By ADEM SARICAOGLU
TAYLORS Hill boxing sensation Jake Ellis has never had to work as hard as he has been over the past six weeks.
Ellis has been keeping himself busy in preparation for ‘Once Upon a Time in Sunshine II’ – an event he’s not only organising as promoter, but also fighting in himself.
Six days a week Ellis will get some training done in the morning before suiting up to run some errands for the promotion.
After a long day of gym visits, poster runs, paying bills and ticket drop offs, Ellis then puts his gloves back on once more and resumes preparations for his third professional bout.
“It’s just hard in the sense that if I was to promote, that’s all I’d do and if I was to only fight on the night then that’s all I’d do, and obviously I have my school and all that which is another added pressure,” Ellis explained.
“But when you’re doing both it’s very hard.
“You’re pretty much, from nine to five, dressed in nice attire going around doing promoting errands, and then once five o’clock hits you have to glove up and become a boxer.
“It is very mentally draining and stressful, especially thinking that I’m trying to prepare for a fight when all this other stuff is coming through. But I’m sure it’ll all pay off.”
So far undefeated in the ring, Ellis has developed a keen ambition to master the promoting game as well.
Ellis’ previous event, his first ‘Once Upon a Time in Sunshine’ promotion, drew nearly 500 people back in August.
While that night proved a raging success, Ellis hopes this time around it will be even bigger.
“I was shy by about 30 or 40 people from the joint being full,” he said.
“I pulled about 500 people, so there was a lot of real positive feedback from everyone.
“It was by far my best promotion I’ve ever done, and that’s why I’ve actually felt confident enough to both promote and fight on the same night.”
Ellis’ fight will be the semi-main event of the evening, however his opponent for the bout has not yet been confirmed.
“I don’t know who I’m fighting, which really doesn’t mean a whole lot to me anyway,” Ellis said.
“I don’t really watch or do homework on my opponents anyway. I believe I’ll have an answer for anything that’s in front of me.”
‘Once Upon a Time in Sunshine II’ will be held at the Italia Club in North Sunshine this Friday night.
