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Ian Chadband

HISTORICAL FACTS: The tank rolls to commonwealth boxing triumph | History Defined

Australia's Jye Dixon has won boxing gold in 55kg bantamweight division at the Glasgow Games. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Jye Dixon has overcome all his self-doubt and lived up to his nickname of "the Tank" as he steamrolled his way to becoming Australia's first boxing champion of the Commonwealth Games.

The gifted 21-year-old Queensland fighter produced a devastating display to earn a unanimous points verdict over India's Jadumani Singh Mandengbam to lift the 55kg bantamweight title at the SEC Centre on Saturday.

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