Boxing is often praised as a way of teaching discipline, anger management, and teamwork. Now, with violent crime on the rise in English cities —especially among young men and boys — the sport is being ...

There are few rooms in athletics like boxing gyms. They have a sound, smell and rhythm all their own. For decades, they were places for contenders, not pretenders. You wanted to work out, you went to ...

It’s no secret that Philly is a boxing city. After all, we count “Smokin” Joe Frazier, Bernard Hopkins, and, of course, the (fictional) Rocky Balboa among our ranks. But, with the rise of chain ...

Four men who volunteer every day at a Manchester boxing gym cite love of the sport, the satisfaction of giving back and the chance to help kids like them dodge life-changing mistakes. And Paul Cichon.

What if the anger about our unjust world was taken out in a boxing class instead of by devouring cake, writing anxious posts on social media or crying into a pillow? This past month, after the bad ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— Tucked inside an unassuming warehouse behind a car wash in the heart of Tottenville, Hard Knocks Boxing Gym is home to state-ranked fighters, a trainer with Hollywood credentials ...

When the first female boxers showed up at Al Mitchell's gym in northern Michigan several years ago, the U.S. Olympic Education Center's head coach had no interest in teaching women how to fight.

CONNECTED FITNESS? THAT’S so 2022. Brick-and-mortar gyms are red-hot again. Our editors and fitness advisors visited hundreds of gyms; whittled down our favorites based on innovation, vibe, and ...

As Baltimore continues to heal from the violence and turmoil that sprung up in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray, one church is drawing young kids to its ministry with a boxing gym, which teaches ...