Rahim Mundine vs. Joe Vatusaqata (16-07-2025) Full Fight

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00:00All right, gentlemen, instructions are very, very simple.

00:02Listen for my instructions, obey my instructions at all times.

00:06When I say break or stop, you will stop punching, you take a step backwards.

00:10Do you understand me?

00:12Touch them up, boys.

00:15Not a whole lot of eye contact there, and this could be quick.

00:19He's had five professional fights.

00:20Vatusan Kata out of Fiji.

00:22They've all been knockouts.

00:23He's won one of those, been beaten in four.

00:25He takes on Rahim the Dream Mundine, who's got a 1-0 record.

00:30Second professional fight against a Fijian opponent,

00:33and he looks ready to go here, Danny.

00:35He looks sharp.

00:36He looks ready.

00:36Like his father, confident.

00:38They've done the work.

00:38This is a better training camp from the last day.

00:40The guy commentated his first fight.

00:42I'm looking forward to see the improvement in this performance by Rahim.

00:45A third-generation fighter in the Mundine family name.

00:50After Tony, who's done much of the training,

00:52and Anthony, who's now in the corner tonight,

00:54it's Rahim's turn in the ring with Vatusan Kata.

00:58Both played rugby league and rugby union in the case of Vatusan Kata.

01:05He still plays in Adelaide,

01:06and Rahim was bound for a rugby league career

01:09until a serious hip injury made him focus on boxing,

01:12and then it's feeling each other out in these opening exchanges.

01:15Yeah.

01:16Speedy, it's difficult because Southpaw, Vatusan Kata is a Southpaw,

01:19so it makes a bit awkward.

01:20So Rahim's just taking his time.

01:21Both fighters just trying to feel their way in and eye each other off

01:24and just get their distance.

01:26Not throwing much power, just trying to feel each other out

01:28and work each other's puzzle out.

01:31I saw the ability of Mundine to duck under a couple of attempted shots

01:34from the Fijian here.

01:37He's going to land the first telling blow between these two.

01:40Similar ages, in their mid-20s.

01:43A lot of pressure on Rahim here, too.

01:46There's less pressure on Rahim here, too.

01:50There's less pressure on other fellow Vatusan Kata.

01:50A lot of pressure on Rahim to perform his father's name,

01:52the family legacy, his grandfather,

01:54the great Tony Mundine's name as well.

01:55But Rahim's just making his way to the sport,

01:58and he said he wants to make a career,

01:59but nice little uppercut there, can't have punched by Joey.

02:02A big left hook there by Rahim.

02:04And a flush.

02:08Sankata, the Southpaw.

02:10Trying to find a way through that defense of Mundine.

02:12you.

02:21good to see brahim just go up and down a bit and mix it up

02:28as advice coming from the mundane corner how to deal with

02:31how to deal with this southpaw threat he's got the gloves

02:33down just tempting

02:35and leaving the door open potentially he wants to bring it on that right hand nice right hand there

02:45the right hand's going to be the key in this fight

02:49that was again mundane just missed with that one first of four rounds here

02:55wild swing there by dutch and cutter good uppercut there by raheem monday

03:01now he's just getting his rhythm there he's following his distance with that jab

03:03that was a quick punch over the top almost caught the feature and now he's having a look on the ropes

03:18raheem the dream mundane he's got the footwork of his old man doesn't he he does mate i'm looking

03:24closely at raheem obviously my son archie's sitting behind us and we're watching seeing what what

03:28holes we can expose on raheem down the track who knows mate already talks of a trilogy mundine green

03:35down the track with that one nice defense from but to sun kata to get out of the way

03:44too far away from the bill in the opening round

03:50good opening round by raheem monday just feeling him out but to sun kata can't be taken too long he's

03:55swings he's he's had a few wild swings and misses and if they land you know they're not going to

03:59tickle so he's got to be careful raheem but all in all that was a good good first round by him and

04:03it's been a while before his last fight yeah but to sun kata went to newcastle last year and knocked

