Champion young people,
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Growing communities through boxing.
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Our Mission in NZ

Partnering with communities to establish leading-practice, youth focused boxing gyms.

Through sharing Programmes, Systems and Governance resources, we partner with local communities to achieve our vision of Champion young people who contribute to their communities.

We've got the right hook

Over 10,000 Rangatahi,
and counting

Young people of all backgrounds are choosing to engage with our network of boxing gyms.

Through our programmes they develop mental, social, and physical skills, forming lasting friendships that will enable them to pursue their dreams and positively impact their communities.
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‘Boxing has the power to transform lives. It has an almost unmatched capability to engage some of the most disaffected young people and help to combat a massive range of social problems, covering crime, educational underachievement, health and fitness and community cohesion’

- Nicola Adams, Boxing: The Right Hook Report

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across new zealand we have
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Engaging over 900
young people each week
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Over 90 education providers have
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The academy helped me develop important life skills such as the values. You’ve helped me gain confidence and encourage me to take risks and take my interests and passions and turn them into something positive for myself and others.

Lucan
Lucan
Mid Canterbury Boxing Academy

My first time in the ring at a competition I was very nervous. But the Academy has a strong brotherhood that is always in my corner, and this remains as we grow older together.  From the start I could see how the Academy cared about building good young men, not just good boxers.  The values of the Academy are taught from the ‘Passport to Succes’ and this is one of the most important tools I have learnt here.

The Academy has had a pretty massive impact on me, it makes me think of the consequences of my actions before I act, it’s made me like myself, who I am and are becoming as a person, and how I carry myself and act towards other people.

Saxon
Saxon
Naenae Boxing Academy

When boxing you must have dreams and then set goals to reach those dreams. Being successful in boxing allowed me to dream bigger than before and set a goal of going to university unlike many of my family before me. And I achieved that, thanks to Naenae Boxing Academy.

Nate
Nate
Naenae Boxing Academy

There is a strong sense of brotherhood in the academy, everyone is there to grow and to support each other to grow. The academy instilled in me the ability to treat others as you wish to be treated, work hard, show-up for your goals and for yourself and you will be able to achieve great things. I recently graduated with a law degree, and I am about to be admitted to the bar.

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Invercargill Southern Queens

Logan

At the time, I wasn’t sure where I stood in life. I wasn’t happy, I barely left my house, and I was struggling mentally. I don’t know if it was the release of emotions when I cried in someone’s arms halfway through sparring, but I didn’t realize how much weight I was carrying. I wasn’t crying because I was physically in pain, but because of everything mentally. I ended up showing up early every day, excited to train hard and push myself. I loved the gym, helping the kids, and trying to get better.

October 17, 2024
Naenae Boxing Academy

Nate

Over 13 years ago there was an episode on the “Sunday” TVNZ program about Billy and the Naenae Boxing Academy – I was intrigued! I had also seen how some of the boys from school had become extremely fit and gained a really positive attitude from going to the gym. I went to sign up as soon as I could after that.

October 16, 2024
Mid Canterbury Boxing Academy

Lucan

The Academy has had a pretty massive impact on me, it makes me think of the consequences of my actions before I act. It’s made me like myself, who I am and are becoming as a person, and how I carry myself and act towards other people.

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