Tony Mundine (boxer)

Tony Mundine
Tony Mundine
Born	Anthony William Mundine; 10 June 1951 (age 73); Baryulgil, New South Wales, Australia
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 "Tony" William Mundine OAM (born 10 June 1951)^[1] 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.^[2] He is the father of former world champion boxer Anthony Mundine.

Rugby

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.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Boxing

Mundine won his first bout on 5 March 1969 against Frank Graham. 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 to 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]

Professional boxing record

80 Wins (64 knockouts, 16 decisions), 15 Losses (10 knockouts, 5 decisions), 1 Draw [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	21–3	Alex Sua	PTS	12	19/03/1984	Auckland, New Zealand	Australasian Light Heavyweight Title. 233–234, 232–234, 228–234.
Loss	15–6–2	Rufino Angulo	KO	5	13/06/1983	Paris, France
Win	13–3–1	Dragomir Milo Popovic	TKO	6	06/11/1982	Noumea, New Caledonia
Loss	34–8	Murray Sutherland	UD	10	06/09/1982	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	90–99, 94–99, 93–100.
Win	24–1–1	Mustafa Wasajja	PTS	10	11/06/1982	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Win	29–1–1	Hocine Tafer	KO	2	08/05/1982	Grenoble, Isere, France
Loss	53–12	Yaqui Lopez	TKO	3	27/11/1981	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Win	27–4–1	Steve Aczel	TKO	6	24/07/1981	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Australian Light Heavyweight/Cruiserweight/Heavyweight Titles.
Win	54–15–1	Bunny Johnson	TKO	10	20/05/1981	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	Referee stopped the bout at 2:43 of the tenth round.
Loss	21–13–2	Jesse Burnett	PTS	12	04/03/1981	Auckland, New Zealand
Win	38–9	Monty Betham	KO	5	15/12/1980	Auckland, New Zealand	Australasian Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	1–1	Joe Fabiano	KO	6	20/09/1980	Noumea, New Caledonia
Win	23–3–1	Steve Aczel	TKO	9	28/07/1980	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Australian Heavyweight Title.
Win	10–21–5	David "The King" Smith	UD	10	30/05/1980	Pirae, French Polynesia	98–94, 97–90, 100–97.
Win	9–5–1	David Conteh	PTS	10	18/04/1980	Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy
Win	17–3	Pat Cuillo	DQ	5	04/04/1980	Milan, Lombardia, Italy
Win	17–6	Johnny Wilburn	PTS	8	14/12/1979	Milan, Lombardia, Italy
Win	30–5–3	Ennio Cometti	TKO	9	30/11/1979	Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Loss	23–2–1	Mate Parlov	PTS	12	26/09/1979	Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy	WBC World Cruiserweight Title Eliminator.
Win	10–9–1	Pete McIntyre	TKO	5	03/08/1979	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	17–8–3	Tony "Lime" Greene	KO	4	20/04/1979	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Win	12–6–1	Marc Ecimovic	TKO	2	31/03/1979	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Australia Heavyweight Title.
Win	0–1	Ananai Curebera	TKO	2	18/02/1979	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Referee stopped the bout at 1:03 of the second round.
Win	67–32–7	Ron "Mr." Wilson	TKO	7	09/02/1979	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	10–2	Karl Canwell	TKO	3	24/11/1978	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	11–3	Fossie Schmidt	KO	1	15/07/1978	Suva, Fiji
Loss	29–13–3	Gary Summerhays	KO	11	27/02/1978	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	13–2	Andros Ernie Barr	PTS	10	24/01/1978	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Win	9–6	Maile Haumona	KO	3	05/12/1977	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Australia Heavyweight Title.
Win	13–10–1	Danny Brewer	KO	7	21/10/1977	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	11–9–1	Dave Lee Royster	PTS	10	09/09/1977	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	49–45.
Loss	10–9–1	Dave Lee Royster	KO	1	28/07/1977	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Win	12–1	Andros Ernie Barr	PTS	15	08/07/1977	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	8–5	Maile Haumona	TKO	10	02/06/1977	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Win	8–6–2	Victor Attivor	TKO	9	04/09/1976	Accra, Ghana	Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	7–4	Maile Haumona	PTS	10	11/08/1976	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Loss	11–3–1	Jesse Burnett	KO	6	14/05/1976	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Mundine knocked out at 1:06 of the sixth round.
Win	34–14–2	Baby Boy Rolle	KO	3	26/03/1976	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	38–23–4	Karl Zurheide	KO	1	19/03/1976	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Karl knocked out at 1:25 of the first round.
Win	7–4–1	Victor Attivor	TKO	2	04/12/1975	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:16 of the second round.
Win	14–1	Steve Aczel	KO	12	30/10/1975	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Commonwealth/Australian Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	14–3–2	"Shoeless" Joe Jackson	PTS	10	04/09/1975	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Loss	9–3–1	"Sweet" James Marshall	KO	1	02/05/1975	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Mundine knocked out at 2:58 of the first round.
Loss	28–2	Rudy Robles	PTS	10	28/02/1975	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	46–47.
