Press Archive
24th June 2009
Radio Oxford
John Houston Interviewed on Radio Oxford Morning show with two of the Rumble contenders
17th June 2009
Radio Oxford
John Houston Interviewed on Radio Oxford Morning show
21st Jan 2009
Pancake fun saved from knock–out
Wallingford Herald
"Wallingford's pancake race has been saved from a knock–out after a boxing club stepped in."
Front Page
27th November 2008
Radio Oxford
John Houston and Micky Steeds Interviewed on Radio Oxford Afternoon show
12th June 2008
Club's help for tots
Wallingford Herald
"Oxfordshire's only white-collar boxing club raised more than £700 for a pre-school"
News Article
17/18th May 2008
At Last I'm Back In The Ring
FT
"What about my husband and children, my friend asked. Surely I would like to stay alive long enough to look after them?"
Mrs Moneypenny
10th January 2008
Knock–out Boost
The Wallingford Herald
"White-collar boxers faced screaming fans as they entered the ring to raise thousands of pounds for charity at a special fight night."
Emily Allen
6th December 2007
They're ready for the Rumble at the Regal…
The Wallingford Herald
"Boxers have been limbering up this week in preparation for the bigget fight night of their lives."
News article
27th September 2007
Look out – They're ready to rumble …
The Wallingford Herald
"Professional boxer Mickey Steeds climbed into the ring at South Moreton's white-collar boxing club to show club members how to fight."
News article
26th July 2007
Boxing club's knock-out effort
The Wallingford Herald
"BIG-hearted boxers have handed over £4,400 to charity."
News article
July 2007
Know What I Mean?
Round & About Magazine
"Claire has a special interest in developing the presence of ladies who wish to get fit, but are finding traditional gym membership is not necessarily the answer."
Alex Watt
22nd March 2007
Are you ready for a right Regal rumble?
The Wallingford Herald
"Twenty 'white-coller' boxers from south Oxfordshire are preparing for a showdown at a special charity fight night."
Chris Buratta
14th March 2006
Get Ready To Rumble
Oxford Mail
"'The Rumble At The Regal', at Wallingford's Regal Centre, is in aid of South Moreton's church and primary school, and Helen and Douglas House hospices in Oxford."
Chris Buratta
10/11th Mar 2007
What's the use?
FT Magazine
As a believer in the survival of the fittest, Mrs M ponders the point of parakeets and husbands
"Back home in South Oxfordshire … I spend part of every weekend at the South Moreton Boxing Club"
Mrs Moneypenny
27th November 2006
Auction Guests Pack A Punch
The Oxfordshire Weekly
"A signed portrait of Mike Tyson and gloves autographed by Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn were among lots at a charity auction ... organised by the owner of the Box-Fit gym in South Moreton."
Front Cover Story
23rd November 2006
Knock-out Sum Raised at Charity Night
Wallingford Herald
"Special guests at the evening, which raised £4,600 for the charity Kids Enjoy Sports Now and AFC Wallingford, were former world champions middleweight Alan Minter and flyweight Charlie Magri."
General News
6th September 2006
It Beats The Hell Out Of A Day Job
Sunday Times
"Boxing is the greatest leveler of all, and it replaces with a new vitality every ounce of pretence and corporate arrogance that it strips away."
Alex Wade
July 2006
Box For Fitness
Round & About Magazine
"I've tried gyms but found them boring. Things are changing though - I have recently taken up Whitecollar Boxing! This is the training that professional boxers undergo, but without the need to get into a ring and fight an opponent."
Alex Watt
June/July 2006
John's On A Mission To Keep Us All Fighting Fit
Oxford Times : In Business Magazine
Andrew Smith Discovers How A Good Workout Can Rally Pack A Punch
"John Houston recently set up Box-Fit PT in South Moreton, near Didcot, with the aim of offering people from all walks of life an alternative to the gym in the form of whitecollar boxing."
Andrew Smith
25th May 2006
A new fighting chance to get fit
Wallingford Herald
Gym gives locals the chance to hit back
"Box-Fit PT is the first dedicated whitecollar boxing club outside London.
"It will give office workers the chance to train like professional fighters, without necessarily getting hit."
Chris Buratta
19th May 2006
Fight Your Way Into Shape
Oxford Mail
"The gym was the brainchild of boxing trainer John Houston and was officially launched by former World Flyweight champion Charlie Magri.
"For the last two years [John] has been working as a whitecollar boxing trainer in London but he decided to ditch the commute and bring the sport to his home county."
Chris Buratta
18th May 2006
Posh Boxing's G-Lovely Jubbly
South Oxon Courier Journal
"[John's] Decision to open the first whitecollar club outside London came about when he became tired of the commute from Wallingford
"The club has been approached to help Wallingford's rugby and football teams in their pre-season training"
Sports Page
13th May 2006
Bout Time
FT Magazine
Mrs M Discovers that violence can be the answer to boring keep-fit regimes
"Thus at 9am on the early May bank holiday I was climbing through the ropes, hands wrapped in bandages and tape, to thump the hell out of the pads held up to me by John Houston."
Mrs Moneypenny
Media Archive
24th May 2006
Central News
Box-Fit is featured on Central News watch it now.
24th May 2006
Radio Oxford
John co-hosts the Bill Heine Show and you can listen to the full 3 hours!