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Meet your Australian Boxing Team for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

I am aware that it is my choice to compete. However that does not mean that I do not tire of the constant questioning by my peers. 

BY KRISTYN LIA Aside from the odd article here and there I have never really documented prep before. I am excited to be working with Sting Sports on these weekly posts to show you a more raw and real personal perspective on prep. Social media provides us a platform in which we can depict who we want to be perceived as. Prep is hardly...

Image: AIBA, Rio 2016 Olympics by Missy Fitzwater   They say that “you can never go home.” Nico Hernandez knows that this is not true.  He has found his way back home on numerous occasions. He has boxed in competitions across the nation, collecting an impressive array of hardware, including:  a National Golden Gloves championship ring, eight Ringside World Championship belts, two Jr. Olympic...

IMAGE - AIBA, RIO 2016 OLYMPICS by Missy Fitzwater It is not a secret that boxing is a powerful sport.  But, where does all of that power come from.  Is it in the jab, or the technique?  Is it in the hours of training?  Or does it lie somewhere within the athlete themselves?  Cristina Gonzalez of the She Fights Foundation believes the latter to...

by RINNAH SCHMID - IFBB PRO I was fortunate enough to be able to train through my entire pregnancy, still as many sessions per week about 5, cardio most mornings and kept my strength up almost the whole way through. I worked as a PT until about 3 weeks before my due date and continued to run my prep and posing clients yet the...

(Image - Clash of Champions 2015 - Maureen O'Mara) by Missy Fitzwater  A first-hand account of how boxing changed 17 year-old Missy Fitzwater's outlook on life.  Recently I was asked the question that I am asked with a fair amount of frequency… why boxing? Boxing is my sport, and being a girl that participates in boxing is somewhat of an anomaly. So, the question ‘Why Boxing?’...

by QAMIL BALLA So I finally won the Australian Professional title! Man, you don’t know the relief - all the pressure has been lifted. In saying that, the most pressure I felt was put on by myself…  Even though I won, I’m still not satisfied. The expectations I put on myself are so high, the title still feels like a 4/10 on the scale...

by RINNAH SCHMID Original Post April 2013 Not long after I competed in my first IFBB competition, I received a phone call from Carol Graham (IFBB President Aust) to compete in the next Arnold 2013! Overwhelmed with excitement I screamed yes through the phone! Fast forward 12months and I’m getting ready for what will be the largest competition Id ever competed in. 15 weeks out...