An 11-year-old boxer who got his start in the ring at the John P. McKeon Post, has won the New England Silver Mittens competition for the second consecutive year. Finn Meaney is 3-0 in amateur competition and is being hailed as a “little superstar” by his trainer.

Finn says that he was ready to start punching the minute he got into the ring at the McKeon Post, which has been teaching the sport to neighborhood kids as young as three for the past 55 years.

Finn continued his instruction at the Dorchester Boxing Club in Fields Corner, where Jason Kelly, 26, a professional boxer and trainer from Savin Hill, showed him the ropes. After the club closed last year, Finn relocated to a gym in South Boston, appropriately named Everybody Fights. George Forman III, the owner of the gym, made sure to make space for the young fighters, Kelly noted.

Finn still trains there today.

Kelly marvels at the 11 year-old’s ease in conducting interviews and absorbing the attention after his most recent victory.

“It’s like he was already a fighter in a past life, you know? The future is really up to him, wherever he decides to go with his talents,” says Kelly.

Of course, Finn’s training really started at home.

“Finn’s got two older brothers,” noted Finn’s dad, Eric Meaney. “He has had to fight for everything growing up.”

“We’re very proud of him. He did all of the training. He deserves it.”

For his part, Finn says simply: “I was happy. It felt good to win.”

Eric Meaney is proud of the personality Finn has developed. “He’s the funniest human I know,” Eric said.

“He lights up every room he goes into, and I think that boxing has given him the confidence to be like that.”

Finn isn’t shying away from even loftier goals.

“I want to stay undefeated for ten whole fights,” he said.