Women and Girls Boxing Takes Off

Girl’s Boxing – Casey Sjogren photo

Boxing Coach BooBoo James would like to thank our community for supporting Friday Harbor’s burgeoning boxing program. In particular she’d like to thank James Guard and Andy Stromberg for their community project that helped buy new gloves, liners and helped with ring upkeep.

Friday Harbor’s boxing program began in Brock and Alexis Hauck’s garage with one boxer and one bag. It slowly it evolved into FHYB (Friday Harbor Youth Boxing). Brock set up behind Larry’s Auto Body, in a cliché of an alleyway with old car parts and gyres. Alexis Hauck began teaching women and it slowly evolved to 2 classes 4 days a week. Brock and Alexis moved off Island and Hannah and Shane Bison took the reigns of the program.

“Then I joined in” said BooBoo, “I have been boxing for 4 years. I teach 6 classes a week for women and 2 classes for High School girls.”

“I have been wanting to teach girls for a long time, and it has truly given me a purpose. I teach boxing skills with bags, a ring, and circuit bootcamp training, lots of squats, pushups, some weights etc. and women and girls of all abilities and ages. There is no team thing you are all doing your own thing, no one is watching, you really work as hard as you want to work, so empowering, to hit the bag, to do a ring combo. I love doing this, and I am so honored and proud that I get this chance.”

They still have a few spaces in the women’s boxing classes led by both BooBoo and Hannah Bison.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday – 8:30-9:30

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – 10:15-11:15

Contact: BooBoo 360-640-4506

Boxing – Casey Sjogren photo

Tuesday, Thursday – 8:45-9:45

Contact: Hannah Bison 298-5469

High School Girl’s Boxing Program. Tuesday and Thursday right after school 3:15-4:15. No experience necessary. Spaces still available.

Contact: BooBoo 360-640-4506

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