Bennie Briscoe vs Tony Mundine - Highlights (Middleweight CLASSIC)
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February 25th, 1974. The dangerously skilled “Bad” Bennie Briscoe takes on hard hitting world ranked Middleweight contender Tony Mundine at Palais des Sports, Paris, France.
Prefight records; Briscoe 48(41)-12-1, Mundine 44(38)-2-1.
Tony Mundine is revered as one of the most accomplished indigenous fighters from Australia and considered to be one of the Greatest Australian Boxers of All Time. He is also the father and trainer of former 2x WBA Super Middleweight Champion Anthony Mundine who competed against the likes of Sven Ottke, Mikkel Kessler, Joshua Clottey, Daniel Geale & Shane Mosley.
Going into the fight, 22 year old Mundine had notable wins over Nessim Max Cohen, Denny Moyer & Emile Griffith while the veteran Briscoe had commendable victories over the likes of Art Hernandez, Billy Douglas, Tom Bethea, Joe Shaw, Vicente Rondon & George Benton.
From the opening bell, Briscoe attempted to cut off the ring while Mundine utilized a good jab to keep him at bay; connecting with left hooks and right crosses on his backfoot, countering well as he circled around the ring and fighting off the ropes.
Bad Bennie moved forward incessantly, taking Tony’s best shots while working his unflinching body work to break down the younger challenger who often return the favor at even terms. But round after round, Mundine’s hands were starting to lower down and taking more punches upstairs especially right hooks from the Philadelphian.
Both men were cut above their right eyes in the 2nd stanza.
Entering the 5th, Mundine was ahead in points but Bennie was starting to close in on him due to accumulation of effective body punches followed by hooks to the head that finally took a toll on Tony; pinning him on the ropes with thunderous combinations that ultimately sent him to the canvas and counted out by referee Paul Tallyrach.
After the loss, Mundine picked up 3 more wins between May and August in the same year before challenging the great Carlos Monzon for the WBA World Middleweight Title on October 5th. He was knocked out in the 7th round after a valiant effort in his only world title shot throughout his 15 year career.
7 years earlier, Briscoe was brought to Argentina as a test for then 40(28)-3-6 rising 24 year old Monzon where both fought a careful tactical battle en route to a disputed D10. Although it is worth noting that earning a draw against Monzon in Argentina at that point would have been a win in the United States.
On November 11th 1972, Briscoe faced Monzon again and this time for the WBA & WBC Middleweight Championships. He managed to wobble the champion in the 9th but failed to knock him out and lost a lopsided decision as he was outworked by the Argentinian legend for the most part of the bout.
Briscoe retired in 1982 with a final record of 66(53)-24-5 and in his 20 year long pro career he had only been stopped once by Rodrigo Valdez during their 2nd meeting in May 1974.
“Bad” Bennie Briscoe isis widely considered to be one of the Greatest Uncrowned Boxers in the history of the sport.
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Benny Briscoe is my grandfather. I never got to see him fight until now. This is crazy
I watched him fight in Philly many times in the '60s & 70's. He was a great boxer!
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Here is a defense highlight of bennie briscoe.
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The problem with Tony Mundine who is one of the greatest fighters I have ever seen was his jaw, his boxing ability and punching power was electrifying and if he had a jaw like Carlos Monzon etc he would have been regarded very highly indeed. He had an unbelievable fighting style but alas ........his jaw let him down. Bennie Briscoe said that Mundine had the fastest pair of hands he had ever encountered and gave him fits before the K.O.
That's a pretty good assessment. On pure ability and skill Tony would be the best Aussie fighter I've seen, I'd suspect he would never have fought as an amateur either (but could stand corrected). He turned up at Ern McQuillan's gym to get fit for football and they couldn't believe he'd never boxed before.
@@marknorris1381 Mundine's record will show that he was knocked out by Gary Summerhays, I saw that fight and Mundine damaged his right hand early in the fight and used only his left for round after round that really convinced me how brilliant he was. Left jab, left hook,left rip. Summerhays was nowhere near his class
I remember watching this on TV I was about 15 and the Australian commentators kept saying how easy it was for Mundine. He was one of Australia's greatest fighters but not so sure it was his jaw, Briscoe fought like Frazier and was relentless I can see Mundine being hit by clean shots from Briscoe from the second round and they just wear him down, this was not a one punch knock out that you get with a glass jaw.
No chin but more importantly no heart. But a gloriously flawed fighter all the same. He was poetry in motion.
Mundine’s jaw wasn’t an the issue in this fight. He got bashed, cut up and overpowered. He took a lot of punishment. I spoke to Tony more than 10 years ago and his speech was incoherent but he was otherwise in remarkably good physical condition.
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Woooow woooow woooow Bennie Briscoe ! My favourite boxer Bennie Briscoe "il campione senza corona "
Tony was a great fighter. Briscoe was built of bricks though. If I had left a legacy like either man I'll be very content.
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Mundine is the greatest Australian boxer of all time.
Mundane had serious skills
Tony is a skilled man
More fights with: Whitaker, Holmes please.
I waited your videos
Bennie was a bad man!!
Woww the dude in the white shorts can box his ASS off!! ‼️‼️‼️ i never heard of this guy before
Wow you can really see a lot of Hagler in Briscoe and vice versa. Of course Marvin beat Bennie when they fought in ‘78 because there’s only one Marvelous. Hey Jeff what about Hagler vs Boogaloo Watts? Did you do that one? I’ll check but if not it’s a fun one to watch. Great job as always 🥊
Hagler boxed very carefully against Briscoe. I am a huge Hagler fan and from watching that bout Hagler treated Briscoe with respect. Bad Benny was that dangerous.
I really enjoyed watching this footage. Both were great fighters in my book. Tony Mundine had awesome Boxing skills but his glass jaw always let him down!
Super box Jeff
Tony didn't have the power to worry Briscoe, but then again, other than Rodrigo Valdez, who did?
Young Griffo. Les Darcy.
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Better tbh
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Bennie era una bestia que parecía de hierro