“Pretty crazy” Games call-up for Jye

Jye Dixon, the Caboolture-born Brendale-based boxer, has been officially named in Australia’s team for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

The 21-year-old from All Star Boxing Academy in Lawnton, booked his ticket to Glasgow with impressive displays at national events and overseas.

Dixon is the only Queenslander in Australia’s boxing team and will make his Games debut at the Scottish Events Centre from July 24 - August 2.

“I knew my weight (55kgs) would be going, but seeing the emails confirming it was pretty crazy,” he said, “suddenly it was official and happening.

“It will be a really hard tournament. I know a good English lad who will be there and a bunch of boys who might make it.”

Dixon will leave on June 3 for a World Boxing tournament in China, then a two-week camp in Europe and finally to Glasgow for the Games, returning in early August.

“China will be another high level of competition,” he said, “you need to win to get points for the World Boxing finals, which is selection for the World Championships.

“But the Commonwealth Games is the one I want to take out. I feel like I want gold.”

Dixon has spent his entire career at All Star Boxing Academy - first fighting at 30kgs – and is now training 12-16 hours over five-six days each week.

He has won 56 of his 72 amateur fights and boxing has taken him to 13 countries … so far.

Dixon returned recently from the World Boxing Cup in Brazil where he won two fights before narrowly losing to the Asian Championship gold medalist Rui Yamaguchi.

“Travelling you learn so much,” he said, “you see poverty and things that make you so grateful for everything you have here.

“I’m able to watch Liam Wilson (who has twice fought for world titles). He went to the Commonwealth Games and now he’s here working hard for big world title fights.

“It makes you think you could be there one day and take off into the big league!”

Dixon has multiple Queensland and Australian titles and is just the third All Star fighter (after Liam Pope and Liam Wilson) to win an Elite Australian title.

Turning professional is his “end goal” but he aims to “try to do as much as I can in the amateurs, get everything I can and move up to the pros, when I’m ready.”