Police boxing club formed
Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson are just three famous examples of unknown young Americans who turned to the sport of boxing to escape poverty and who went on to exceed their wildest expectations by becoming World Champions.
Could it be that we have a prospective future World Champion lurking within the ranks of the Hong Kong Police Force? That's exactly what we intend to find out now that we have officially formed the new 'Police Boxing Club'.
The Club came into existence last month as a result of popular demand from Police officers who had witnessed the success of the Police run juvenile 'Breakthrough Boxing Club' over the past four years.
The Club was formed under the Chairmanship of CSP Ian Seabourne, CSP SQ; and is run by SP Barry Smith, PTU NTN; SP Danny Lawley, SP Adm NTN, and IP Ng Chit-bun, IP BORDIST NTN.
"Boxing is a fantastic form of cardio vascular fitness training which helps develop stamina, co-ordination and self-confidence," explained Mr Smith, one of the trainers at the new Club.
"Needless to say its also a handy skill to know in the event that you get into trouble whilst on patrol," he added.
"We have without doubt one of the best equipped boxing gyms in Hong Kong," said Mr Lawley when describing the Club's location in NTN Regional Headquarters in Tai Po.
"We presently meet twice a week on Mondays and Thursday at 6pm and are actively seeking any male or female officers or civilians, who are interested in learning the sport."
"Don't worry," quipped Mr Ng, adding: "All our trainers are very experienced and despite what you may believe, you are very unlikely to get injured. We adhere to a strictly enforced safety-training regime and do not allow fighters to overstep the mark. All boxers must wear headguards and other protective gear at all times to minimise the possibility of injury, and sparring is vigorously controlled."
"It is the aim of our Club to quickly train up officers to compete at the Hong Kong Championship level. Once we have achieved success at this level, we will look to compete at the Asian Games as well as the Police and Fire Games in the future," said Mr Seabourne, who believes the participation of the Police Force will have a very positive effect on the local boxing scene.
Boxing is great fun to learn and extremely beneficial as a means of keeping fit and learning an effective self-defence skill. Any interested officers or civilians (and yes... we want ladies too!!) should contact Mr Lawley at 2666-4207 to join the Club, the membership of which is free at present.
Newly formed Police Boxing Club aims to groom future champions