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":877771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[304421,304435,304450,304437,304400,304398,304397,282616,304406,304396,28311,304424,304451,304399,304466,304440,304407,304452,304412,304460,304427,304446,304423,304453,304442,304417,291190,304432,291247,304454,304464,304426,4626,172469,304402,304465,304409,304433,2840,43973,304415,304431,703,49,48,287256,14244,304448,304438,304457,304419,304462,304411,304436,3653,304441,291250,304447,304459,304430,304456,304416,304403,304429,304439,304449,304413,304455,5472,304463,304458,35868,304425,304467,22751,304418,136274,55178,304461,304470,1853,304422,9788,12278,82,125310,304471,304472,304404,304401,304444,304445,31253,304420,304469,284847,304443,304405,1134,304428,304414,184007,1695,304434,304410,39,304468,304408],"class_list":["post-877770","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-304400","tag-304398","tag-304397","tag-282616","tag-2021-tony","tag-64-victories","tag-28311","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-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-ca","tag-canada","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\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}