The Women Who Want to Fight

The Women Who Want to Fight

Twenty-one years ago, at university, I landed a beautiful left hook on my friend. I was supposed to miss. We were rehearsing for a production of Fifteen-Minute Hamlet, and we hadn’t measured the distance correctly. I started kickboxing;…
Rest & be thankful

Rest & be thankful

I was guilty of overtraining when I was younger. I’d turn up for a boxing fight-camp session with John having already done a circuit training session, then a 2-hour Muay Thai session. My cycle to work was an hour each way, and after I got…
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Port O’ Leith Games – 27th June

2026 Port O’Leith Boxing Club. 27th June 2pm   EVENT 1: ENGINE RELAY (Relay – For Time) Ski Erg 650m → Row 650m → Assault Bike 850m → Run 550m Physical hand-touch relay; running between stations counts Score: Fastest…

You want to lose weight? But

You want to lose weight? But… When is the word ‘lose’ ever a good starting point? Thinking about losing weight is all consuming and can move people to extremes of under eating (then often binging), or over exercising (then getting fatigued,…

Weight Divisions by Lily Priggs

What’s all the fuss about making weight? Making weight is an important part of boxing. Put simply, people want to fight at their strongest, fittest and lightest, which will always be predetermined by their genetic make-up. Carrying the right…

Understanding the Boxing Pro Game and why Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua still haven’t danced together under the lights

  This is for the large number of our members who are new to the world of boxing and want to understand the layers and politics involved in putting on the most wanted fights. To start with, there are four sanctioning bodies all of…

Sun, Sea and all Sets…

Worried that all your training goes to pot as soon as you step off the plane and onto the sand? It doesn’t matter – periods of rest are good for your body!! Enjoy a sweat, boxing and burpee free existence for a short while. Come back…

The comeback!

On Friday 22nd March, I weighed in for a fight that never took place. I was totally gutted; however, I’ve been blown away by all the responses to my weigh-in picture. So, here’s a blog on how I did it…  In all honesty, it wasn’t…

POL Games Review

We would like to thank everyone who attended and participated in the first Port O’Leith Games! Nine brilliant teams battled it out which resulted in a day of laughter and fun! Special mention goes to the team that travelled all the way from…

Boxing footwork and the Port O’ Leith Annual Christmas Ceilidh

  In light of the Christmas social, this next blog will try and demonstrate why boxing and Ceilidh dancing may be the perfect complement for one another.   We won’t be the first boxers to use dance as a tool to improve…

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