Join Our Club

If you are interested in joining the growing numbers of boys and girls training at Leigh Boxing & Fitness Centre, simply come along to the club any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday between 6pm-7.30pm. There is no joining fee and you just pay your subs (£2.50 Seniors/£1.50 Juniors)each time you train. All equipment is provided, bags, gloves, pads, skipping ropes, 2 x Boxing Rings and all the conditioning gear needed to maintain and improve fitness levels.
Anyone of any age, any ability or any fitness level can come along and join in the Boxing Fitness Classes or do their own thing. You don't have to box as there is non contact training, light contact training or if, in the view of the coaches, you progress far enough, you could join the successful Leigh Amateur Boxing Squad.

The club is affilliated to the Amateur Boxing Association of England and to the National Association of Clubs for Young People.

Leigh Boxing & Fitness Centre Head Coach Adrian Fleming is a professional coach, having worked with Hatton Promotions and in the training camps of two weight World Champions Ricky Hatton and Joán Guzman, World Title challenger Matthew Hatton, USBA Champion Tim Coleman, Midlands Area Champion Dean Harrison, former British Champion Andy Morris, former ABA Champion and rookie pro Craig Evans, Adrian Gonzalez, Alfonso Vieyra and Kieran Maher while also working the corner for British, Commonwealth & European Champion Anthony Small, Welsh Champion Gary Buckland, former British Champion Kevin McIntyre, Commonwealth Title challenger Danny Butler, former ABA Champions Denton Vassell and David Dolan, Paul Samuels, Cello Renda, and many others.

The club coaches, including former Leigh ABC boxers Tony Parr, a former NWR Champion, and Barry Wolfenden, Pete Prescott and Martin Pryal, alongside 11 time National ABA Champion George Gilbody, Jen Turner, Andy Brown, Brian Ridge and Paul Hollings are experienced fully qualified Amateur Boxing Association coaches and CRB checked.

Leigh Amateur Boxing Club has produced 31 ABA Champions, all of whom learned their trade at the club.

The club also offers private one to one, private small classes or personal pad sessions with a coach.

Come along to Leigh Boxing & Fitness Center, improve your fitness, learn self defence and feel your self confidence rise !

Amateur Boxing

Most people seem to think that the sport of amateur boxing is a very dangerous one. We disagree. What most people don’t know is that there is more than enough evidence out there to disprove this myth. Here are some facts that we found that should help you defend our sport.

Doesn’t boxing rank as the sport with the most injuries?

Consider the fact that, according to the National Safety Council’s 1996 accident report, boxing ranked 23rd on its list of injury sports. Boxing has reported fewer accidents than soccer, wrestling, tennis, volleyball, gymnastics, basketball and nearly every participatory sport that is being offered and endorsed in academic schools.

Isn’t amateur boxing exactly the same as the pros?

ABSOLUTELY NOT! The entire philosophy between the two sports is different. Amateur boxing is a pure sport where the athletes compete for the thrill of athletic endeavor. Amateur boxing comes under the jurisdiction of one single national governing body (AIBA) whereas professional boxing doesn’t have a unified body that it is governed by.

The main difference between amateur and professional boxing lies in the lengths that amateur boxing goes to protect its athletes. Amateur boxers are required to wear a mouthpiece at all times, force-absorbent headgear, and a shirt to absorb sweat and dirt. Amateur boxing gloves are designed to absorb, not transmit shock. Finally, amateur boxing referees exercise more control by using eight counts and evaluating the boxers’ conditions throughout the competitive bout. In addition to these things, both pre-and post-bout physicals are required of all amateur boxers.

Boxing is the number one sport when it comes to head injuries…right?

According to the November 12, 1996 issue of The Charlotte Observer, reporter Liz Chandler states that the greatest risk of catastrophic head and neck injuries are in football, gymnastics, wrestling and ice hockey…

NOT BOXING!

Safety Stats…

The sport of amateur boxing ranks as the safest sport among contact sports like football and wrestling and among other events such as equestrian events and motorcycle racing.
The sport of Olympic-style boxing is not among the top ten sports with the most injuries.
According to the National Safety Council’s 1996 accident report, boxing ranked 23 on its list of sports injuries.
Boxing ranks lower in its number of injuries when compared to hockey, soccer, gymnastics, and in-line skating.
Olympic-style boxing is one of the most highly regulated of all amateur athletics, requiring both pre-and post- physicals, mandatory headgear, and proactive officials who will not hesitate to stop the bout if one of the boxers is outclassed.

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