Australian boxing great Tony Mundine dies at 75
Indigenous Australian boxing legend Tony Mundine has died aged 75 following a heart attack on Sunday. He was the father of former boxer and NRL star Anthony Mundine.
Indigenous Australian boxing great Tony Mundine has died at the age of 75, following a heart attack on Sunday.
Born in Baryulgil, near Grafton in northern New South Wales, Mundine became the first Australian to compete in four different weight divisions. In 1974 he challenged Argentina's Carlos Monzon for the world middleweight title, a bout that was stopped in the seventh round.
A family legacy
Tony Mundine was the father of former boxer and NRL star Anthony Mundine, who went on to become an IBO middleweight and WBA super-middleweight world champion. The family's boxing tradition continues through Anthony's son Rahim, who last week won his fourth fight from as many professional bouts on the Gold Coast.
Anthony Mundine shared a tribute to his father on social media, saying he was travelling home for the funeral after being in Saudi Arabia. He described himself as broken and thanked his father for his lifelong love and support.
Across a career spanning the middleweight, light-heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, Tony Mundine recorded 80 wins, 64 of them by knockout, along with 15 losses and one draw.
