Could Justis Huni bring home Australia's first Olympic boxing medal in 33 years?

Australian Olympic boxer Justis Huni. Source: SBS

Up at 3.30am, six days a week, Justis Huni has been working incredibly hard to get to the Olympics in Tokyo this year. He says this is just the start of his journey to becoming the best Australian Heavyweight boxer in the world. [Update] Boxer Justis Huni has just announced he is unable to compete at these Olympics after injuring both hands during training, which now require surgery.

At seventeen Huni dropped out of school and started training three times a day, going on to win gold in the Youth World Championships in Russia.

Boxing hasn't yielded a medal for Australia at the Olympics since 1988 - and it's something he's confident he can achieve.

He may only be 22 - but Huni believes taking home gold is something he can achieve.

Today Justis is on the cusp of super-stardom; he's already won five professional fights.

The most recent of those was a successful defence of his Australian Heavyweight title against former NRL star Paul Gallen.

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