Beyond The Ropes: Eve Bryson

Beyond The Ropes: Eve Bryson

Eve Bryson was losing her way somewhat until boxing changed everything. The 19-year-old remembers that troubled teenager. Those early years now inspire her. Bryson is now dreaming of representing Australia at next year’s Commonwealth Games and even has thoughts of competing on the Olympic stage in Los Angeles in 2028.

“I was born in Australia at Maitland Hospital in the Hunter Valley area in New South Wales. I grew up with my mum, my dad, my brother Seth, and my sister Erin, Bryson says of her formative years. “Mum and Dad split when I was young. I then moved with my mum to a small town called Kurri Kurri with her, my brother, and my sister, whilst still seeing my dad as much as possible. I grew up very grateful with loving and caring parents who always wanted what was best for me. I still now live with mum, brother, and sister, and I always try to go and visit my dad as well as his wife Grace and my other little sister Marylin.”

A life in boxing is now seemingly ahead of her, but sport was always a constant for her. “I’ve always been a very sporty kid. Throughout both primary and high school, I’ve always put my hand up and represented for every sport I could; whether it be on a field or a court, you name it, I did it.”

Like many, Bryson found boxing when she was searching for a little extra fitness for another sport. “I was going through a pretty tough period as a young teen, getting up to no good,” Bryson told me. “When I was 15, I got into doing rugby league with the local team, and I loved it. I’ve always been a big fan of footy. One day, our footy team ended up going to a boxing gym called Team Lantry Boxing for a training session just for conditioning and fitness. I ended up loving it and signed up straight away. The next week, I was in, and I’ve been there ever since, training under my coach, Tyson Lantry.”

“I love boxing because it’s such a thrill chaser,” Bryson adds when I ask her what the attraction of boxing is to her. “There’s so much that goes into it; there’s nothing else like it. It’s such a mental sport, but it brings you out so much stronger as a person. I love the people who are involved in the sport, especially at my gym; we’re all like a big family. The support is unreal.

“For me, I get a sense of achievement out of boxing, and I love knowing I’m improving and working towards something. This sport gives me something to look forward to and work towards, and without it, I’d be all over the shop. Boxing has changed my whole perspective on life. Just with handling situations and doing day-to-day things. It’s made me mentally tough.

“Boxing is a very mentally challenging sport. The mental side is, for sure, the hardest part of it for me. It all goes into the training, the dieting, the conditioning, the believing in yourself, there’s just so much to it, it’s one of the hardest sports I’ve done. There’s no easy way through boxing, and that’s what makes it great.”

Bryson pursues her boxing career alongside a regular day job. “I’m currently undertaking a full-time apprenticeship in parks and gardens, being in the 3rd year. I work for a company called Langs Lawn Care based in the Newcastle Region. My boss, Tim Lang, has been quite supportive of my boxing.

“As much as it’s been rough juggling working 40-hour weeks and training both morning and arvo most days, we make it work. I love my job and am very grateful to have been given the opportunity to undertake it. I love being outdoors and getting a full day in; it takes my mind off boxing for a bit.”

Bryson was perhaps that typical teenage rebel who was just looking for that certain something that could give her purpose. Boxing has certainly been that medicine.

“My younger self inspires me,” Bryson told FightPost. “Knowing what I was going through and never thinking I’d be here or doing anything pushes me to keep going to prove my younger self wrong. I want to make myself proud, my family and everyone who surrounds me and supports me. My team at Team Lantry, my coach Tyson, and all my family and friends, I will make them proud.”

Eve Bryson is now twenty-seven fights into her boxing journey. A resume that includes a National title and much more. The highlights are many.

“My biggest achievement so far in boxing is winning the 2024 60kg Elite Australian Title,” Bryson says. “My other main achievements have been winning the Youth Tri-Nations tournament over in New Zealand in 2023, the Elite Australian Club Championship in 2024, and now having the opportunity to represent Australia on the world stage as part of the National team.”

A big year for Bryson is well underway. “So far in 2025, I’ve been representing Australia overseas. This has all been a great experience and will help me massively to the lead-up to the world selection event in Canberra in May and then to represent at the World Games. I’m also going for the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Again, everything I’m doing is all to lead up to a big next few years.

At just 19, Eve Bryson has time on her side. But her ambitions are high. She is targeting the Commonwealth Games and the Los Angeles Olympics. But she doesn’t want to go just to make up the numbers. “I want to win medals,” Bryson told me. “I want to make a name for myself and eventually look at turning pro.”