The boxer, who moved to Brisbane over a year ago, was fighting in mid-September for ultimate glory and his preparation was hardly ideal.

"I got an ear infection in both ears about a week and a half before States," Langham recounted to the Argus.

"It was painful, I couldn't sleep properly or train for a few days. Dealing with a double ear infection and a weight cut in lead up wasn't much fun.

"I couldn't do any sparring until three days out, and it affected my fitness going into the event. Also, there was an accidental head clash in my first fight that gave me a broken nose, so I had to carry that into the final."

Despite all that, Langham broke through and was declared champion of the Qld Youth (U'19) Middleweight division.

"I was stoked that I won the state titles because I pretty much had to win this event to even be considered to trial for the Australian Commonwealth Team," he said.

The State title win sees him tick off another achievement in a stellar youth career.

Langham was selected for the National Futures Camp at Australian Institute of Sport only a few months ago and won a stack of gongs at the All Star Boxing Academy awards night, including fighter of the year.

It hasn't come easy with hard work the key element.

"I train 2-3 times per-day 6 days a week. I spend lots of one-on-one time with the coaches, attend high-level camps, fight regularly, and spar plenty of highly skilled amateurs and pros," Langham explained.

"'Train hard, fight easy', they say - so I put in the effort at training so that I don't struggle in the ring on fight day.

"We've just recently changed up my program to work more on endurance than strength, (we'll) see how that goes. There's always a heap of sacrifices that a lot don't see, but I enjoy what I do, so it's all worth it."

The focus will now be on his gym's home tournament in three weeks before competing for the Australian Golden Gloves title in December.

Then attention will shift to Commonwealth trials, held in April next year.

"I'll only just be old enough to trial and fighting elites which will be difficult, but I've been told by those in the know that I'm ready to mix it with them," he said.

Langham, who's lived in Queensland for a while now, has adjusted to life from Arakoon but still misses various aspects of home.

"Everything has been good so far, and I like living in Qld," he said.

"One thing you do notice is the difference in temperature up here, the heat makes it harder to train. I make sure I get my runs out of the way early in the hot months.

"Everything is convenient, especially where I live because it's on the cusp of the country and city. We don't have to travel far to buy anything and all of my training facilities are within four kilometres.

"We still do a lot of travelling with boxing, but nowhere near as much as we used to when we lived in Arakoon.

"There are a few things that I miss about The Rocks - like my mates and the beaches - but I realise that this is where I need to be if I want to further my career in the sport. There are a lot of talented boxers up here and I'm in a very supportive club that care about all of their fighters.

"They call it the All Star Family, which is good to be part of."

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