Turf War: Rahim Mundine focused on NRL debut despite impressive debut in the boxing ring.
"He's the one that told me to get in there bro! "If I ever go to boxing fulltime I'll probably be much lighter than what I am right now. So I'm just here to start my 2022 off with a bang...
Rahim Mundine has had a triumphant beginning to his boxing career, taking down Fijian Lepani Levatia via unanimous decision in Sydney.
“It was good, you know, I need the experience, I haven’t even had an amateur fight so this was my first real boxing fight in my life, and it was a good experience,” Mundine said. Mundine came out of the gates swinging, and Levatia was lucky to survive a first-round flourish, before slowly clawing his way back into the fight. Mundine is the son of former boxer and NRL player Anthony Mundine, and grandson of Australian boxing icon Tony Mundine, and was eager to impress in his first foray into the family business.
Rahim Mundine has made waves in an impressive boxing debut on Wednesday — where he showed off incredibly similar moves to his dad, Anthony.
Between rounds, I was thinking about my boy.” Now I know how my dad felt when I was coming through,” he said. Rahim Mundine has made waves in an impressive boxing debut on Wednesday — where he showed off incredibly similar moves to his dad, Anthony.