BOXING: WHERE TO DO IT

1. White Collar Boxing London whitecollarboxinglondon.com

With a 10-week training programme that builds to a single climactic fight (complete with personalised theme music), this course on London’s Old Kent Road is designed to recreate a professional boxing experience.

2. Tower Fitness Corporate Boxing jacksonwilliams.co.uk

Jackson Williams offers corporate employees the chance to pulverise any latent co-worker tension. The Norwich-based training course is tantamount to a personalised Rocky-style montage, and culminates in an epic – but safe – bout in the ring.

3. Legions Gym York legionsgym.co.uk

Open to all ages and skill levels, Legions is a specialist boxing gym split over 5,200 sq ft to target combat and strength and conditioning. Classes range from those that train fighters to enter the ring, to those that have a more general fitness element.

4. F.I.T Club fitclub.co.uk

Newcastle’s F.I.T Club offers participants the chance to hone their boxing skills from scratch or develop them further. Classes cover stance, punching, movement and defensive techniques.

5. BXR bxrlondon.com

Backed by heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, BXR London is a boutique boxing gym in London that offers members access to fitness classes, personal training sessions and a full-sized ring.

6. York Sports Centre york-sport.com

Boxercise adapts techniques from the sport and builds them into an aerobics class, which helps to improve rhythm, co-ordination and general fitness.