Our February Member of the Month is Steve Brown, a dedicated member of our 6 a.m. team! Steve came to all the morning classes in January, and he cites his fellow morning boxers as his inspiration. “It’s the people that inspire me to keep coming to class. Everybody is very friendly with no egos. No m...

Our Member of The Month for January 2019 is Shivam Arora. Shivam joined Contenders 2.5 years ago when he just moved from Toronto, and was looking for something new and challenging. “Boxing always appealed to me because of the power and agility that boxers have to have, so I just googled it, and Cont...

Our Member of The Month for October 2018 is Aline Mello. Even though she has started school recently which requires 10 hours of studying every day and makes it difficult for her to attend her favourite lunch time classes, she still tries to get her daily workout in by coming to the gym in the mornin...

Our Member of The Month for September 2018 is Len Catling. Len joined Contenders in December last year because he had always wanted to try boxing. “It’s a great combination of strength training and cardio. It’s also a very complex sport that challenges your mind as well as your endurance. I followed...

Our member of the month for August, 2018 is Ryan Lee, who is a portfolio analyst for a commercial mortgage lender. We chose him this month due to his humble demeanour and his recent step-up to sparring and more competitive boxing. When Ryan joined Contenders in September of 2017, it was his first ti...

Our Member of The Month for June is Indu Iyer. Indu has been training at Contenders since January 2016. She attends 3 to 5 classes a week, and her hard work does not go unnoticed by not only our instructors, but also by her fellow members. Indu had always wanted to do boxing as a kid, but “coming fr...