William Ward (16 July 1993 – 4 August 2013)[1] was an Australian amateur boxer selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics in the light flyweight division.
[2] Ward began his sporting career as a gymnast, winning a Queensland junior title in 2004.
His boxing was curtailed by Ross River Fever in 2008 but he fought on and in 2011 he made the semifinals of the Australian Under 19 championships as a flyweight.
The following year, he stepped up to open competition and dropped a weight division to light flyweight.
He told the Sydney Morning Herald, most people assume he was a jockey rather than a boxer.