Signet: Can you tell us what has been driving you since you began boxing at twelve? What is the dream and how does that feel to you today?

Skye: When I began boxing, women's boxing wasn't in the Olympics and wasn't in the Commonwealth Games. I didn't have that goal to kind of set myself then. I was just doing it because I loved it and it was fun. So, as women's boxing developed, while I was developing through the stages since the grassroots, I developed with the sport. So did the Olympic dream. London 2012 was the first Olympics where women were added into the divisions. I'd been boxing for four years at that point, and since that moment, it's been my mission, my absolute goal, to represent Australia at the Olympics.

Signet: Is there a fighter that you look up to?

Skye: My brother, Jamie, has been a big inspiration and driving force throughout my whole boxing career. I feel my brother had a lot of unfinished business, and his life was taken far too soon, and I feel like he paved the way for me to continue his legacy as well. I also really love Katie Taylor. In my opinion, she is the best female boxer in the world and someone I've looked up to and followed since I was 13. She's very humble. She's an Olympic gold medalist, multiple world champion, and the most down-to-earth person I've met for someone who has achieved so much. I love how she's never changed even with all of her fame and success, and she is a killer in the ring, an absolute beast!

Signet: Can you run us through what a day looks like for you prepping for the Olympic games?

Skye: So, for the past ten weeks in camp, we've been training three times a day, four times a week and on Wednesday and Saturdays twice a day then we have Sunday off. On a typical day, we have our morning session, a conditioning session and conditioning ranges depending on how far we are out from the competition. Our mid-morning session is strength and conditioning, so that varies a lot as well. We do solid weight sessions and circuits as well. Sometimes it's an upper body strength session or lower body strength session. Every afternoon, except for Wednesdays, is our boxing specific sessions. These consist of all different things from partner workouts to bag, shadow, skipping and drills. Those sessions are usually specific, depending on how far out we are from the competition. Saturdays, we do a conditioning session in the morning, and then we're done for the rest of the weekend to rest and recover to do it all again Monday.

Signet: How do you mentally prepare for a boxing match? How important is a strong mind when it comes to boxing?

Skye: I think the mental aspect of preparing for a fight is even bigger than the physical. For me, it is knowing that I've done everything I can to bring my absolute best physically and trusting my training. It is trusting what I have done and trusting the process. I do a lot of positive self-talk and a lot of visualisation and surround myself with good people, positive people, that want the best for me. That would be my key things for having good mental preparation.

Signet: There is this hashtag you use a lot that is #tunnelvision. How do you visualise that? Is there a tunnel when you're boxing?

Skye: For me, when I go into a fight, I've usually studied the opponent and created a game plan of what I want to do and what tactics I want to do, and I try to focus on three or four dot points of what I want and need to do in that fight. That's pretty much all my focus is on, getting that job done within those 3 x 3 minute rounds.

Signet: If you win Olympic gold; what does that look like in your head?

Skye: I've visualised it a lot, but I haven't really looked past the moment of actually winning it. When I visualise it, I see my arm getting raised at the end of the fight and the overwhelming feeling of happiness. Then I see myself stepping up onto the top of the podium and the medal being placed around my neck.

The pinnacle of everything I've been doing since I was 12 years old is this Olympic dream.