‘MASTER’ BOXER LIVES HIS CRAFT

BOXING does not come second nature to Scott Lindgren. It is his nature, part of his makeup and who he is as an athlete and person.

That mentality has steeled him resolutely and has led to claiming the title of Australian Masters Champion.

For more than 30 years the Sword and Shield Boxing owner has harnessed his craft to shape who he is.

Lindgren’s training was intensive, working six days a week multiple times a day to have himself ready to assume the nation’s 66.9kg mantle. The individual nature of the sport can often challenge the mindset of the fighter as much as their physical capabilities.

But for Lindgren, confidence in his ethic out of the ring has proved his weapon throughout the years.

“If you know you’ve done the work it eliminates any fear or anything that goes on in your head,” Lindgren said. “Every fighter has that voice in their head in preparation, but I was sparring over 30 rounds a week plus all the other training … doing everything I possibly could so I was prepared.”

Lindgren said he would often hear people say that boxing had to come second nature. But no, he said, it had to be an athlete’s nature – who they were and what they did.

The Currajong boxing studio owner is now relishing the idea that to have his title taken away fighters would have to come to him.

While the coronavirus pandemic has stopped that possibility in its tracks, that has not stopped him from preparing.

Lindgren said subsidised and free sessions would be available to those who have suffered at this time.