Bill Mordey

Name: Bill Mordey
Hometown: Australia
Birthplace: Campsie, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 2004-04-23 (Age:68)
Promoter: Record

Born at Campsie, in Sydney's inner west in 1936, Bill was raised by his mum Constance - better known as Maudy Mordey - after his dad died when Bill was seven.
Nephew of retired pro boxer Jimmy Dundee.
His boxing career comprised of just a single amateur bout.
Mordey, was a star journalist for The Daily Mirror and he went on to become the publisher of Big League magazine and a media adviser to the New South Wales Rugby League before going into the fight game.
After a successful career as a sports journalist, Mordey became Australia's most successful boxing promoter, staging 24 world title bouts.
CEO and Founder of Classic Promotions.
Mordey promoted Jeff Fenech, Kostya Tszyu, Jeff Harding, Lester Ellis, Lovemore Ndou, Joe Bugner, Troy Waters, Guy Waters, Shannan Taylor.
Mordey drifted away from the sport in the late 1990s and spent the last few years of his life on his horse farm at Singleton in the New South Wales Hunter Valley.
Mordey had been battling cancer for several months.
Died April 23, 2004 in Waratah, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia aged 67.
Mordey is survived by wife Gwenda, children Karen and Craig and grandchildren Aaron, Luke and Eloise.

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