Loss	82–3–9	Carlos Monzon	KO	7	05/10/1974	Buenos Aires, Argentina	WBA World Middleweight Title.
Win	24–16	Nate "Nat" Collins	TKO	5	09/08/1974	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	14–2	Lenny Harden	KO	3	27/05/1974	Paris, France
Win	23–12–1	Don Cobbs	TKO	6	10/05/1974	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Loss	48–12–1	Bennie Briscoe	KO	5	25/02/1974	Paris, France
Win	25–5–1	Manuel Fierro	KO	6	11/02/1974	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	77–14–1	Emile Griffith	UD	12	19/11/1973	Paris, France
Win	23–19–1	Carlos Marks	PTS	15	28/09/1973	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Commonwealth Middleweight Title.
Win	19–10–2	Fred Etuati	KO	1	20/08/1973	Auckland, New Zealand	Commonwealth Middleweight Title. Fred knocked out at 1:44 of the first round.
Win	23–18–1	Carlos Marks	KO	10	03/08/1973	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Commonwealth Middleweight Title.
Win	31–7–8	Nessim Max Cohen	TKO	4	14/05/1973	Paris, France	Referee stopped the bout at 0:42 of the fourth round.
Win	20–20–5	Luis Vinales	TKO	2	01/05/1973	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	18–10–2	Matt "Art" Donovan	KO	3	07/02/1973	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Commonwealth Middleweight Title.
Win	25–11–2	Lonnie Harris	TKO	5	08/12/1972	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	13–7–1	Roy "General" Lee	KO	2	04/11/1972	Noumea, New Caledonia
Win	69–9–7	"San" Antonio Aguilar	TKO	3	26/09/1972	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	40–13–5	Juarez de Lima	TKO	5	21/08/1972	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Referee stopped the bout at 1:12 of the fifth round.
Win	83–23–4	Denny Moyer	TKO	7	31/05/1972	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	24–10–3	Bunny Sterling	KO	15	14/04/1972	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Commonwealth Middleweight Title.
Win	27–12–1	Foster Bibron	TKO	11	25/02/1972	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Australian Heavyweight Title.
Win	19–8	George "Hurricane" Carter	TKO	2	17/02/1972	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	38–40–7	Charley "Bad News" Austin	TKO	2	10/12/1971	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	11–4	Eric Blake	TKO	3	26/11/1971	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	17–9–1	Tommy "Gun" Gray	TKO	7	22/10/1971	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Referee stopped the bout at 0:55 of the seventh round.
Win	17–9–2	Rod Kenny	TKO	4	23/09/1971	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	10–4–2	Jackson McQuade	KO	1	05/09/1971	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	3–0–1	Al Korovou	KO	5	01/07/1971	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Loss	104–9	Luis Manuel Rodriguez	KO	1	07/04/1971	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Mundine knocked out at 0:52 of the first round.
Win	3–2	Victor Manuel Basilio	TKO	2	18/02/1971	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Draw	19–9–2	Bunny Sterling	PTS	15	21/01/1971	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Commonwealth Middleweight Title.
Win	24–14–4	Barry Calderwood	TKO	5	12/12/1970	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Win	39–25–3	Johnny Kramer	TKO	5	25/08/1970	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	51–64–14	Billy "Mellow" Marsh	TKO	8	16/07/1970	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	9–15–2	Filipino Ravalo	KO	2	09/06/1970	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	3–6	Ravuama Roko	KO	2	28/05/1970	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	12–8–2	Billy Choules	KO	4	23/04/1970	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Australia Middleweight Title.
Win	--	Jeke Naqelevuki	TKO	3	19/03/1970	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	1–3–1	Sione Sani	KO	1	10/03/1970	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	12–7–2	Billy Choules	KO	4	09/02/1970	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Win	17–8	Billy Opetaia	TKO	7	17/12/1969	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Referee stopped the bout at 1:04 of the seventh round.
Win	--	Feleti Leone	TKO	2	12/12/1969	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Loss	14–5	Kahu Mahanga	KO	9	10/11/1969	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Win	4–6–2	Les "Jazzer" Dixon	KO	2	22/10/1969	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	6–5	Lee Moto	KO	5	23/09/1969	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	1–2–1	Sione Sani	PTS	8	08/09/1969	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Win	3–4	Ted McKenzie	KO	3	28/07/1969	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	7–3–1	Ricky Datsun	PTS	8	23/06/1969	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Win	1–1	"Sugar" Ray Wheatley	KO	2	28/05/1969	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	2–2	Ted McKenzie	KO	5	07/05/1969	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	2–1	Ted McKenzie	PTS	10	16/04/1969	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	0–2	Frank "Evangelist" Graham	KO	3	09/04/1969	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	--	Frank "Evangelist" Graham	PTS	4	05/03/1969	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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.^[8]

