Press Release: December 7, 2021 By Dragon Fire Boxing
– Dragon Fire Boxing,
headed up by Tony Tolj, is delighted to announce the signing of 2020 Olympian
Alex Winwood. Credit: Luke Marsden
Winwood competed as a flyweight as an amateur,
having domestic success before heading to the Tokyo Games. A native of Perth,
the 24-year-old has inked a long term pact with fellow Western Australian Tolj
as he gets sets to readied for his professional journey.
Winwood discussed turning professional with
Dragon Fire Boxing, “I honestly never thought the day would come that I would
turn professional, but I’m grateful to Tony Tolj and Dragon Fire Boxing for
giving me an amazing pathway into professional boxing. Tony has done brilliant
work with the Moloney Brothers, and I hope to be in that category on a world
scene someday soon.
“My goal as a professional is firstly to
be inspiration
to indigenous fighter what it means to represent your people. I am a indigenous
Noongar man first and foremost my skin tells the world I am a proud Indigenous
man. My people are warriors that have a great sense of community we look after
one another and move forward together I’m just doing my small part in the
community.
“From a fighting standpoint
everybody is on my radar and I want to win the Australian title first and
foremost before progressing to the world scene. I have been a champion
internationally as an amateur and I want to create that success as a
pro.”
Perth based Winwood has spent
time in camp sparring both Moloney brothers along with Bruno Tarimo who is set
to face off Zelfa Barrett in an IBF world title eliminator. The proud flyweight
opened up about his time in camp with the Moloneys.
He said, “I train in
Perth and I love my city. However, boxing at flyweight I’ve had to make do with
bigger sparring partners and not having the level of competition that I need to
push me, so it’s hard to be so far away from the rest of the boxing
population.
“I’ve boxed out of the Eureka
boxing club which isn’t flash as its the backyard of my coaches house and
despite of all of road blocks of competition and sparring we’ve made do and got
to an Olympic Games.
“Sparring with the Moloney’s and Bruno Tarimo
is the best work I can get in Australia. They are in the prime of their careers
and they’ve taught me a lot in the sparring sessions that we’ve done. They are
all every experienced and I can’t wait to learn more from them and I understand
why they are elite level fighters.”
Material Credit: Dragon Fire Boxing/Photo Credit: Luke
Marsden Used with permission.
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