Milo won gold at the Jutland Beginners' Championships in boxing.

Milo Qvist Markussen, aged 17, became the Jutland champion in U19 boxing when he won 5-0 in the final of the Jutland Beginners' Championship in Odder on Sunday, March 8.

- He was very excited. He was happy – and proud of course, says the new winner's father, Johannes Qvist-Markussen.

Sermitsiaq spoke to his father on Monday, the day after the final. Johannes Qvist-Markussen had followed live from Nuuk.

Milo Enok Qvist Markussen was born and raised in Nuuk, but moved to Denmark in 2022. He currently lives in Aabybro, while he is attending Preparatory Basic Education (FGU). He will soon be doing an internship in the Home Guard.

And then he boxes in his free time at Pandrup Boxing Club.

But boxing is only something he really started after he moved to Denmark.

This weekend's championship was Milo Qvist Markussen's very first.

- I was shaking. I don't usually shake when he boxes. But this time it was very exciting, his father, Johannes Qvist-Markussen, tells us.

But as I said, it ended in victory.

During the semi-final on Saturday morning, Milo Qvist Markussen boxed against an opponent from Hinnerup Boxing Club in the welterweight 60-65 kilo weight class category. Here he won 5-0.

In the final on Sunday, it was against a boxer from Lindholm Boxing Club, and here too Milo Qvist Markussen ended up winning.