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Punching above his weight
Around two years and 30 kilograms ago, Andrew Saunders had little confidence or motivation – if any at all.
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Mundine V Mosley wrap up
Deadly Vibe’s resident sporting legend and analyst, Claude Williams shared some thoughts on last night’s big night of boxing
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Victory’s sweet for Mundraby
Fred ‘The General’ Mundraby earns the Australian Super Bantamweight title
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Geale triumphs
It was a night unlike any other we’ve had in Indigenous or Australian sport. Two Aboriginal boxers, both world champions (one current and one former), facing each other in a legitimate world-title bout. This was the rematch fight fans have been waiting for, ever since Mundine handed Geale the sole loss of his pro career […]
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Olympian Damien Hooper has butterflies at the Deadlys®
Indigenous Australian boxer and Olympic athlete Damien Hooper admits to having a few nerves backstage before the start of the Deadlys®.
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Ring Master
Aboriginal Australia has produced some exceptional boxers over the years, men who have scaled the heights of the sport, winning world titles at home and abroad, but among them, only one man holds the distinction of being both an elite Aboriginal fighter and an elite boxing referee. That man is the late Trevor Christian, who […]
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A Fighting Inspiration
Boxer, artist and mother of four, Noby Clay can well remember her life before boxing. Living in the North Queensland community of Palm Island, just off the coast of the city of Townsville, Noby says she was drinking too much and getting into strife with the police, but after taking an interest in the sport […]
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Geale the new main attraction
IBF world champ Daniel Geale has praised his hometown fans in Launceston, Tasmania, after successfully defending his world title against challenger Ermosele Albert. Daniel, who grew up and began his amateur boxing career in Tasmania, said bringing a world-title fight “back home” was a dream come true. “If I can fight in front of a […]
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Geale opens door to Mundine rematch
Newly crowned IBF middleweight world champ, Daniel Geale has opened the door to a possible rematch with Anthony Mundine, describing it as a, “chance to shut him up for good”. The only loss of Geale’s professional career thus far came at the hands of Mundine, who narrowly beat him on points in 2009. Geale walked […]
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Mundine KO’d in fifth round
Anthony Mundine’s plans of fighting the biggest names in the middleweight division are in disarray after the triple world champion was knocked out by Garth Wood in the fifth round of their bout in Sydney last night Wood, who secured the fight with Mundine after winning 2009’s reality boxing program The Contender, entered the fight […]
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Daniel Geale’s knockout performance
Tasmanian born Indigenous boxer Daniel Geale is one step closer to becoming a double world champion after he comprehensively outboxed, then knocked out former world champion Roman Karmazin. While Anthony Mundine may get most of the headlines, Daniels performance against the experienced Russian should rank as one of the most impressive displays by an Aboriginal […]
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Anthony Mundine – Unfinished Business
There’s no denying Anthony Mundine has achieved a lot in his 10-year boxing career, not to mention putting the sport back in the spotlight. A decade on from his boxing debut, Anthony Mundine has already exceeded the expectations of most doubters who said he’d never make it as a fighter. Now 35, ‘the man’ says […]
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Mundine wins by split decision
An early knockdown and a strong final two round has won Anthony Mundine the third world title of his professorial boxing career by the narrowest of margins. Fighting at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre last night, Indigenous boxers Daniel Geale and Mundine engaged in one of the classic all-Australian fights, brawling their way through 12 engrossing […]
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Daniel Geale V Anthony Mundine
“It’s going to an historic night – my third world title and this might be my last fight in Australia.” – Anthony Mundine “It’s time to step it up. This is the fight where I’ll show what I can do. This is my time.” – Daniel Geale Aboriginal champs square off in bout for the […]
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Sonny Bill to fight on Mundine undercard
Former NRL star turned rugby union player Sonny Bill Williams is set to make his professional boxing debut on the undercard of an Anthony Mundine world title fight. Williams is believed to be considering stepping into the ring to support Mundine’s KO To Drugs promotion and has reportedly been training at a Toulon boxing gym. […]
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Night of Black Stars rocks The Block
Aboriginal boxing made a triumphant return to Redfern with the first Night of the Black Stars. Despite torrential rain, the “House Full” sign went up and latecomers were turned away as a sellout crowd of more than 800 people crammed into the bigtop at The Block on Black Friday, the anniversary of the national apology […]
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