Sienna Murray: “I want to keep winning everything and hopefully get selected for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Sienna Murray: “I want to keep winning everything and hopefully get selected for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Sienna Murray is only three years into her boxing career. But already there are a plethora of titles to her name. There are hopes of qualifying for the Los Angeles Olympics. Murray is beyond confident that she will one day reach the very pinnacle of her sport. Her resume indicates that she could do exactly that.

The 15-year-old was born in Queensland, Australia. An early life that has given her the best possible start. “My upbringing was surrounded by love and support from everyone around me, and I had huge influencers in my life,” Murray told FightPost. “I’ve always stayed positive even in negative situations and have been taught since I was young to put kindness into the world, and I’ll receive it back.”

Murray has incredibly big ambitions in her sport. But she studies hard with aspirations of becoming a physiologist.

Boxing came into her life three years ago when she was just 12 at the Albert Boxing Club. A family connection to Muay-Thai brought an initial interest in combat sports, but Murray chose boxing. “I feel connected to boxing as it gives me a conscience of pushing myself to my highest limits and working hard for recognition and rewards,” Murray told me. “Boxing gives me peace and allows me to take care of myself, whether that’s my physical, mental, spiritual, or emotional health.”

The love for her sport is obvious, but there is another side to boxing. “In my opinion, the hardest part of boxing is staying disciplined, especially when growing up in today’s generation; whether that comes to building a healthy relationship with food, getting fights, being influenced/peer pressured by friends and relationships, and getting the motivation to keep going. Boxing can be a very lonely sport, yet I deal with it by teaching myself new skills and socialising with people involved in the sport.”

Murray is twelve fights into her boxing career, and memories of her first-ever fight are still vivid. “My first fight was a rollercoaster of emotions,” Murray says of her first ring walk. “I remember waiting for my name to be called out and feeling like I wanted to run out of the building and not fight. Sweat was dripping down me like a waterfall, and my mind was scrambled.”

Those twelve amateur fights have already shown her talent and potential. Murray has claimed two Queensland titles, two Golden Gloves titles, one novice title, and one Australian title. Murray views that national title as her biggest achievement to date. “I felt all my hard work had paid off.”

Despite her young age, Murray knows where she wants to go in her sport of choice. Ambitious and incredibly driven. “I want to keep winning everything and hopefully get selected for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. My longer-term aspirations are to turn pro and to win a world title and become Australia’s biggest boxing phenomenon.”