White Collar Boxing is a form of boxing where men and women in white collar professions train to fight at special events. Most have no previous experience of boxing.
US origins of the sport
The sport first came to prominence in mid-1990s New York. Many professional people joined previously blue collar gyms like Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn - one of the oldest boxing gyms in the US. According to a 2004 Business Week article, by that year over 65% of Gleason's membership was from a white collar background. The same article said that 70% of the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood were white collar boxers. Boxing had traditionally been viewed as a working class pursuit - a way out of the ghetto - but the growth of white collar boxing has seen a middle class influx in to the game. Many are prepared to enter in to a gruelling work-out routine in order to take part in organised bouts that are often well attended.
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