Boxing Fundamentals
Footwork, guard, the six punches. Where everyone starts — and keeps coming back.
Leave soft at the door.
A converted warehouse with one full-size ring, fourteen bags and three tonnes of iron. Coaches who count every rep out loud. That's it. That's the gym.
The gym
Blackthorn Mill kept its brick.
We added the iron.
Cotton left this building a century ago. What stayed: cold mornings, bare brick and room to move. We hung the bags from the original beams, built the ring where the looms stood, and racked enough steel to load every platform at once.
No mirror walls. No juice bar. Chalk, sweat, and coaches who know your name by round two.
560m²Warehouse floor
14Heavy bags
1Full-size ring
38Classes a week
Train
Five ways in.
Every class runs at every level — your first week and your fiftieth share the same floor. Coaches scale the work, not the standard.
Sparring
Controlled rounds in the ring. Headgear on, egos off. Coach's invitation only.
Strength
Barbells, not machines. Squat, press, pull — programmed in six-week blocks.
Conditioning
Bags, ropes, sleds. Twelve rounds that feel like forty. Bring a towel.
Open Gym
The whole floor, your own plan. Every membership, every open hour.
Corner team
Four coaches. No shouting from the wall.
Everyone on this floor coaches hands-on — pads up, bar loaded, in your corner. Nobody phones it in from a clipboard.
Dez Okafor
Head coach · Boxing
Ex-amateur, 41 bouts. Teaches the jab like a religion.
Mara Kowalczyk
Strength
Powerlifter, 200 kg deadlift. Counts every rep out loud.
Sonny Whitfield
Conditioning
Builds engines. Merciless with a stopwatch, generous with water breaks.
Priya Chauhan
Fundamentals
Starts every beginner. Fixes your guard before your ego.
Membership
Pick your fight.
Rolling monthly, cancel any month. Every plan starts with a free session — you commit after you've hit something.
Open Gym
£32/mo
- Every open-gym hour, 7 days
- Bags, ring (off-peak), racks & platforms
- Gloves and wraps to borrow
- Showers, lockers, chalk
All In
£52/mo
- Everything in Open Gym
- All 38 classes a week
- Strength blocks programmed for you
- Sparring eligibility via your coach
Fight Camp
£79/mo
- Everything in All In
- Two 1-to-1 corners a month
- Fight-night prep & ring priority
- Interclub bouts when you're ready
No joining fee. No contract. Student & NHS: £6 off any plan.
Your first session costs nothing.
Any class on the board, or an hour of open gym with a coach to show you the floor. Gloves and wraps on us. Turn up ten minutes early — we'll do the rest.
Book the free session