Robinsons Gym
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Help world boxing champ Stephen Robinson train at-risk youth through a new gym in South Wales.
Growing up on the streets, many young kids want to learn how to fight as a way to survive. Craving leadership and direction, they often fall into the wrong hands and end up on a path of destruction strewn with broken dreams.
I want to offer kids experiencing hardships in Cardiff, South Wales a new path by taking them off the streets and giving them formal training in the sport of boxing, teaching them self-discipline and good sportsmanship while contributing to their holistic health.
I am Stephen Robinson, a Hall of Fame boxer and former World Boxing Organization (WBO) world featherweight champion.
I started boxing at the age of 9 and had 14 schoolboy and junior fights before I stopped boxing and left school with no qualifications.
At that point, my mindset wasn't focused on what I wanted to do in my life. I was unemployed when I bumped into my old trainer Ronnie Rush in the dole office. He reminded me of my natural talent and encouraged me to get back into boxing.
I took his advice, and when I got back in the boxing ring, my life started changing for the better. I had eight senior amateur fights and then turned professional at the age of 20, in 1989.
From there, my career started taking off. I won the Welsh Featherweight title age 22.
I won the WBA Penta Continental Junior world title a year later in 1992.
Then I won the World WBO Featherweight title with 48 hours’ notice while working as a part-time warehouse store assistant at Debenhams. I earned just £52 a week.
Today, I share all that I’ve learned about the mental and physical game of boxing as a pro boxing coach.
At Robinson’s Gym Ltd, we will build a local hub for anyone who wants to get and stay fit from the inside out, from professionals and amateurs to community members of all ages and backgrounds. We will help our members improve their health and stamina through specialist classes, 1 to 1 coaching, group sessions, and more. We’ll also maintain a special focus on training at-risk young people from 9 years up.
I'll be there to share everything I've learned over my years as a professional boxer with the community. Through my work as a coach and my personal experiences, I know boxing doesn't just build your physical fitness. It helps balance and strengthen from within, relieving stress and anxiety, improving sleep quality, and enhancing a person’s mental and physical health. Boxing is the art to fighting and teaches you not to get hit in life.
To bring this vision to life, we are looking to raise £25K to establish a state-of-the-art gym. The gym will operate as a social enterprise and community interest company (CIC), so our profits and assets will be used for the public good.
You can help us reach our goal! Your donation of any size can be made securely with a credit card via this page. We are happy to thank donors publicly on this page, on our social media accounts, and in any other ways we can to show appreciation of your generous donation. We also offer corporate sponsorships; please contact me for details about the benefits of sponsorship at different levels.
If you want to support our cause but aren’t able to donate at this time, you can still help by sharing this cause on your social media pages.
Thank you in advance for joining us to help the Cardiff community get fit, stay focused, feel confident, and achieve their goals through the power of boxing!
Thank you,
Sincerely,
Stephen Robinson
[email redacted]
www.robinsonsgym.com
Instagram: @steverobinson24
https://www.instagram.com/steverobinson17/?hl=en
Facebook: @Steve-Robinson-928806517134764
https://www.facebook.com/Steve-Robinson-928806517134764
Twitter: @steverobinson24
https://twitter.com/steverobinson24?s=20
Growing up on the streets, many young kids want to learn how to fight as a way to survive. Craving leadership and direction, they often fall into the wrong hands and end up on a path of destruction strewn with broken dreams.
I want to offer kids experiencing hardships in Cardiff, South Wales a new path by taking them off the streets and giving them formal training in the sport of boxing, teaching them self-discipline and good sportsmanship while contributing to their holistic health.
I am Stephen Robinson, a Hall of Fame boxer and former World Boxing Organization (WBO) world featherweight champion.
I started boxing at the age of 9 and had 14 schoolboy and junior fights before I stopped boxing and left school with no qualifications.
At that point, my mindset wasn't focused on what I wanted to do in my life. I was unemployed when I bumped into my old trainer Ronnie Rush in the dole office. He reminded me of my natural talent and encouraged me to get back into boxing.
I took his advice, and when I got back in the boxing ring, my life started changing for the better. I had eight senior amateur fights and then turned professional at the age of 20, in 1989.
From there, my career started taking off. I won the Welsh Featherweight title age 22.
I won the WBA Penta Continental Junior world title a year later in 1992.
Then I won the World WBO Featherweight title with 48 hours’ notice while working as a part-time warehouse store assistant at Debenhams. I earned just £52 a week.
Today, I share all that I’ve learned about the mental and physical game of boxing as a pro boxing coach.
At Robinson’s Gym Ltd, we will build a local hub for anyone who wants to get and stay fit from the inside out, from professionals and amateurs to community members of all ages and backgrounds. We will help our members improve their health and stamina through specialist classes, 1 to 1 coaching, group sessions, and more. We’ll also maintain a special focus on training at-risk young people from 9 years up.
I'll be there to share everything I've learned over my years as a professional boxer with the community. Through my work as a coach and my personal experiences, I know boxing doesn't just build your physical fitness. It helps balance and strengthen from within, relieving stress and anxiety, improving sleep quality, and enhancing a person’s mental and physical health. Boxing is the art to fighting and teaches you not to get hit in life.
To bring this vision to life, we are looking to raise £25K to establish a state-of-the-art gym. The gym will operate as a social enterprise and community interest company (CIC), so our profits and assets will be used for the public good.
You can help us reach our goal! Your donation of any size can be made securely with a credit card via this page. We are happy to thank donors publicly on this page, on our social media accounts, and in any other ways we can to show appreciation of your generous donation. We also offer corporate sponsorships; please contact me for details about the benefits of sponsorship at different levels.
If you want to support our cause but aren’t able to donate at this time, you can still help by sharing this cause on your social media pages.
Thank you in advance for joining us to help the Cardiff community get fit, stay focused, feel confident, and achieve their goals through the power of boxing!
Thank you,
Sincerely,
Stephen Robinson
[email redacted]
www.robinsonsgym.com
Instagram: @steverobinson24
https://www.instagram.com/steverobinson17/?hl=en
Facebook: @Steve-Robinson-928806517134764
https://www.facebook.com/Steve-Robinson-928806517134764
Twitter: @steverobinson24
https://twitter.com/steverobinson24?s=20
Fundraising team (4)
Stephen Robinson
Organizer
Bernard Carleton
Team member
Claire Williams
Team member
Jacob Robinson
Team member
Rhian Walstow
Team member