Cabbagetown Boxing Club

The Cabbagetown Youth Centre and Boxing Club (CYC) offers a supportive, inclusive environment for all ages, focusing on confidence-building, strength, and personal growth. Their programs include competitive sparring, non-contact boxing for children, and recreational boxercise for adults, all promoting physical fitness and teamwork in a safe, fun space.

Led by experienced coaches, CYC provides specialized classes and memberships, including conditioning and technical boxing. The club supports athletes at all levels, from beginners to elite competitors, fostering skill development and community through boxing.

OUR SPACE IS:

• Respectful
• Inclusive
• Safe
• Fair
• Non-judgmental
• Fun and engaging

To register for our boxing club program 

If you have any questions, please email cycboxing@bgctk.org

Or call 416-960-1032

COMPETITIVE SPARRING

Cabbagetown Youth Centre and Boxing Club’s boxing program is open to all who want to challenge themselves and compete under the Canadian Amateur boxing guidelines. This program will focus on developing the confidence, self-discipline and technical skills of elite athletes who are able to compete at club shows, Ontario tournaments and National level tournaments.

A medical evaluation and membership to Boxing Ontario are mandatory

COMPETITIVE SPARRING MEMBERSHIP

ELITE – 20 + years old

(born before 2003)

• Non-refundable initial registration fee – $20
• Monthly fee – $70
• Must renew yearly

CHILDREN’S NON-CONTACT BOXING

Children’s Non-Contact Boxing – Junior Program
For ages 6 to 13 years old

Our Junior Program focuses on teamwork, building confidence, making new friends, and having fun while learning the fundamentals of boxing. Under the guidance of our certified coaches, kids will enjoy an engaging warm-up that includes activities like skipping, shadow boxing, and using bags and pads.

Weekly Fee:
$10 per session
(Choose to register for once a week or all 4 days)

Schedule:

• Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 4:00 – 5:00 pm

• Saturday: 12:00 – 1:00 pm

Certified Coaches:

• Johnny Kalbhenn

• Jennifer Doiron

FEMALE RECREATIONAL BOXERCISE CLASSES

Kickstart your day with an energizing workout that packs a punch! Begin with a warm-up of skipping and shadow boxing, then amp it up with some heavy bag work and focus mitt drills. We’ll finish strong with circuit training, ab exercises, and a refreshing cool down. No experience? No problem! We’ll guide you through the basics to ensure you get the most out of each session. Always fun, always rewarding!

Pricing:

• Monthly membership fee: $20

• Per class fee: $15 (to be paid directly to the coach)

How to Sign Up:

1. Pay the monthly membership fee.

2. Select the days you’d like to attend.

3. Arrange payment with the coach at your first class.

Class Schedule:

• Tuesdays & Thursdays: 7 – 8 AM

Led by Certified Coach Heather Hopkins

CO-ED RECREATIONAL BOXERCISE CLASSES

Are you ready to throw your hat in the ring?! Join us for a fun and challenging way to learn the basics of boxing and conditioning, all under the guidance of certified coach John Kalbhenn. This class is open to all skill levels, from beginners to advanced boxers, and focuses on building skills, improving fitness, and boosting confidence.

What to Expect:

• Warm-up and conditioning drills

• Bag work

• Partner drills and pad work

• Skills-building workout to improve your boxing technique

Class Schedule:

• Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday: 9:00 – 10:00 am

• Monday: 7:00 – 8:00 pm

• Wednesday & Friday: 6:00 – 7:00 pm

• Saturday: 9:00 – 10:00 am

Pricing:

• Monthly membership fee: $20

• Per class fee: $15 (to be paid directly to the coach)

• Sign up with the monthly membership fee, select the days you’d like to attend, and arrange payment with Coach John at the first class.

Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced boxer, this is your opportunity to improve your boxing skills and get in great shape. Sign up today and join us for a high-energy, skills-focused workout!

OPEN GYM MEMBERSHIP

Come in and make the most of our gym facilities! With this membership, you can access the bags and weight room during our open gym hours. Please note that the monthly fee covers only the use of equipment; coaching services are not included.

Membership Details:

• Monthly Fee: $60

• Non-competitive sparring is available during open gym hours.

• A medical evaluation and membership to Boxing Ontario are required to spar.

