Famous boxing gym hosts successful fun day event to encouraging next generation of Sheffield talent

Over 700 people attended a free boxing fun day event at Concord Park organised by the world-renowned Ingle Gym and councillor for Shiregreen & Brightside, Mark Rusling.

The event over Easter featured free chips and ice cream for anyone that came along with a range of different activities such as boxing training sessions, football, cricket and bouncy castles on offer.

It proved a real hit with families around the area.

Coun Rusling told The Star: “I’m a parent myself and I wanted to try and put something interesting on during the school holidays to give kids and families the chance to to try out something that they may have never tried before, while at the same time celebrating the stuff that we have in common.

“It was lovely as there were lots of people having conversations from all different walks of life. Kids having fun making friends. Exactly what you want during the school holidays.”

Prior to the event happening, Luca Ingle explained that his motivation for helping to organise the event was to ‘give back to the community’ while adding that the people in the local area have done so much for him in the past.

Ingle Gym is world renowned for being one of the best places to train at boxing in the country. Founded in the 1960s by the late Brendan Ingle, over the years they’ve helped harness the talents of stars like "Prince" Naseem Hamed, Johnny Nelson, Kell Brook and Junior Witter among others.

“Anyone that knows boxing, knows about the Ingle gym,” explained Coun Rusling.

“It’s right on our doorstep and it’s something to be proud of and we wanted to show that off a bit.

“There’s so much good going on in this community. It was a great event for boxing. We also invited Shiregreen cricket club, who are a fantastic team. Events like this are great for the community aspect and encourage kids to try new things.”