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Gleason’s Has Boxing FRIDAY and Sunday

 

Amateur boxing this Friday and Sunday at Gleason’s Gym

 

The gym will close early this Friday evening and this Sunday afternoon.

The gym will close at 5 PM on Friday, July 14 and at 2 PM on Sunday,  July 16.

They will be hosting the Annual New York Boxing Tournament.

The first bout on Friday will begin at 7:00PM.

The first bout on Sunday will begin at 4:00PM

All the bouts are sanctioned by USABoxingMetro.

All boxers must have their boxing book with them in order to participate.

The ticket price is $25 per person. Children 6 and under are not charged.

All gym members and registered amateurs with their books in hand pay $15 per person.

The bouts will not be shown on Gleason’s Webcast. You must come in person to see and enjoy the finals.

Founder/editor Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the then-impregnable Mike Tyson. The Brooklyn-based journalist has covered the sport since for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, Bad Left Hook and RING. His journalism career started with NY Newsday in 1999. Michael Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live, since 2017.