On returning home, he announced plans to turn pro, trained by legendary cornerman Johnny Lewis.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:<\/strong> LeBron James praises Aussie rookie Josh Giddey's 'beautiful basketball'<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Kevin Walters no closer to solving major Brisbane Broncos dilemma<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Djokovic fires warning to rivals ahead of return to ATP tour<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n He made his debut in December on the undercard of Paul Gallen vs Darcy Lussick. Garside beat Sachin Mudaliar by TKO in the first round, but it was a controversial victory as the referee bizarrely stopped the fight for little apparent reason.<\/p>\n But now the young Aussie slugger will fight for the Australian lightweight title, announcing a bout against Manuer Matet.<\/p>\n The pair will headline a strong card at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on March 30.<\/p>\n "It's business now. This is my life, this is what I've dreamt of for a long time," Garside told media at today's announcement.<\/p>\n "I'm excited, I'm preparing properly and training properly and feeling good. I just know he's going to come to the fight, he's an entertainer and so am I, so I'm excited.<\/p>\n "I'm absolutely honoured to be headlining a show at the Hordern Pavilion, this is huge, and just to be surrounded by some of these athletes, I'm really honoured."<\/p>\n While his professional debut was over in only a couple of minutes, Garside admits he felt a little overawed by the occasion.<\/p>\n And it impacted his boxing. He was also carrying a hand injury that night.<\/p>\n He's adamant Australia will see a better version of him on March 30.<\/p>\n "It was a massive occasion, of course, your pro debut," he said.<\/p>\n "I looked a little bit rushed, I looked a bit unsettled. I wasn't boxing that smart.<\/p>\n "Me and Johnny have been tightening up a few more screws leading into this fight, and I'm going to make sure I'm boxing nice and smart and really looking like I'm world class."<\/p>\n Fellow up and coming Aussie boxer Sam Goodman will fight for the WBO Oriental super bantamweight title against Fumiya Fuse on the same card.<\/p>\n MARCH 30, HORDERN PAVILION<\/strong><\/p>\n Harry Garside vs Manuer Matet (Australian Lightweight Title)<\/p>\n Sam Goodman vs Fumiya Fuse (WBO Oriental Super Bantamweight Title)<\/p>\n Paulo Aokuso vs Michael Van Nimwegen<\/p>\n Michael Pengue vs Hero Tito<\/p>\n Jayde Mitchell vs Tyson Turner<\/p>\n Alex Lual vs Jye Lane Taylor<\/p>\n Hassan Hamdan vs Mirko Pizzi<\/p>\n Tyler Blizzard vs Daniel Harwood<\/p>\n Ella Bool vs Katie Mitchell<\/p>\n Steve Anton vs Luke Hall<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Loveable Aussie boxer Harry Garside has announced his first fight for a professional title. The 24-year-old captured the hearts of Australia at the Tokyo Olympics […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198433"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=198433"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198435,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198433\/revisions\/198435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=198433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=198433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=198433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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