In November we had a great Dinner Show which saw 6 out of the 7 winners for the home club. Some awards were handed out for "West Ham Boxing Club Lifetime Achievement" to Nigel Benn, Billy Walker and Jimmy Tibbs.
The "Mickey May Performance Award" was presented to our boxer Bradley Khan by Mickey's 2 daughter Karen and Danielle
Riley cannon won the national development championship pictured in West Ham badge
Bradley Khan won the title of National Junior Champion. He fought at 38kg for West Ham Boxing Club. Bradley was nine years old when he joined West Ham Boxing Club and has worked his way up over the six years that he has been there. Bradley’s parents Mr & Mrs Khan told Newham Voices: “We are all super proud of him and this is only the beginning of his boxing career”
Our very own Connor Mitchell won both the London NAC Finals and the NABGC Boxing Championships. Connor Mitchell is pictured here alongside his father Kevin Mitchell, a previous world title contender
Angel of the North Box Cup 2023
The Magnificent Seven 2021!
West Ham Boxing Club's team got a Magnificent Seven champions at the National Junior Championships 2022, which has been running since 1930s and is "a breeding ground for some of the country’s future boxing stars".
Here are the names of our winners:
Harry Penny - (our longest serving current member) has been at West Ham since he was 6 years old, and this day achieved what he always wanted: to be on the Board of Honour alongside the teammates he has grown up with at the club
Frank Middleton is also a long-standing member of the club who started at West Ham at a very young age.
Our other Champion Boxers were:
Josh Jarvis , Chalice Brown, Luke Rodda, Riley Murray
...and finally Antony Connors who also has won European gold medal for Great Britain whilst at West Ham
Coaches
Chris Penny, our current Head Coach, led this great team to such an amazing achievement—the first time the club has achieved 7 junior national champions. It is a credit to the head coach that the team was able to achieve something so historic.
Chris worked alongside our other coaches, Richie Hines, Charlie Brown, Jim Rafter & Jason Bull