He lost to Fenech once in ams & once in pros - got knocked down in the 2nd but had his best round in the 11th. Hes probably dirty he there was a limit on rounds.
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English born, Perth raised but fought out of Vic. Moved over when he was 19 i think & only one pro fight from memory.
Hes the first to say that were BS titles, but who'd say no to an expenses paid trip to Italy? I guess you cant induct everyone into the HOF at the same time. I think its only been around since 2006?
Tony starteds boxing at the kwinana recreation centre,in 1980,as an amature,i was there when he first came in,his father was rescently involved in training fighters at the kwinana boxing club,and he fought jeff fenech when jeff was ibf,bantamweight champ,and tony was Aust feather weight champ,loseing on points.,
Does Tony Miller belong in the Australian Boxing Hall of Fame? Good question! Those already inducted from his generation are: Jeff FENECH, Johnny FAMACHON, Lionel ROSE, Barry MICHAEL, Rocky MATIOLLI, Jeff HARDING, Tony MUNDINE (Snr), Hec THOMPSON, Paul FERRERI, Bobby DUNLOP, Lester ELLIS & Jeff MALCOLM. From this group Fenech, Fammo, Rose, Michael, Matiolli, Harding & Ellis all won world titles. Mundine, Thompson & Ferreri fought for world titles (unfortunately all against legends in Monzon, Duran & Zarate respectively). Does Mad Dog Miller belong in this group that's the question - my view, for what it's worth - is nearly, perhaps not quite.
mad dog was a warrior...no doubt. was thrown to fenech too early and never seemed to full fill his potential. ton of guts and talent though..
I agree SALLY. He was probably thrown to the wolves too early. He'd had less than 20 fights and they threw Fenech, Ellis & Ferreri at him in rapid succession. If you were around in those days in Mad Dog's division he would have been a good fight to keep clear of.
Crash Was the coach back then Ian Smith. Smithy is still coaching ams and held a successful tournament in Kwinana not long ago. I had 3 of my fighters on it. I think Tonys dad now tied up with the local footy club.
