Amateur Career
Thornhill started boxing at the age of 12, he went on to be an England international at the age of 18. Thornhill had 80 bouts as an amateur winning 71 of them. He boxed for Higherside A.B.C, St Helens Star A.B.C, then the famous Transport A.B.C where he met his trainer the famous George Vaughan who carried his career through to the paid ranks when Thornhill turned 24.
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