "Book Review: Warren Mundine's in Black + White is a searing look at Australian history & politics – Arts on the AU". Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
9. AAP (18 February 1973). "Aboriginal team wins". The Sydney Morning Herald . Sydney: Fairfax Media . Retrieved 10 August 2010.
10. "Tony Mundine OAM". Australian Honours Database. Retrieved 23 August 2007.

External links

• Boxing record for Tony Mundine from BoxRec (registration required)
• Vibe Australia
• The Fighting Mundines From Sydney, Australia
• Welcome to the jungle gym

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Billy Choules	Australian Middleweight Champion 23 April 1970 – 25 June 1975 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Semi Bula
Preceded by Foster Bibron	Australian Heavyweight Champion 25 February 1972 – 26 June 1975 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Steve Aczel Vacated
Preceded by Bunny Sterling	Commonwealth Middleweight Champion 14 April 1972 – 24 July 1975 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Monty Betham
Preceded by Steve Aczel	Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Champion 30 October 1975 – 27 February 1978	Succeeded by Gary Summerhays
Vacant Title last held by Steve Aczel	Australian Light Heavyweight Champion 30 October 1975 – 27 April 1984 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Wally Carr
Preceded by Maile Haumona	Australian Heavyweight Champion 5 December 1977 – 14 July 1981 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Steve Aczel
Vacant Title last held by None	Australian Cruiserweight Champion 24 July 1981 – 1 June 1984 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Kevin Wagstaff