Updates From Josh English - World Amateur Boxing Titles - Almaty, Kazakhstan - October 2014

DownUnderBoxing is proud to announce that we have young Josh English, Australia's representative in the 49kg Divisions at the upcoming World Boxing Championships on board as our correspondent. Josh will be sending us updates and behind the scenes news from Kazakhstan as he and Australia's nine other representatives prepare to compete on the world stage. We hope you all get behind our Aussie Boxers and enjoy Josh's insights as he share's his experience with all of us.

Here are the first two instalments from Josh

6/10/2013
"Arrived in Almaty, Kazakhstan tonight with the 10 man Australian Team for the world championships. Hot weather over here, about 30 degrees. The boys and I will be recovering tomorrow with some light training (running and shadow boxing) before sharpening things right up in our final week of preparation, with the general weigh in and draw being done on Sunday the 13th. My weight is a bit heavy after a few long plane trips but will have to take that off this week. So far only the only other team in our hotel are the Koreans, and the massive venue is just down the road.
 The Australian team:
 49kg Josh English
52kg Andrew Moloney
56kg Jackson Woods
60kg Timothy Locock
64kg David Biddle
69kg Daniel Lewis
75kg Ross Weaver
81kg Dylan Hardy
91kg Jason Whatley
91+kg Johan Linde
 Coach: Don Abnett
Ass Coach: Mick Daly"

 8/10/2013
 "Had a big day in Kazakhstan today. Interval Runs in the morning and in the afternoon it was light sparring with the Korean and Bulgarian teams. All the Australian team did well, and its great to get the experience moving around with potential opponents. The excitement is starting to build up now as the World Championships get closer, with more teams arriving and the popularity of boxing in Kazakhstan meaning there are posters and advertisements all over the city of Almaty. Culture and language barriers are really noticeable here in Kazakhstan even when trying to communicate something simple, but boxing is the common theme and its popularity in kazakhstan is huge. So i'd imagine the crowds will be big and loud in one weeks time."

Thanks Josh, keep 'em coming mate!!!!