I don't want to sound like I'm against amateur boxing. I don't regret the time I've spent in the amateurs. I just think with everything it's important to know what you will and won't get out of it.

I only know of one amateur bantamweight female in Australia I haven't fought yet. She was the national champ last year but this year for some reason gave up her division for the girl who 'won' it (from the same state). Unless I want to keep competing against the same girls over and over again plus a few more with much less experience than me theres not much point in me continuing in the amateurs. I won't get the opportunity to compete outside of Australia as an amateur because other states and teams with money behind them are the only ones who can do that. I need to start planning my own travel if I want to expand my horizons - although I know I'll have to plan it very, very carefully.

I will say that in amateurs I started out only having a cross under pressure, which we couldn't predict from sparring. I've experienced the crowds and am better at dealing with nerves etc. I know how I like to have things in my corner and what my warm up should be. I've learnt a few things that can go wrong which I will remember to avoid. I have had some good sparring at state trainings etc which I'll need to negotiate to get now.

I guess to be honest i don't see pro boxing as a career for myself. I don't expect to make any money from it at all. I've pretty much made the decision not to worry a whole lot about my record. I'd like to do well but if I run into a better opponent and loose fairly then I can accept that and hopefully learn from it. For me to feel motivated at all I need to think of boxing as something i do for myself - not to impress anyone else anyway.