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Mundine went on to claim the vacant WBA Super Middleweight title with a unanimous points decision over Antwun Echols on 3 September 2003, in front of his home crowd at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
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Mundine and went
In March 2012 Mundine turned down the opportunity to face Trout as his mandatory, the promotion of the fight went to a purse bid which Mundine did not pursue.
It was Mundine's first fight in the United States, with the stated aim being to eventually challenge undefeated champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr .. Mundine went on to win the bout by seventh-round TKO.
Mundine and on
* The stadium hosted the boxing fight between Danny Green and Anthony Mundine on 17 May 2006.
Mundine failed in his attempt to re-gain the WBA super middleweight title after losing by decision to Mikkel Kessler on 6 August 2005 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
On 8 December 2010 Mundine took on the winner of The Contender Australia boxing series, Garth Wood.
After an awkward first four rounds, consisting of grappling, Mundine was on his way to a wide decision ( being ahead 4-0 on the cards ).
In 2010 Mundine was a Special Guest Trainer on The Biggest Loser Australia: Couples 2.
Mundine is featured as part of the roster on the Fight Night Round 4 and Fight Night Champion video games.
Mundine and vacant
Mundine and Medley were originally scheduled to fight for the vacant IBO Light Middleweight title.
Mundine and WBA
On 11 January 2010, Mundine defended his WBA International Middleweight belt against ' Deadly ' Rob Medley.
On 19 October 2011 Mundine faced former WBA champion Rigoberto Alvarez for the interim WBA Light Middleweight world title.
The WBA consequently stripped Mundine of his title in May 2012 for failing to meet the obligations for the mandatory fight.
* June 8 — Mikkel Kessler defends his WBA super-middleweight title against Anthony Mundine in Sydney, Australia.
Mundine and Super
* Boxing: 30, 000 ( approx )-WBA Super middleweight title eliminator, 17 May 2006-Anthony Mundine d Danny Green by unanimous decision.
Mundine and title
Only 10 professional bouts later Mundine fought for his first world title against long reigning IBF supermiddleweight champion Sven Ottke in January 2001.
Kessler defended his title against Anthony Mundine in Sydney in June 2005 and Eric Lucas in January 2006.
Mundine and with
Mundine has had a stormy relationship with the media.
That year Mundine signed with the St. George Dragons as an eighteen year-old.
Danny Green, waged a consistent media war with Mundine, using the media to build up his own name, and interest in a potential fight with Mundine.
Mundine won a controversial split decision with two judges scoring it 116-113 and 114-113 in favour of Mundine, the third judge scoring 115-113 for Geale.
Mundine after having a dispute with the IBO refused to make weight, so Medley had to come up a weight division or abandon the fight.
Despite taking the win, Mundine was unhappy with how close the judges scored the bout ( 117-113, 117-115 and 117-112 ).
Trout was previously in negotiations with Mundine, but when Trout's management put additional options in the contract Mundine's team decided to force the fight through mandatory position enabling a more favourable negotiation.
It is unclear who Mundine will fight next after signing a short term deal with American promoter Cameron Dunkin.
Mundine also appeared in the Brothablack music video, Are You With Me Out There, along with league player Joe Williams.
I also note that Michael Mundine was one of the very first people that Prince William made this pledge to, and I know that Mr Hartman has been meeting this week with representatives of the British Natural History Museum.
At the end of the 2000s and start of the 2010s the division was one of the most active in boxing with the likes of Lucian Bute, Andre Ward, Andre Dirrell, Carl Froch, Mikkel Kessler, Anthony Mundine, Arthur Abraham, Robert Stieglitz, Sakio Bika, Allan Green, Jesse Brinkley, Librado Andrade, Edison Miranda and Jermain Taylor.
* Rudd's reality began with Mundine, 22 September 2007.
His first season at the new joint-venture of the St. George Illawarra Dragons was marred by controversy as the incessant media hype over an alleged feud with Anthony Mundine and whether by playing out of position at half-back was affecting his form.
Mundine and unanimous
Mundine won a twelve-round unanimous decision by the following scores: Judge Michael Lee 116-113, Judge Pinij Prayadsub 118-111, Judge Derek Milham 118-112.
On 13 April 2011 Mundine gained revenge for his loss when he defeated Wood in a rematch, via a 10-round unanimous points decision.
Mundine won by unanimous decision and as a result will be the mandatory challenger for the full belt holder Austin Trout.
Mundine and over
The following week the Dragons lost to the Melbourne Storm in the 1999 NRL Grand Final during which and Mundine, playing at five-eighth knocked-on over the try line early in the second half, which proved to be a major turning point in the match.
Mundine and 3
* 3 May – Anthony Mundine, after going AWOL from the St George Illawarra Dragons for 10 days, announces his retirement from rugby league and switches to boxing.
Mundine and September
In an interview in October 2001, Mundine said of the 11 September terrorist attacks, " They call it an act of terrorism, but if you can understand religion, and our way of life, it ’ s not about terrorism.
Mundine and at
Mundine was disappointed that further representative honours did not follow, and believed that his representative opportunities did not reflect his abilities and achievements at club level.
In 2007 Mundine was appointed Indigenous Liaison Officer at the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
Mundine fought his first professional boxing match in July 2000, at the age of 25.
Mundine and Sydney
Born in Newtown, in the inner west of Sydney in 1975, Mundine played junior rugby league for Hurstville United, and while attending Kingsgrove High School, he played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1993.
Mundine and .
Aboriginal boxing champion and former rugby league player Anthony Mundine identified US rapper Tupac Shakur as a personal inspiration, after Mundine's release of his 2007 single, Platinum Ryder.
* Warren Mundine, the first Aboriginal president of the Australian Labor Party.
He also fought and defeated future light-heavyweight champion Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Tom Bethea, Carlos Marks, Rafael Gutierrez, Charley Scott, Billy " Dynamite " Douglas, George Benton, Vicente Rondon, Jose Gonzales ( twice ), Art Hernandez, Tony Mundine, Stanley " Kitten " Hayward, Juarez DeLima, Eugene " Cyclone " Hart and Tony Chiaverini.
Anthony Mundine ( born 21 May 1975 ) is an Australian professional boxer and former rugby league footballer.
He is the son of boxer Tony Mundine and is a member of the Bundjalung people.
Mundine was selected to play for New South Wales state rugby league team in each of the three matches of the 1999 State of Origin series, scoring a try in Game I.
Anthony Mundine left rugby league halfway through the 2000 season, after being inspired to go into boxing, when a friend, Abdi Osman, showed him a video of Muhammad Ali.
Mundine was intrigued and felt that he could compete comfortably in the world of boxing.
In 2005 Mundine was reported to be making a comeback to the NRL, but this did not eventuate.
Mundine has close family ties to rugby league: he is a relative of Amos Roberts, Beau Mundine and Reece Robinson, all NRL footballers.
Mundine was trained by his father, Tony Mundine, who was a middleweight contender during the 1970s.
His mother is Lyn Mundine.
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