By DANE LILLINGSTONE
LOCAL boxing trainer Peter Liesegang, from Warwick Boxing Club, is adamant he is witnessing the beginning of a future boxing star.
Jake Thomson is only 22 but Peter thinks he is destined for big things in the boxing world.
“I honestly think he’s got a professional career ahead of him,” Peter said.
Jake has only had three fights but he’s shown enough to suggest to Peter he has a long career ahead of him.
Peter expects Jake to fight again in a fortnight.
“He won and he won well,” Peter said.
On Saturday night, he avenged a previous split-decision loss to 27-year-old Jason Danaher by decisively winning the rematch in a unanimous decision and forcing an eight count from the referee in the third round.
The win takes his amateur record to 2-1. He will be surrounded by a wealth of experience if he does pursue a professional career.
Peter is a former professional boxer, having his first fight at 12 years old and racking up 150 amateur fights by the time he was 17 before making the switch to professional at 22. One of his brothers was at one point ranked number one in the country.
Peter said he couldn’t do it without his sparring partners – ex-professional Chris Fox and current professional boxer Kyle ‘Tank’ Teer.
