Couple's Olympic-sized charity challenge is to complete every sport
The Times
July 2021
Exhibition by Picasso might knock you out
Boxing club partners up with gallery to show art in an unusual setting.
Oxford Mail
March 2018
Punchline!
Looking for an exciting way to get fit in 2017? Liz Nicholls talks to John Houston of South Moreton Boxing Club about how to pack a punch in 2017
Round & About
January 2017
Lissenden holds on to title
Regional super middleweight champion Lissenden defended his title against previously unbeaten Jake Heasman.
Didcot Herald
5th October 2016
Skop punches way to dominant win
Darius Skop produced a dominating performance to record an emphatic win over tough rival Jody Meikle.
Didcot Herald
29th June 2016
Deadly Darius is a big hit at famous York Hall
Darius Skop made it six wins out of six to continue the explosive start to professional boxing.
Didcot Herald
2nd March 2016
New champion Lissenden is targeting more success
Didcot super-middleweight Gavin Lissenden believes the best is yet to come after claiming his first major title.
Herald
17th February 2016
Doctor braves the ring for mental health cash
Dr Andrew Molodynski, a psychiatrist, is in training for the bout to raise money for mental health charity Restore. PM Cameron donates port in support.
Herald
2nd December 2015
Oxfordshire's Ringmaster
Stuart Macbeth talks to the person behind the area's first white-collar boxing club.
Oxford Times
27th August 2015
Ex-champ in a knock-out show at club
Tim Witherspoon visits SMBC
Didcot Herald
2nd October 2013
Stripping Off…
Naked Calendar that really packs a punch!
Oxford Mail
17th December 2012
Charity knocked out by boxers’ calender
Club’s first nude calender proves a big hit…
Wallingford Herald
28th December 2011
Four wins out of four for South Moreton MMA Team
The South Moreton Martial Arts team secured four victories out of four bouts at the “Back in the Cage” event at Andover.
Wallingford Herald
30th November 2011
Boxers’ knockout show for the heroes
Club raises more than £16,000 in a year
“South Moreton Boxing Club raised more than £7,000 for wounded servicemen at last month’s charity show.”
Wallingford Herald
2nd February 2011
Rumble at the Regal in Wallingford to have first women’s fight
“TWO women from South Moreton Boxing Club will step into the ring in public for the first time to raise money for injured troops.”
Oxford Mail
22nd November 2010
Fight night for heroes raised £7k for wounded Riflemen
“BOXERS from as far afield as Chicago put on their gloves to raise cash for soldiers wounded in Afghanistan.”
Oxford Mail
1st June 2010
Boxers hit out to support soldiers
“AN ACCOUNTANT, a teacher, and a psychotherapist will all take to the boxing ring to raise money for soldiers wounded in Afghanistan.”
Oxford Mail
23rd May 2010
Christmas Cracker Rumble fight night is best yet at Wallingford
“Hundreds of supporters packed into The Regal at Wallingford to cheer on amateur fighters at South Moreton Boxing Club’s Christmas Cracker Rumble.”
Emily Allen, Wallingford Herald
7th December 2009
Boxers get ready to rumble for kids
“A FIGHT night featuring policemen and salesmen arrives in Wallingford for a one-off fundraising bout next weekend.“
Dan Hearn, Oxford Mail
27th November 2009
Roll Up For A Knockout Weekend
“Tom Fordyce is on a romantic getaway with his girlfriend at a beautiful Oxfordshire farm. So why are his knuckles bleeding?”
Activity Break, Observer Escape Magazine
14th Jun 2009
John Houston Interviewed on Radio Oxford Morning show with two of the Rumble contenders
Radio Oxford
24th June 2009
Pancake fun saved from knock–out
“Wallingford’s pancake race has been saved from a knock–out after a boxing club stepped in.”
Wallingford Herald
Front Page
21st Jan 2009
John Houston and Micky Steeds Interviewed on Radio Oxford Afternoon show
Radio Oxford
27th November 2008
Club’s help for tots
“Oxfordshire’s only white-collar boxing club raised more than £700 for a pre-school”
Wallingford Herald News Article
12th June 2008
At Last I’m Back In The Ring
“What about my husband and children, my friend asked. Surely I would like to stay alive long enough to look after them?”
Mrs Moneypenny
FT
17/18th May 2008
Knock–out Boost
“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
The Wallingford Herald
10th January 2008
They’re ready for the Rumble at the Regal…
“Boxers have been limbering up this week in preparation for the bigget fight night of their lives.”
News article
The Wallingford Herald
6th December 2007
Look out – They’re ready to rumble …
“Professional boxer Mickey Steeds climbed into the ring at South Moreton’s white-collar boxing club to show club members how to fight.”
The Wallingford Herald
News article
27th September 2007
Boxing club’s knock-out effort
“BIG-hearted boxers have handed over £4,400 to charity.”
The Wallingford Herald
News article
26th July 2007
Know What I Mean?
“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.”
Round & About Magazine
Alex Watt
July 2007
Are you ready for a right Regal rumble?
“Twenty ‘white-coller’ boxers from south Oxfordshire are preparing for a showdown at a special charity fight night.”
Chris Buratta
The Wallingford Herald
22nd March 2007
What’s the use?
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”
FT Magazine, Mrs Moneypenny
10/11th Mar 2007
Auction Guests Pack A Punch
“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.”
The Oxfordshire Weekly, Front Cover Story
27th November 2006
Knock-out Sum Raised at Charity Night
“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.”
Wallingford Herald, General News
23rd November 2006
It Beats The Hell Out Of A Day Job
“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.”
Sunday Times
Alex Wade
6th September 2006
Box For Fitness
“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.”
Round & About Magazine, Alex Watt
July 2006
John’s On A Mission To Keep Us All Fighting Fit
“John Houston recently set up Box-Fit PT in South Moreton, near Didcot, offering people an alternative to the gym in the form of whitecollar boxing.”
Oxford Times : In Business Magazine
Andrew Smith
June/July 2006
A new fighting chance to get fit
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.”
Wallingford Herald, Chris Buratta
25th May 2006
Fight Your Way Into Shape
“The gym was the brainchild of boxing trainer John Houston and was officially launched by former World Flyweight champion Charlie Magri.
Chris Buratta
Oxford Mail
19th May 2006
Posh Boxing’s G-Lovely Jubbly
“[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, South Oxon Courier Journal
18th May 2006
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.”
Bout Time, Mrs Moneypenny, FT Magazine
13th May 2006
Get Ready To Rumble
“‘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.”
Oxford Mail
Chris Buratta
14th March 2006
