Anthony Mundine (b. 1975), Bundjalung boxer and former rugby league player, was born in Newtown in Sydney's inner south and began his career playing league for Hurstville United. From 1993 until his retirement from the game in 2000 Mundine played for the St George Dragons and the Brisbane Broncos, and represented New South Wales in three State of Origin clashes. In July 2000, aged 25 and at that time one of league's highest-paid players, he began his career anew as a professional boxer, his subsequent tally of victories including the 2003 and 2007 World Boxing Association super-middleweight and the 2009 International Boxing Organisation middleweight world titles. He retired from boxing in 2021 at the age of 45.
The son of former boxer Tony Mundine AO, Anthony Mundine trained at his father's gym in Redfern throughout his childhood and career. This portrait by Murri photographer Mervyn Bishop was taken at the gym in 1992, when Mundine was seventeen. Conveying a sense of youthful energy and innocence, it captures one of Australia's most significant sportsmen at the start of his rugby career.
Purchased 2008
© Mervyn Bishop
On one level The Companion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves.
Brook Andrew, Marcia Langton and Anthony Mundine.
Two lively portrait photographs reflect the agility of their subjects: world champion Australian sportsmen Lionel Rose and Anthony Mundine.