Open Gym Hours:

• Monday – Friday:

  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

  • 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM

• Wednesday & Friday:

  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

• Saturday:

  • 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Come by during these hours to train at your own pace or get in some sparring!

Conditioning

1. Conditioning Class:

   • Target: This class emphasizes overall fitness, including strength, stamina, agility, and flexibility.

   • Focus: It combines a circuit-style workout with boxing techniques as the main focus.

   • Target Audience: Open to both competitive and recreational members. It’s adaptable for all levels, as movements can be modified as needed.

   • Benefit: Helps improve boxing performance while enhancing everyday fitness.

2. Advanced Tech Box Class:

   • Target: This class focuses specifically on improving boxing technique.

   • Focus: It refines skills like footwork, punching accuracy, reflexes, hand speed, and overall technique.

   • Target Audience: Suitable for all levels of experience.

   • Benefit: Ideal for building endurance, power, and speed while improving technical boxing skills, with an emphasis on both offensive and defensive techniques (i.e., “to hit and not get hit”).

3. Technical Boxing Class:

   • Target: This class is designed for those wanting to delve deeper into the fundamentals of boxing.

   • Focus: It emphasizes footwork, boxing styles, and counter-punching strategies, followed by endurance conditioning.

   • Target Audience: Suitable for all levels of fitness and experience.

   • Benefit: Offers a full boxing workout and gives students a deeper understanding of the sport, especially its strategic aspects like counter-punching and footwork.

Each class is designed to improve both the physical and technical aspects of boxing, while also catering to different fitness levels.

Advanced tech box 

This signature class puts boxing technique at the forefront and is designed to refine and improve your boxing skills. Great for all levels of experience, you continue to build endurance, power, speed, and flexibility while improving your technical boxing skills like footwork, pinpoint punching accuracy, lightning-fast reflexes and hand speed. In essence the advanced tech box class emphasizes the main objective of boxing: to hit and not get hit.

Technical Boxing

Come enjoy a morning workout class with a focus on the art of boxing. This class focuses on footwork, boxing styles and counter punching strategies followed with endurance conditioning. Students will enjoy a full boxing workout and gain an insight into the sweet science.

COACHER’S BIOS

HEAD COACH – Johnny Kalbhenn

Johnny started his boxing career at the age of 6! His first bout was in 1969.

Johnny holds a level 3 National Coaching Certificate.

From 1980 – 1984 he held the Senior National Champion title in the lightweight class
Johnny competed in the 1984 Olympics and in 1989 was the Canadian Professional Champion.

Kalbhenn was inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Ontario Hall of Fame in 2018.
He has been giving back to the Cabbagetown community since 1991 and is still giving. His love for his clients and the sport is tremendous.

COMPETITIVE LEAD COACH – Marcus Ward

Marcus has been in the world of boxing since 1972 having bouts in Canada as well as the U.S.

Since 1985 he has been an official with Boxing Ontario-Central region with his level 4 certification.

Marcus has been an Official Referee since the mid 80’s supervising shows and tournaments. Ward also coached for the Canada Winter Games in 2019. He has been giving back to the community for the past 34 years as a coach and Official at Cabbagetown Youth Centre and Boxing Club.

COACH REY – Rey Morales

Coach Rey’s boxing career started in Mexico City at the age of 12. While at the University of Mexico he competed for the University’s team.

Coach Rey competed for Cabbagetown Youth Centre and Boxing club for 6 years. While competing for CYC he has garnered many trophies, belts and Provincial titles as an amateur boxer prior to becoming a professional boxer.

Morales holds a Level 3 NCCP coaching certificate as well as a Chief Second Professional Boxing License.
He belongs to the Long Term Athlete Development planning committee for Boxing Ontario and is a scout for the RBC Training Ground. Morales is a member of the Boxing Ontario High Performance Committee and a coach for Team Ontario.

COACH HEATHER – Heather Hopkins

Coach Heather has been a part of the CYC boxing team for the past 20 years! She has held multiple Provincial titles, won a National Silver Medal, and earned the Ringside 2018 Championship Bantamweight Masters Division.

Hopkins is in the process of completing her Level 2 National Coaching certification.

Heather is an avid runner having completed 17 marathons (placing 1st in the 2017 St Lawrence Marathon) This makes Heather an all-around coach in and outside of the boxing ring!