The trainer's trainer.

Dash grew up in Melbourne but learnt the craft of training fighters in America. He spent five years as an understudy to one of the sport's finest trainers, working alongside multiple world champions.

That meant learning the whole job, not just holding pads: strength, conditioning and core work, correct movement, acceleration and deceleration, boxing technique, sports psychology, massage and nutrition.

Dash has a lot of respect for good personal trainers, but it's a different job. Think of a police officer and a lawyer: both work in law, one is far more specialised.

Five years as an understudy learning the craft of boxing is a different education to a short fitness course. It covered strength and conditioning, physiology, movement, sports psychology, massage and nutrition, and it shows in how he coaches. This is proper boxing training, not boxercise.

Dash is known for a clear, straight talking approach and his trademark "no distractions" rule. You'll always know exactly where you stand and what to work on next.

He avoids the media better than the best defence avoids a punch. You won't see him launching a book, a diet guide or a DVD series. His clients value the discretion, and the focus is where the results come from.