The impact our academies have had on their communities

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.

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.

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.

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.