Ethan Hamid discusses his boxing ambitions

Rising boxing star Ethan Hamid discusses his recent success at Tyson Lantry Boxing on Wednesday, September 20.

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00:00 Alright mate, so um, yeah, sounds like a busy few months for you.

00:03 It really has.

00:04 Yeah, um, you've been happy with how you've been going obviously?

00:07 Oh, the results have been hot and cold.

00:09 Fell just short of nationals, which sucks.

00:13 That was the Olympic qualifiers.

00:14 Is what it is, other than that, pretty ecstatic.

00:18 Yeah, youngest to medal.

00:19 It's been a busy few months, but very busy, yeah.

00:23 So what's on the horizon for you?

00:25 In two and a half weeks I'll be in Papua New Guinea.

00:28 I'll be representing New South Wales against a Commonwealth Games athlete from their country.

00:32 And then the month after I'll be in America, representing Australia.

00:36 That's in the jeans, I forget the tournament name,

00:41 but that's November 9th to 12th, so I'm pretty keen for that.

00:44 Have you thought about your future much, or is it sort of, you know,

00:48 seeing where things go at the moment?

00:49 At the moment, I was sort of hoping to get to this Olympics and

00:54 just get the fights right up before going pro.

00:56 But it's looking like another Olympic cycle now, wait another four or five years.

01:00 Really rack up those fights.

01:02 I want a good 100, 150 fights before I go pro.

01:05 So yeah, looking forward for it.

01:07 Tyson said you've been putting your hand up a lot, taking a lot of fights.

01:11 Were you just super keen just to get the experience?

01:14 That and it's just, it's a lot I really do, man.

01:17 Not much else to it.

01:19 Look at that experience.

01:22 I'm only, it's my first year in the men's.

01:25 I stepped up a bit early last year and went to the men's nationals last year as a youth.

01:29 And since then it's just been about keeping busy.

01:31 Obviously this year, not the best year, it's not silver.

01:35 But look to better on those results coming years.

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