Leigh Amateur Boxing Club

Est. 2001

Leigh Boxing & Fitness Gym

Team Leigh Boxing : Scott Street, Leigh, Lancs, WN7 5AL

Team Leigh Searching for the Next Boxing Star !

Leigh Amateur Boxing Club are inviting all local youngsters (boys and girls) between the ages of 7yrs and 18yrs to come along to Leigh Boxing & Fitness Gym to see if they have the potential to follow in the footsteps of Leigh ABC boxers who have won over 90 Regional and National ABA titles, represented England and gone on to make their mark in the Professional ranks. Current boxers including Tom Jones, Adam Ridge, Matty Burgess, Ashley Peyton, Martin Stokes, Paddy Brown, Steve Backhouse, Michael Connor, John Turner, Sean Connor and others who all train at Leigh Boxing & Fitness Gym and have had over 300 bouts between them, and are part of a successful 30+ strong squad who box regularly throughout the country.
While the facilities at Leigh Boxing & Fitness Gym are available to anyone who just wants to improve their fitness, the qualified and experienced 10 person Coaching Team are keen to help more local youngsters advance to competition level and join in the boxing success being brought to the Leigh and Wigan area by Leigh ABC.
The Facilities are also available to Professional boxers, Amateur Boxers, Martial Arts or MMA fighters who feel they could benefit from training alongside some of the best boxing talent in the country.
The Gym has Professional & Amateur Coaches and many Professional Boxers regularly train and spar at the facilities alongside the Boxing Squad.
If you feel you would like to give Amateur Boxing a go and possibly join a Leigh Boxing Squad that has won over 90 ABA Titles, come along to Leigh Boxing & Fitness Gym any evening and have a chat with one of the male or female coaches.
Junior Classes (7yrs-13yrs/boys & girls): Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur & Fri 5pm-6pm
Junior & Senior Classes (male & female) Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur 6pm-7.30pm Fri 5.30-7pm
Saturday Morning : Carded Boxers Sparring
Boxing Squad Tue & Fri 6pm-7.30pm
Juniors (under 16yrs) £1.50 per session. Seniors £2.50. (Students & Unemployed £1.50)

Training Times

Boxing Fitness Classes & Personal Training

Matty Loses Out in National Final (25th Feb '12)

Team Leigh 14 year old Matty Burgess suffered Final heartbreak on saturday afternoon in the Schoolboy light welterweight National Final in Mansfield. Taking on the giant British Champion Daniel Dubois of London based Dale Youth ABC, Matty never got into his customary all-out attack, frustrated by both Dubois skill and height. No shame in defeat to a real classy youngster, and the experience Matty has had in this seasons competition, the heart and desire he has shown, sees him now ranked at Number 2 in England. Well Done Matty !

Team Leigh Boxers in NW Region Squad in Guernsey (Feb 20th '12)

Marcus is NACYP National Champion ! (4 Dec '10)

Leigh ABC's Marcus Morrison has been crowned the NACYP National Welterweight Champion for 2010. In a devastating display of speed and power, Marcus beat Repton ABC star boxer Ben Hall 16-9 in Portsmouth on saturday afternoon. The bout could have been over in the first minute as Marcus crashed a massive right, forcing Hall to take a standing eight count, and then continually bombarded the London based boxer who was fortunate to see out the round. To Hall's credit though, he dug deep but was continually struggling to cope with the Leigh boxer's hand spped and accuracy. Heavy right hands in both the second and third round again confirmed Marcus' dominance, leaving the result beyond doubt. A fantastic win for Marcus, Leigh ABC and the town !

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World Champion Joan Guzman Training at Leigh ABC on Saturday ! (6 March '10)

Joan Guzman will be in Leigh on saturday afternoon, training at Leigh Boxing & Fitness Gym along with some of the Leigh ABC boxers. Everyone is welcome to come along, take photos and maybe get photos and autographs with the Brooklyn based, Dominican Republic born boxer.
Joan is training in preparation for his next fight against Ali Funeka in Las Vegas on April 27th.
Joan had an incredible 320 amateur bouts of which he won 310 ! Winning the Pan Am Games before turning pro and is now unbeaten in 29 fights and a two weight World Champ !
Not every day you get the chance to see a fighter like this !!

Leigh ABC coach George Gilbody versus The Hitman !

Leigh ABC Performance Coach George Gilbody is pictured boxing against the ledgendary Thomas "Hitman" Hearns in a GB v USA match in the 1980 Olympic Games. George is recognised as one of the best English amateur boxers of all time having won 11 National ABA titles during his illustrious career.
After years out of the sport, George was pursuaded by Head Coach Adrian Fleming to join Leigh ABC as a performance coach, primarily working with boxers leading up to the various championships. George is also now an ABA National Manager, taking various national squads to International tournaments.

Leigh Boxing & Fitness Gym. Scott Street (off Wigan Road) Leigh, Lancs, WN7 5AL Tel ; 01942 206124 email ; leighabc2001@yahoo.co.uk

Affilliated to the Amateur Boxing Association of England

Affilliated to the National Association of Clubs for Young People

Young people stay on right track through boxing

Police in West Leigh are encouraging young people to get in the boxing ring and off the streets.

The scheme, which takes place at Leigh Amateur Boxing Club on Scott Street in Leigh, is part of the X-Zones initiative run by Wigan Council.

This aims to get young people across the borough involved in positive activities as a way of reducing anti-social behaviour and keeping them fighting fit.

PC Andy Doran of the Leigh West Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) said: “This is a fantastic way for young people to get involved in sport and learn self-discipline. Those that run the boxing club are committed to working with them and offer a fantastic service to the community. I would encourage people to come down and get involved.”

Adrian Fleming, head coach at Leigh Amateur Boxing Club, added: “We are only too happy to help get young people into sport to keep them on the right track in life, and I would encourage anyone interested to come along to one of our sessions.”

Training sessions (£1.50 for under 16s):
· Junior class for 8-14s: Monday to Thursday from 5pm to 6pm
· Senior class for 14yrs and over: Monday to Thursday from 6pm to 7.30pm
· Class for juniors and seniors: Saturday mornings from 10.30am to 12 noon

* There is also a free training session on Friday nights for those young people referred to the club as part of the X-Zones scheme.

Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service

Leigh ABC Head Coach Adrian Fleming was on Wish FM Radio on friday morning talking about the club's work with local Youth Services and GM Police in running the successful X Zone initiative which encourages local youngsters to use the facililities at Leigh Boxing & Fitness Gym free of charge on Friday evenings.