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The fast rising talent is the talk of boxing circles with shrewd judges believing the Ayrshire lad could reach the top.Aaron in training at Onthank’s Northwest Boxing Club(Image: DAILY RECORD)<\/p>\n

One of Scotland’s top youth boxers is setting his sights on ring stardom.<\/p>\n

Teenage sensation Aaron Sarwar is soaring through the amateur ranks as one of Europe’s fastest rising talents.<\/p>\n

The 17-year-old heads for Sweden next week bidding to retain the coveted ‘Prince of the Ring’ title he won against 700 other fighters last year.<\/p>\n

But the Killie kid admits even bigger goals lie on the horizon as he bids to become the next big Scots boxing talent.<\/p>\n

Aaron, who boxes for the Northwest club based in Onthank, graduated to the national setup after just his seventh bout with talent scouts believing he can go all the way.<\/p>\n

Aaron goes through his paces with coach Euan Strachan<\/p>\n

He said: “I did karate for eight years before taking up boxing when I was 13. I loved it straight away and had my first fight within a few months.<\/p>\n

“I’ve now racked up 51 fights in four years and box for Scotland full time. I want to make it to the top and win world titles – and I believe that I can.<\/p>\n

“I won the British championships for the second time back in June against one of England’s top boys and I want to keep the progress going now.”<\/p>\n

Aaron insists early comparisons to former Olympian and world champion, Amir Khan, do not faze him with confidence high he can emulate some of the sport’s biggest names.<\/p>\n

Aaron takes huge inspiration from the style of Amir Khan <\/p>\n

The former Kilmarnock Academy pupil said: “That comparison is something I get a lot due to our style and speed being quite similar. There’s no doubt he’s a big inspiration for me.<\/p>\n

“I’d have loved to take part in the Commonwealth Games next year but I miss out by two months due to my age.<\/p>\n

“But there’s the Youth Olympics which I’ll aim to be part of with Team GB. That’s a big goal for now.<\/p>\n

“The coaches here are always pushing me and the key thing is we’re part of one big team.”<\/p>\n

Former boxer Euan Strachan, who is now one of Aaron’s coaches at Northwest, said: “From the moment he came through the door, you could tell he was something different.<\/p>\n

“His ability is natural but it’s the mindset that puts him where he is – he believes he will go all the way and is the hardest worker we’ve ever seen here.<\/p>\n

“For a 17-year-old, he’s already boxed to a very high level and competes internationally all the time for Scotland. He drives standards in the rest of the gym and is a fantastic role model for the youngsters we have here.<\/p>\n

“We’ve had Scottish champions in the past and a couple of British champions, but the speed with which Aaron is risising through the ranks really sets him apart and he has the potential to go all the way.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fast rising talent is the talk of boxing circles with shrewd judges believing the Ayrshire lad could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[114013,703,49,48,114014,82],"class_list":["post-242419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-ayrshire-news","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-kilmarnock-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}