Billy started boxing in Naenae under the tutorship of Dick Dunn; New Zealand’s legendary boxing coach, when he was eight years old.
He has won four gold and two silver titles at the Nationals, the Jamieson Belt (most scientific), and the Australasian title in 1967. Billy was finals trialist for the Jamaica Commonwealth Games in 1966, Mexico in 1968, Edinburgh in 1972, and Christchurch in 1974.
Coaching in one way or another for many years in gyms and schools around New Zealand, Billy finally brought his gym dream to fruition in 2005 by purchasing a property in his hometown of Naenae, a suburb of Lower Hutt in Wellington.
Billy has been a television boxing commentator and was a regular guest on the Good Morning television programme. In 2008 Billy was nominated for the Jeff Gray BMW Personality of the Year category for Sportsperson of the Year, he has received Rotary’s Paul Harris Fellow Award and his boxing academy has featured on TV1, TV3, and Prime News.
Billy has vast experience as an international platform speaker around the world for the past 25 years. (www.billygraham.co.nz) Billy has spoken to 15,000 people at the Melbourne Tennis Centre and was a main platform speaker at the Million Dollar Roundtable at Atlanta, Georgia.
He has spoken to Corporates and Sportsmen alike, from Super 14 teams, to Queensland’s State-of-Origin team, and the New Zealand National Cricket team. Billy knows the pains and joys of being at the top and what it takes to get there.
Spell-bound audiences and sporting teams find Billy’s knowledge, energy, and passion very infectious as they are encouraged to achieve their best.
