Career
Ross has alternated between the welterweight and middleweight categories during his career. He went up to middlewight in 2009, and back to welterweight in 2010 where he made the Australian team that toured Europe in 2011. Poor results on that tour saw him step up to middlweight again, where he claimed the Australian and Oceanian titles and a place at the London Olympics.
He described the move to the heavier weight division as a "no-brainer".
He said that at 188 cm tall, keeping his weight below 69 kg didn"t leave him enough energy to fight. Ross"s girlfriend Jessica Rettalack is also a boxer hoping to make the Olympic team
He is recognized in the Australian Olympic Committee list of Australian Indigenous Olympians.