'Grasses:' Doncaster boxer's anger after gym is raided by police over Covid claims

The gym, where world female boxing champ Terri Harper trains, was blitzed by police after officers received a number of calls saying it was open during the coronavirus lockdown.

But in an angry attack, owner and boxer Stefy Bull has blasted those who called the police as ‘grasses’ and said that current rules allowed the Conisbrough gym to stay open as a training base for elite athletes.

In a social media post he fumed: “5 police cars and 12 police offers have turned up to my gym tonight after receiving not 1, not 2, BUT THREE reports (grasses) that our gym is open to the public.

“Gym is NOT open to the public it's open to professional boxers - under the government ruling elite athletes can train as it's a place of work.

“So for you THREE grasses police left politely as everyone in the gym was professional boxers and coaches.

“Thanks to my friends Jimmy James Harrington and Ray Doyle for dealing [with the] situation in my absence.”

Gyms across the nation are closed to the public following the Government's decision to implement a third lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus.

Professional athletes, however, are allowed to continue using them under Government guidelines.

The gym is used as a training base by WBC and IBO super-featherweight queen Terri Harper, who successfully defending her titles against Norway's Katharina Thanderz in November.