Clarence Hill, the Hall of Fame boxer, has swapped the gloves for the pen.

Hill, the winner of Bermuda’s only Olympic medal after claiming bronze at the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal, is writing a book that he intends to unveil to the public next summer.

The book, entitled My Fight For Life, will offer insight into the former heavyweight boxer’s highs and lows inside and outside of the ring as well as his involvement in crime and drug abuse that led to imprisonment before an intervention changed his life.

“When people read my book they can see where I came from and what I was feeling,” Hill said. “A lot of people don’t know or understand me.

“Some people may only know about the negative things that I did, but there is more positiveness to Clarence Hill than negativity and I want people to understand that.

“The book is basically about how my life went and I want everything to be exactly as I saw it then and see it today.

“I don’t want anything false, I want everything to be as it was and still is to this day.”

Hill was inspired to write his story by his son, Jamaka. “My son wants me to leave a legacy behind and let people know about me and what I have achieved and how I was raised so that the young people who read it avoid making the mistakes that I made,” Hill, who was a southpaw, said.

“I don’t want them to do the negative things that I did, like drugs, because they may feel neglected or left behind.

“I want to let the young people know that there is always light at the end of the tunnel, even though sometimes the tunnel may seem long and you wonder ‘where is the light?’ ”

Assisting Hill with publishing the book are Dwayne Caines and Wayne Caines, who published their own story this year.

“I have written 35 pages so far, so I’m still putting things together,” Hill said. “Right now I have writer’s block, but I hope to have the book completed by the middle of next year.”

After winning his medal in Montreal, Hill turned professional in 1980 and boxed for four years before retiring on the advice of doctors after enduring heavy punishment during a TKO loss against Walter Santemore.

He remained out of the ring for two years but made a comeback in 1986, winning his next two bouts against Terry Mims and Mike Perkins, which proved to be the last of his career.

The 63-year-old father of two bowed out of professional boxing the same year with a record 16 wins, 13 by way of knockout, three losses and a draw. Hill was inducted into the Bermuda Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.