Chalky's Boxing Gym had a special visitor on Friday night, with champion boxer Anthony Mundine coming along to a training session to share his wisdom with Moree's young boxers.
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Mundine got a chance to see the new facilities and the students training got a chance to learn from one of the best.
"He was very impressed with out gym, with the setup and styling of it and congratulated us on having a fantastic area for the kids of the town cause he's right into helping the kids as well," Colin 'Chalky' Rice said.
"He came up and met all the kids and spoke to them about the fighting game and questioned them about what's their ambitions and what their goals were.
"He was encouraging them to believe in their goals, to set your goals and go for it. They were all happy to meet him."
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Chalky said all the students really benefited from the visit to their training session.
"He was very, very open and very talkative to the group," he said.
"He just had a yarn to all of us and he spoke well. He was just encouraging to the kids and they were all happy to have met him and listened to his advice.
"When a champion walks in, shakes their hand and encourages them, they pop up and get a bit more bounce in their feet."
Mundine was also able to join Moree's champion boxer TC Priestley on Saturday morning for a one-on-one training session.
Chalky's Boxing Gym will be holding an open day on July 25, to give the community an opportunity to visit the new facility.
The event will run from 11am to 3pm, where there will be a free sausage sizzle and a chance to meet former world champion boxers and international boxing identities.