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".^[9] 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

^ ^a ^b Peacock, Matt (23 March 2006). "Mundine's hometown copes with asbestos legacy". The 7.30 Report. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Tony Mundine". A history of aboriginal Sydney. University of Sydney. 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
^ "How Tony Mundine went from football to boxing". A history of aboriginal Sydney. University of Sydney. 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
^ ^a ^b Cameron, Dave (June 2006). "The Fighting Mundines From Sydney, Australia". Fight Times Magazine. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
^ Tony Mundine. Brookvale school
^ Tony Mundine. Turning Sixty
^ Tony Mundine. BoxRec.
^ AAP (18 February 1973). "Aboriginal team wins". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney: Fairfax Media. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
^ "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 April 23, 1970 – June 25, 1975 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Semi Bula
Preceded by Foster Bibron	Australian Heavyweight Champion February 25, 1972 – June 26, 1975 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Steve Aczel Vacated
Preceded by Bunny Sterling	Commonwealth Middleweight Champion April 14, 1972 – July 24, 1975 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Monty Betham
Preceded by Steve Aczel	Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Champion October 30, 1975 – February 27, 1978	Succeeded by Gary Summerhays
Vacant Title last held by Steve Aczel	Australian Light Heavyweight Champion October 30, 1975 – April 27, 1984 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Wally Carr
Preceded by Maile Haumona	Australian Heavyweight Champion December 5, 1977 – July 14, 1981 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Steve Aczel
Vacant Title last held by None	Australian Cruiserweight Champion July 24, 1981 – June 1, 1984 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Kevin Wagstaff

[abc-1] Peacock, Matt (23 March 2006). "Mundine's hometown copes with asbestos legacy". The 7.30 Report. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 September 2012.

[absyd-2] "Tony Mundine". A history of aboriginal Sydney. University of Sydney. 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2012.

[3] "How Tony Mundine went from football to boxing". A history of aboriginal Sydney. University of Sydney. 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2012.

[ft-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] AAP (18 February 1973). "Aboriginal team wins". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney: Fairfax Media. Retrieved 10 August 2010.

[9] "Tony Mundine OAM". Australian Honours Database. Retrieved 23 August 2007.

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