The Tamworth resident is currently preparing to defend his national boxing title at the upcoming Australian Masters Games, scheduled to begin from April 28 in Perth.

Among the senior age divisions, opponents can often be hard to come by. There are a handful of boxers Hall may be required to fight later this month, but he isn't worried about them.

"I think they'd probably worry about me more than they would anybody else," Hall said.

"I've been pretty successful."

Here, Hall has balanced confidence with immense modesty, as his record includes five previous Australian titles - making him a heavy favourite in the Over 61s Featherweight division.

And by his side for all of those titles has been his wife, Gail. The Halls often use the Masters Games as an opportunity to travel and holiday around the country.

"I've fought in South Australia, over in the Northern Territory to Alice Springs; that was a great trip," Hall said.

"We drove over there, it was about 6,200 kilometres. It was wonderful to see a bit of Australia.

"I've seen parts of Australia I probably wouldn't see otherwise, if it wasn't for these tournaments."

But, as is often the case in amateur sport, funding hard to come by and regularly the deciding factor in whether or not athletes attend tournaments.

Hall estimates that a trip like this will cost him in the region of two to three thousand dollars, and said boxing is the reason he has worked as a butcher for the last 11 years at Kays Wholesale Meats, which is also one of his sponsors.

"I can't afford to go too many times," he said.

"But as long as I can still work, I'd still like to box. Because I feel really terrific after training and I've got no underlying health issues."

Despite the expense, Hall will make the trip to Perth, and with just over two weeks to go the diminutive featherweight is only half a kilogram away from his target weight of 57kg.

"You know what [the key to the weight cut] is?" Hall said.

"I've been off the grog for a month. Beer, beer puts it on you."

During his masters career, Hall has acted as his own trainer. With his near-perfect weight cut and weekly training regimen, he feels as though his preparation could hardly be going better.

"I just like the grind of it," he said.

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