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Hill ready to fight in Australia

July 20, 2017 12:00 am

Olympian Winston Hill is out to stamp his mark in the Elite Boxing Championship in Australia next month.

The 23-year-old will be fighting other top boxers from the Pacific Island, including New Zealand and Australia which will be shown on the ESPN network.

Hill says the fights will be a good build-up to the 2017 World Championships in Germany next month.

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“This is a good training ground for the championships which is a bigger picture of all this and getting as much experience as we can in the tournament and we’re put there to stamp our mark.”

Hill departs for Australia on Saturday.