Boxer Renold Quinlan returns to Campbelltown roots

Under the watchful eye of trainer and uncle Lepani Wilson, former IBO super-middleweight titleholder Renold Quinlan is crafting his boxing redemption in the garage of his Rosemeadow home.

Boxer Renold Quinlan has returned to Campbelltown to revive his career. Picture: Carmela Roche

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Under the watchful eye of trainer and uncle Lepani Wilson, Renold Quinlan is crafting his boxing redemption in the garage of his Rosemeadow home.

The boxing prodigy who ended the career of Australia’s favourite son Daniel Geale in 2016, Quinlan, 29, is ready to re-emerge and take on the world.

Rosemeadow boxer Renold Quinlan with his uncle and head trainer Lepani Wilson. Picture: Carmela Roche

The father-of-four had been training in solitude at an Anytime Fitness in Kempsey where, by his own admission, he was lazy.

“I wasn’t taking it seriously, I never had a trainer, I wasn’t dieting,” he said. “It wasn’t where an elite athlete should be.”

Quinlan says Kempsey wasn’t the place for a professional boxer to be. Picture: Carmela Roche

Quinlan and his family decided to pack up and return to Campbelltown under the tutelage of his uncle, mapping out a three-fight path to return to the top of the world.

It finishes with a tilt at the International Boxing Organisation super-middleweight title, a belt he lost to Chris Eubank Jr in England two years ago.

“Now that I have moved back (to Campbelltown), I believe I am going to be unstoppable,” he said.

“I’m turning 30 this year. They reckon this is the peak point of my career. It’s about how bad I want it, it’s up to me. You could say it’s my last chance. I am leaving no stone unturned.”

Quinlan will fight for the Australian super-middleweight title next month. Picture: Carmela Roche

The path to redemption will begin on August 14 at Sydney’s International Convention Centre, fighting for the vacant Australian super middleweight title against undefeated 21-year-old Cesar Mateo Tapia.

“I am very confident,” Quinlan said. “When I am super fit nobody will beat me, especially in this country. He is trying to get me on his resume and I take my hat off to him … but we won’t be going the 10 (rounds).”