But Brendan Ingle’s gym in Wincobank has always punched well above its weight on the international boxing stage, with the great man training a slew of British and world champions including the likes of ‘Prince’ Naseem Hamed and Kell Brook. The gym is still going strong despite the man who made it such a globally renowned cradle of the sport having sadly died in 2018.
Here are 13 photos of the famous gym and the people who have made it tick over the years.
1. Young boxers 1980
Brendan Ingle, boxing promoter, pictured with young boxers in 1980 Photo: Bob Westerdale
2. Esham Pickering
Pete Skinner, second from right, called into Brendon Ingle's Newman Road gym to sponsor one of up his and coming boxers, Esham Pickering, second left. Left to right are, Brendan, Esham Pickering, ex world champ Tim Witherspoon, Pete Skinner and John Daly, September 2003 Photo: Andrew Partridge staff
3. Johnny Nelson
Johnny Nelson and young boxing champions at Brendan Ingle's gym January 1994 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
4. Junior Witter
Pictured is the latest World Boxing Champion to come out of Brendan Ingle's Newman Road Gym, Junior Witter won the WBF Light Welterweight Title beating Malcolm Melvin in Newcastle in February 1999 Photo: Steve Ellis