Bio & Information
Bryan Membrey (Australian 1934-) Bio
Bryan published a book on his art and life a few years ago Bryan was am amateur boxer in his younger days and had around 120 amateur fights and represented Australia at the centennial games in NZ in 1950’s before turning pro and being trained by Ambrose Palmer where he had approx. 20 fights around Australia fighting mainly on main events cards You can view Bryan pro boxing record at https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/113182 He always had a passion for art and has produced many art prints featuring many Austrian sports stars A collection of his art can be seen on his fakebook page https://www.facebook.com/Bryan-Membrey-135004443254440/ He is 86 and not painting now but is still enjoying life
Biography courtesy of Damian Membrey
Anthony “Tony” William Mundine OAM (Australian 1951-)
Tony is an Australian former boxer, and one of the country’s most accomplished indigenous fighters The only Australian boxer to compete professionally in four weight divisions, he held the Australian middleweight, light heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight titles, as well as the Commonwealth middleweight and light heavyweight titles He also challenged once for the WBA world middleweight title in 1974 He is the father of former world champion boxer Anthony Mundine, and cousin of Warren Mundine Tony was the 2005 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Moderns category Tony played centre three-quarter for a Grafton Rugby league team He showed promise and was offered a place with the Redfern All Blacks in the South Sydney Junior Rugby League in 1968 at age 17 Rather than return to Baryulgil to work at the asbestos mine between seasons he kept fit at Ern McQuillan’s gym in Newtown, where he showed natural ability and speed McQuillan engaged him in a fighter-trainer contract Tony won his first bout on 5 March 1969 against Frank Graham In his fifth professional bout, Ray Wheatley dropped Tony in their scheduled ten round contest in round one to become the only Australian to have Tony on the canvas at the Manly Leagues club in May 1969 Tony stopped Wheatley in round two In less than a year he won his first title, the Australian Middleweight crown His last bout was against Alex Sua on 19 March 1984 Tony won many titles including
Australian Middleweight title, 23 April 1970 against Billy Choules
Australian Heavyweight title, 25 February 1972 against Foster Bibron
Commonwealth Middleweight title, 14 April 1972 against Bunny Sterling
Australian and Commonwealth Light Heavyweight titles, 30 October 1975 against Steve Aczel
Australian Cruiserweight title, 24 July 1981 against Steve Aczel
Tony challenged Carlos Monzón on 5 October 1974 for the WBA World Middleweight title but lost by a knockout in the 7th round He was undefeated by any Australian boxer during his 16-year career (an extraordinary feat) He fought many top boxers including Emile Griffith, Monty Betham, Steve Aczel, Bennie Briscoe and Alex Sua Tony’s Professional boxing record stands at
80 Wins (64 knockouts, 16 decisions), 15 Losses (10 knockouts, 5 decisions), 1 Draw – You can view Tony’s pro boxing record at https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/11414
Tony currently lives in Redfern, New South Wales, where he manages a training gym called Redfern Gym adjacent to the Block Tony is father and boxing trainer/promoter of former World Super Middleweight Champion Anthony Mundine Tony older brother Mickey Mundine played in the first Australian Aboriginal rugby league team in 1973 On 26 January 1986 Tony was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for “service to sport particularly to boxing and to aboriginal youth” He was the winner of The Ella Award for Lifetime Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sport at the Deadly Awards in 2004.
Hector Thompson (1949 – 2020)
Hector was an Australian professional boxer who competed in four different weight divisions, Lightweight, Super lightweight, Welterweight and Junior middleweight during the 1970s and 80s In 1973 he beat Joe Tetteh for the Commonwealth (British Empire) Super lightweight title, earning a shot at Roberto Durán in 1973 for the World Boxing Association World lightweight title but lost by TKO After capturing the Commonwealth title again in 1975, later that year he would go on to challenge Antonio Cervantes for the World Boxing Association World light welterweight title but he lost by RTD Hector was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005 You can view Hector pro boxing record at https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/154
