Our Member of The Month for March 2018 is Amar Manuel. Amar joined Contenders in 2006 to challenge himself to have a boxing match for his 40th birthday. (As some of you may remember, he has achieved another milestone recently when he turned 50, and did a private session with John to spar 12 rounds!)...

Our Member of The Month for February 2018 is Chris Kalbfleisch who has been training at Contenders since January 2011. CK comes regularly to our noon classes, and also does private training, often joined by his daughter Caleigh. CK used to be an avid runner, but when he turned 40 and felt like “my b...

Our Member of The Month for September 2017 is Amelie Langlois. Amelie started boxing about a year ago to learn how to better defend herself. As to what she likes about doing boxing, she says “I come from a competitive gaming background, so I enjoy the strategy of boxing, and how every opponent needs...

Our Member of The Month for July 2017 is Louis Lay. Louis joined Contenders in February this year with no previous boxing experience, and has been training consistently (twice a day sometimes) since then. Louis makes a great Member of The Month because he tries his best in every class he attends wit...

The member of the month for May of 2017 is Felipe Gomez, who has been boxing at Contenders for just over one year. “I joined in March 2016” says Felipe, “I practiced different sports before, but never boxing and I wanted to give it a try. After the two week trial, I decided to join, and it has been...

Our Member of The Month for April 2017 is Jeannie Patton. Recently Jeannie has been training harder and looking fitter than ever before.  She also sparred in front of a crowd at our event in March, and did a great job. Jeannie says that sparring in front of a crowd for the first time was a “real con...