While many are winding down as the year draws to a close, Kiwi boxer David Light is just getting started.
In three months, he'll face the fight of his life.
The Aucklander will face current WBO cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie, likely in the UK in March, in a bid to win the world title.
But things could have been very different for Light, if it wasn't for a call from trainer Isaac Peach.
After winning silver at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Light returned to New Zealand, gave up boxing, became a labourer - and hit rock bottom.
"I just got back from the Commonwealth Games, it was probably the lowest point in my life," Light tells Newshub. "Just to be lying flat on my stomach, digging up mud with my bare hands... yeah, that was pretty hard."
Peach picked up the phone and asked Light, 31, to come train with him. After some reluctance at first, he took up the offer and hasn't looked back since.
"It's pretty rewarding," Peach tells Newshub at his West Auckland gym. "We had a dream to win a world title from the start and we're one fight away now.
"That's only ever been the goal. I always knew it was going to happen."
For Light, the Okolie fight is a chance to repay his coach for the faith he showed in him.
"It doesn't matter how far I get to me really, just being a part of Peach Boxing has saved my life in a way.
"You get in the mindset that people owe you your chance, but you've got to earn everything. Coming into pro boxing and doing it the way we've been doing it, we've earnt every shot and every opportunity that we've got.
"Everyone out of this gym has earnt their place. I've been consistently written off in my career, I'm sure I'll be written off again... I kind of like it."
The hard work starts now. He's undefeated in 20 fights, but despite the perfect record, Peach is keeping his boxer's feet firmly on the ground.
"The job's not done," he said. "The easy thing is to get here, now we've got to win the world title.
"Now it's here, we're ready to go.
"Everyone that comes in here, their goal is to win a world title. This has never been a money thing for me - I'm a plumber.
"If your goal isn't to win a world title, you're wasting my time.
Light concedes: "I didn't have a goal of just making a shot at the world title, I had a goal of winning the world title.
"The closer you get to it, the harder it gets."
