Indigenous Australians<\/a>, Malarndirri McCarthy, wrote that he was a \u201ctrailblazer for Indigenous Australians in sport\u201d, whose legacy would live on through the \u201cgenerations he inspired, both in and out of the ring\u201d.<\/p>\nThe Redfern All Blacks, Australia\u2019s longest-running rugby league team \u2013 where Mundine played and has strong community and family ties to, said he was \u201ca proud Aboriginal man, champion boxer, community leader and a much-loved son of Redfern and Baryulgil\u201d, whose \u201ccontribution to our community reached far beyond the boxing ring\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis gym in The Block at Redfern became a place where young people could find strength, discipline, guidance and a sense of belonging,\u201d the post read. \u201cThrough boxing and his connection to community, Uncle Tony inspired generations and played an important role in shaping the young people around him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anthony Mundine spars with Tony during a training session at his gymnasium in Redfern in 2013. Photograph: AAP<\/p>\n
\u201cUncle Tony was also part of the Redfern All Blacks family, having played for our club and proudly representing the black and white. That connection continued through his son, Choc Mundine and grandson CJ, who also pulled on the RAB jersey, carrying forward the family\u2019s proud sporting and community legacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, we remember Uncle Tony not only as a former champion boxer, but as a father, uncle, mentor, community man and proud identity in the Redfern community whose impact will continue through the generations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Western Australian boxer and former world champion Danny Green wrote about growing up watching Mundine fight, something he \u201cgrew a great deal of inspiration from\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of my late father\u2019s favourite fighters,\u201d he said. \u201cA gentleman that I had a tonne of respect for and we would always chew the fat when we saw each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cThoughts are with the Mundine family. [Thank you] for the memories champ.\u201d<\/p>\n
NBA star Clyde Drexler with Tony Mundine during a basketball clinic for the Aboriginal community at Mundine\u2019s gym in Redfern. Photograph: Tim Cole\/AAP<\/p>\n
Sydney boxer and former undisputed lightweight world champion, George \u201cFerocious\u201d Kambosos Jr, took to X where he said it was a \u201csad day in Australian sport\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cRest in peace to an absolute Australian boxing legend, Tony Mundine,\u201d he said. \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.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA great man. My condolences to Anthony and the whole Mundine family.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Elouera Tony Mundine Gym, which Mundine started in the 1980s in Redfern and had an open door policy for anyone who wanted to train, wrote that Mundine \u201cwasn\u2019t just an Australia boxing icon\u201d, but that he was a \u201ctrailblazer\u201d who \u201cnever stopped giving back to his community\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor years, the old gym was where he trained, where he mentored, and where he poured his heart into the next generation,\u201d they said. \u201cYesterday we lost a boxing legend, a father, a brother, a coach and a beloved community figure.<\/p>\n
\u201cRest in peace Uncle Tony. This gym will always be your home.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA legacy that will live on forever.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tributes are pouring in for Indigenous Australia boxing great, Tony Mundine, who has died aged 75. The Guardian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":877971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-877970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877970","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=877970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}