{"id":77,"date":"2018-12-07T13:18:08","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T13:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brendaningle.com\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2019-10-02T08:38:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T08:38:59","slug":"ingle-boxing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.brendaninglefoundation.org.uk\/?page_id=77","title":{"rendered":"Ingle Boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"

For over four decades Brendan Ingle MBE and the Ingle Gym have been\u00a0training, managing and guiding.<\/span><\/p>\n

Herol ‘Bomber’ Graham, Ryan Rhodes, Johnny Nelson, Prince Naseem\u00a0Hamed, Junior Witter and Kell Brook are all synonymous with the gym\u00a0and all learnt their trade in the classic, raw and no-nonsense\u00a0surroundings of a converted church hall.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 1964 iron girders have watched over, while holding rows of\u00a0heavybags for the fighters to train as the gym has forged champions.<\/span><\/p>\n

A rough, worn wooden floor; rattled and splintered with dust\u00a0collecting in nearby corners, but still showing lines and circles;\u00a0dictating how footwork taught in the gym should be maintained and\u00a0mastered.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two speedbags hinged on the walls and a ring standing alone at the end\u00a0of the hall, where it has been since the beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Medicine balls and iron bars used to anchor feet to sit up and\u00a0strengthen abdominals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bars attached to the iron girders above the gym serve for pull ups,\u00a0while metal rings on the wall are hinged for holding drinks.<\/span><\/p>\n

No set cardiovascular area; members skip, step up, run laps of the\u00a0hall or use Newman Road itself where the gym is based.<\/span><\/p>\n

A changing room, a few old lockers, showers, toilets and the door in and out.\u00a0Radiators turned on in the winter and side doors opened in summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

No air conditioning, treadmills or hand bikes but everything a fighter\u00a0needs and requires to train.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For over four decades Brendan Ingle MBE and the Ingle Gym have been\u00a0training, managing and guiding. Herol ‘Bomber’ Graham, Ryan Rhodes, Johnny Nelson, Prince Naseem\u00a0Hamed, Junior Witter and Kell Brook are all synonymous with the gym\u00a0and all learnt their trade in the classic, raw and no-nonsense\u00a0surroundings of a converted church hall. Since 1964 iron girders have watched over, while holding rows of\u00a0heavybags for the fighters to train as the gym has forged champions. A rough, worn wooden floor; rattled and splintered with dust\u00a0collecting in nearby corners, but still showing lines and circles;\u00a0dictating how footwork taught in the gym should be maintained and\u00a0mastered. Two speedbags hinged on the walls and a ring standing alone at the end\u00a0of the hall, where it has been since the beginning. Medicine balls and iron bars used to anchor feet to sit up and\u00a0strengthen abdominals. Bars attached to the iron girders above the gym serve for pull ups,\u00a0while metal rings on the wall are hinged for holding drinks. No set cardiovascular area; members skip, step up, run laps of the\u00a0hall or use Newman Road itself where the gym is based. A changing room, a few old lockers, showers, toilets and the door in and out.\u00a0Radiators turned on in the winter and side doors opened in summer. No air conditioning, treadmills or hand bikes but everything a fighter\u00a0needs and requires to train.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-77","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brendaninglefoundation.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brendaninglefoundation.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brendaninglefoundation.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brendaninglefoundation.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brendaninglefoundation.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.brendaninglefoundation.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179,"href":"http:\/\/www.brendaninglefoundation.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77\/revisions\/179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brendaninglefoundation.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brendaninglefoundation.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}