Dick Blair Vs Tony Mundine TV Ringside

[Grant]

Can anyone else remember this fight,. I have always had it in my head that that was the first time I ever saw Tony Mundine fight. it isn't in either fighters record on Boxrec, Did i imagine it?

i think im losing it.....

[hofguy]

I'm sure Tony Mundine never fought Dick Blair, but he did fight on TV Ringside early in his career against Ricky Datsun, Sione Sani & of course, Kahu Mahanga. After that his fights were on Channel 9. In boxrec it says that the three fights were at Festival Hall, but only the Mahanga fight was there, both the Datsun & Sani fights were at Channel 7 Studio in South Melbourne.

[Beltane]

Dick and Tony were never matched. Perhaps they were on the same program as both guys were pretty busy in the late 60s - early 70s.

[Grant]

I am getting old, thanks guys

[colin russell]

Grant we are all getting older the good thing about that is the fights we DID see were so dam good. Mundine Mahunga Sharky Ramon Leo Young Matt Ropis Hector Thomson & so on all on free to air.

[Brute]

They never fought.

I just remembered Fighter Magazine reporting on Blair's win over Etuate Rabuka late in Dick's career:

Something to the effect of "Did you see the Dick Blair /Etuate Rabuka fight? Dick's flesh was weak and Rabuka had no spirit." Patron may know better, but I think Dick was something of a mentor to Tony.