04:08out riley jackson up there he trained for three months before that fight and he's had a good prep

04:13coming to this one as well just clipping him there with the right hand just missed the mark

04:19he's up by so what you do let's listen in to the mundane corner

04:33bring the back leg up from there to there keep moving your head up your photo keep moving your head

04:40up everyone seconds down let's go see those stats as well landing nearly half of his punches

04:51so into round two we go

04:57four round fight his first professional fight that went the distance he was a convincing winner

05:02raheem mundine that was three years ago now doesn't want to leave it to the judges tonight although

05:08he would have a commanding lead right now after that first round landing those 10 punches on

05:14sun kata who remains a threat with that left hand

05:20oh that landed but to sun kata into the blue corner

05:24and they lock up these two but to sun kata gets out of the mundane corner back into center ring

05:37chop telling his son to breathe remain cool

05:40out there under the bright lights of kudos bank arena

05:52with boncers just leading

05:54throwing out those jabs

05:59rock of the shoulders from but to sun kata quick right from undine

06:04he's wide-eyed right now but to sun kata a few of those shots have been waking him up

06:17mandine deliver the killer blow here oh that was a good shot again reeling away fatu sun kata is down

06:24lightning hands from raheem the dream mundane six seven eight you right to go on and he beats the count from will

06:35sulos but he's in trouble here the fijian calls himself the cowboy oh but he's been unseated again

06:42and this fight is over a second round knockout for raheem the dream mundane there's a statement

06:50he's been unseated again

06:58old man anthony mundine very happy with what he has seen there

07:06once his son kata looked in trouble

07:10in that second round after lasting through the first just

07:14and in the end it was a devastating blow knocked him down twice in quick succession

07:22and the referee said that will do us

07:26this young man was bound for a first grade rugby league career raheem mundine he was playing sg ball

07:32with the dragons alongside the likes of jason saab and jacob karaz he debuted in new south

07:37wales cup as a rabbit oh alongside dean hawkins in 2021 then a serious hip injury made him think that

07:44maybe boxing is a better route and here he is showing the talent that he has here danny yeah

07:48nice right hand there when he got dropped the first time i was like he is not going to get

07:52he's not going to see out this round that was a a really flush right hand and but just

07:56sincata had had enough he was outclassed and it took a while for for raheem to find his mark and in

08:02the end he got a really nice shot off and tony mundine has been putting him through his paces

08:07for this camp and he said that's probably harder than what shock would have done in camp to prepare

08:11him for this fight so he's battle hardened yeah he is and and look tony mundine's a legend of the

08:15sport and he's turned his son anthony to to become a two-time world champion um choc can't count because

08:21he reckons it's two zero between us he's he's clearly tripping and i hit him harder than i thought

08:25it did because he it's won one mate but uh yeah really good performance by raheem was a bit tentative early but

08:30like to be expected a lot of a lot of pressure on the young man and i was impressed with the

08:34way he handled himself he's a natural he fought at around 74 kgs tonight he says when he focuses

08:39on boxing full-time he'll try and lower that weight fight at a lower weight you've got young archie

08:44buying him off what sort of weight could they meet at in the future do you think oh it'll be a while

08:48before archie you know archie will have his first fight before the end of this year and i reckon archie

08:53will end up at about 85 kilos but before then he's going to go on the way through so you know we'll clip

08:58the ticket on the way through and take care of him i like that chat the trilogy when will that happen

09:06mundane and green all over again of course they own you own the three top pay-per-views in the country

09:13danny one of them was here roy jones jr 2009 what's it like being back in this building it's a magic

09:19atmosphere it brings back some great memories i walked archie yesterday through where the walkout was

09:2418 000 people was packed it was an incredible moment let's make this result official with steve

09:30payosh ladies and gentlemen censoring time to make this one official the end comes in round

09:36number two one minute and 51 seconds we have a red corner retirement awarding the victory by tko to

09:43your winner blue corner raheem the dream mundin

09:55since we've seen you back in the ring what's kept you out here so long because that was an amazing

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