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What is Amateur Boxing?
Where did Amateur Boxing start?
What kit do I need?
How Do I Get Started?
Useful Contacts
Futher Links
What is Amateur Boxing?
The Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) is the national governing body of the sport of Amateur Boxing in England. There are more than 700 ABAE-affiliated amateur boxing clubs in England, and more than 12,000 competing amateur boxers (to compete you need to reach the standard required by your club, then pass a strict medical exam, and pass another medical each time you box competitively).
The female side of the sport is flourishing, and South Yorkshire has its first national senior female champion in Sharon Holford of Handsworth ABC.
There are many tens of thousands of people who take part in the sport on a recreational level without actually competing. They attend ABAE-affiliated clubs, after-school clubs, youth clubs etc. It is a great way to keep fit and have fun Amateur boxing is the branch of the sport which is included in the Olympic Games.
Boxers can compete between the ages of 11 and 34-years of age.
Where did Amateur Boxing start?
Boxing goes back as far as the Ancient Greeks, but modern amateur boxing can be said to have started in England in 1880, before spreading throughout the world.
What kit do I need?
To start with you need very little kit. Just regular sports kit will do. Clubs have the equipment you will need initially, and if you decide to take the sport further you can buy decent quality gloves, boots, gumshield, headguard etc at reasonable prices. Amateur boxing does not require a large financial outlay.
How do I get started?
Contact one of the ABAE-affiliated clubs below and ask if they are taking new members Sheffield Boxing Clubs (other South Yorkshire clubs’ details to follow – meanwhile contact the Yorkshire ABA Regional Secretary Eric Hoyland at erichoyland@tiscali.co.uk for details of clubs outside Sheffield)
Local Clubs
| Club |
Training Location |
Contact |
| Handsworth Police ABC |
Hall Road, Handsworth |
Ronny Tucker
07850471976 |
| Manor ABC |
Gym to the rear of Pipworth School, Prince of Wales Road, Manor, Sheffield |
Steve Barnes
07843934162 |
| Parson Cross ABC |
Gym in the grounds of Mansel Primary School, Mansel Crescent, Parson Cross, Sheffield |
Bob Wright
robert.wright@abae.org.uk |
| Sheffield Boxing Centre ABC |
The Old School, Burton Street, Sheffield |
Simon Chambers
07979200419 |
| Sheffield Lane Top ABC |
Gym above Kwikfit exhaust centre, Hatfield House Lane, Sheffield |
Keith Palmer
07944175314 |
| St Vincent's ABC |
Solly Street, Sheffield |
Gordon Watson
01142442822 |
| Steel City ABC |
Gym within Sheffield Transport Services Yard, Off Shirland Road, Sheffield |
Chris Smedley
07778153757 |
| Unity ABC |
St Thomas's Gym, Newman Road, Wincobank, Sheffield |
Val Baguley
07805068963 |
| Woodseats ABC |
Gym within the Double-6 club, Corner of Scarsdale Road and Chesterfield Road, Sheffield |
Brendan Warburton
07791301984 |
| Don Valley Sports Academy ABC |
73 Darnall Road, Sheffield |
Lyndon Johnson
07910587771 |
| South Yorkshire Sports Academy ABC |
Morland Road, Gleadless, Sheffield |
Sean Thickett |
Useful Contacts
Paul Porter, Sheffield Boxing Development Officer
Amateur Boxing Association of England, English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield, S9 5DA
Email: paul.porter@abae.org.uk
Tel: 0114 2235642
Amateur Boxing Association of England: www.abae.org.uk
Amateur Boxing in Sheffield: www.amateurboxinginsheffield.blogspot.com
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