Hunt tried to be a HW boxer, I believe he competed in pro boxing before he competed in kickboxing. He trained at Tony Mundines gym. Hunt was a relatively late starter, I don't think he ever put on a pair of gloves until he was late teens, which doesn't sound very late but most high level boxers have been training since they were kids and have a lot of family ties to the sport, that said with his physical genetics, if he committed to it, I think he at the very least could have been a top 20 guy. HW boxing wasn't exactly stacked between 2000 - 2015, some of the contenders the Klistchko's fought were nothing special and they were good enough to challenge for a title.