He is the only Australian to have fought for titles across four weight divisions.<\/p>\n
He is also the father of Anthony Mundine and was regularly in the corner for his son, who became a world champion.<\/p>\n
Anthony is flying back to Australia from the Middle East following the news of his dad\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what to say, I\u2019m broken,\u201d he wrote in a post on Instagram.<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks for doing all you did for me and supporting me in every moment showing love and strength.<\/p>\n
\u201cGonna miss you Tonza there\u2019s only one Tony Mundine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tony was a key figure in the Indigenous movement, as well as a leading figure in Australian sport.<\/p>\n
He was in impressive shape right up until his death, with claims he was still able to do 900 push-ups and 1000 sit-ups each day.<\/p>\n
Paying tribute, former Aussie undisputed lightweight world champion George Kambosos Jr said: \u201cRest in peace to an absolute Australian boxing legend, Tony Mundine.<\/p>\n
\u201cA sad day in Australian sport, some great memories at the old Eveleigh Street boxing gym in Redfern sparring Choc with Tony always in his corner. A great man. My condolences to Anthony and the whole Mundine family.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tony won the Australian middleweight title in 1970 after knocking out Billy Choules, and the national heavyweight crown in 1972 with a KO win over Foster Bibron.<\/p>\n
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He then challenged for the WBA middleweight title four years later \u2014 which ended in a seventh-round stoppage defeat to Argentine Carlos Monzon.<\/p>\n
He ended his career with a record of 80 wins, 16 losses and one draws \u2014 including 64 victories by knockout.<\/p>\n
His final win was in 1982 against Dragomir Popovic, with his last bout coming two years later in a unanimous decision defeat to Alex Sua.<\/p>\n
Much of his time after his boxing career centred around the career of son Anthony \u2014 whose final fight came in 2021.<\/p>\n
Tony also ran the Mundine Fight Gyms in Redfern, New South Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this contains images and names of a deceased…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[393879,443547,443557,443548,369785,385904,441155,382107,443525,443522,33482,443542,443558,443523,443567,443550,443526,443559,443531,443563,385260,382518,443541,443560,443551,443536,401997,443546,391224,115230,443566,443543,1915,43476,443524,64,75771,443528,428121,63,31549,443534,443545,802,95976,5794,443555,443549,400250,443538,443564,443530,260185,1289,425209,379545,443554,376864,380061,376761,443535,376789,379530,442226,443556,443532,443561,1202,443565,443562,38347,397722,443568,673,443537,59134,56036,149134,443570,159,435638,9705,443540,85,146596,443571,443572,415217,377162,377643,443553,376443,443539,443569,376754,443552,391045,2974,443544,443533,84996,6483,443166,443529,39,381028,443527],"class_list":["post-874338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-s-passing","tag-s-tribute","tag-1000-sit-ups","tag-16-losses","tag-369785","tag-385904","tag-441155","tag-382107","tag-2021-tony","tag-64-victories","tag-33482","tag-80-wins","tag-900-push-ups","tag-a-deceased-person","tag-a-great-man","tag-a-heart-attack-code-sports","tag-a-key-figure","tag-a-ko-win","tag-a-leading-figure","tag-a-longstanding-record","tag-a-post","tag-a-record","tag-a-sad-day","tag-a-seventh-round-stoppage-defeat","tag-a-stretcher-he","tag-a-unanimous-decision-defeat","tag-a-world-champion","tag-a-world-champion-anthony","tag-a-world-title","tag-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people","tag-alex-sua-much","tag-an-absolute-australian-boxing-legend","tag-anthony","tag-anthony-mundine","tag-argentine-carlos-monzon-he","tag-au","tag-aussie-boxing","tag-aussie-boxing-legend-tony-mundine","tag-aussie-icon","tag-australia","tag-australian-sport","tag-australian-sport-he","tag-billy-choules","tag-boxing","tag-choc","tag-claims","tag-dragomir-popovic","tag-each-day-paying-tribute","tag-every-moment","tag-former-aussie-undisputed-lightweight-world-champion-george-kambosos-jr","tag-foster-bibron-moses-itauma","tag-four-weight-divisions-he","tag-four-years","tag-heart-attack","tag-his-boxing-career","tag-his-career","tag-his-corner","tag-his-dad","tag-his-death","tag-his-family","tag-his-last-bout","tag-his-son","tag-his-time","tag-his-title-fight","tag-hospital-he","tag-images-and-names","tag-impressive-shape","tag-instagram","tag-knockout-his-final-win","tag-love-and-strength","tag-members","tag-mundine","tag-my-condolences","tag-new-south-wales","tag-only-one-tony-mundine","tag-passing","tag-peace","tag-redfern","tag-redfern-sparring","tag-rugby-league","tag-some-great-memories","tag-son","tag-son-anthony","tag-sports","tag-the-age","tag-the-aussie-legend","tag-the-australian-middleweight-title","tag-the-career","tag-the-corner","tag-the-father","tag-the-indigenous-movement","tag-the-middle-east","tag-the-mundine-fight-gyms","tag-the-national-heavyweight-crown","tag-the-news","tag-the-old-eveleigh-street-boxing-gym","tag-the-only-australian","tag-the-ring","tag-the-wba-middleweight-title","tag-the-whole-mundine-family","tag-titles","tag-tony","tag-tony-mundine","tag-tonza","tag-top-stories","tag-two-years","tag-whose-final-fight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}