Anthony Mundine

Anthony Mundine was once in a relationship with Danielle, and this union produced four children. He is very concerned about his children’s privacy and tries his best to guard them from the public eye. He has since split up with Danielle.

Anthony Mundine was born on 21 May 1975, in Newtown, New South Wales, Australia. His father Tony Mundine and mother Lyn are both indigenous Australians. His father is a former boxer, and one of the country's most accomplished indigenous fighters. Anthony has a sister named Kellie.

He attended Canterbury Boys' High School and Cleveland Street High School.

He was an athletic young boy and loved to play sports. His early interest was in rugby and he played junior rugby league for Hurstville United. He also played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1993.

As a teenager, he was highly influenced by his father and spent considerable time training in the gym with him. He also took part in some amateur boxing matches as a teenager.

In 1993, he signed with the St. George Dragons, the Sydney franchise in the National Rugby League (NRL), the top professional organization for the sport in Australia. He played in the standoff position and served as an additional center for the team's attack line.

Well built, talented and passionate about the sport, he proved himself to be a very worthy player and soon became the country's highest paid rugby player. However, he was not happy with his rugby career.

He belonged to the Aboriginal, or indigenous Australian, community and was often discriminated against because of this. He stated that he faced rampant racism as a rugby player, and was specifically targeted because he spoke openly about the racism Aboriginal players endured.

In 1999, at the peak of his career as a professional rugby player he shocked his fans by announcing that he was quitting the game for good.

He then focused his efforts on establishing himself as a boxer. He began training under his father and fought his first professional boxing match in July 2000, at the age of 25. Initially his critics were hoping that he would falter in his new career and were waiting to witness his downfall. However, he silenced all his critics with his brilliant performances inside the ring and soon established himself as a formidable boxer.

Anthony Mundine was named the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Person of the Year in 2000.

He has won the Deadly Award as Male Sportsperson of the Year thrice: 2003, 2006 and 2007.