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The International Boxing Club (IBC) was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from the Toledo Mud Hens Baseball Club’s Helping Hens Fund to support its Boxercise Program.
“IBC’s Boxercise program is just one way we serve both the minds and bodies of Toledo’s most at-risk youth,” says Harry E. Cummins, executive director, IBC. “The generosity of the Toledo Mud Hens’ Helping Hens Fund will allow us to give more underserved inner-city youth in Toledo a fun and healthy outlet.”
The IBC’s Boxercise program offers class-based training concepts boxers use to keep fit. Classes can take a variety of formats but a typical one may involve shadow boxing, hitting pads, jumping rope, punch bags, press-ups, shuttle-runs, and sit ups. The IBC's Boxercise classes are aimed at boys and girls of all ages and all fitness levels. As classes involve no physical contact, Boxercise is a fun, challenging, and safe workout that can help to reduce body fat and build lean muscle as well as improve hand-eye coordination, balance, and timing. It can also help IBC’s at-risk youth relieve stress, manage anger, and learn about teamwork.
IBC was created in 1998 to empower Toledo area youth to succeed in life. IBC uses the platform of amateur boxing as a hook to reach underserved youth who are at-risk for academic failure, gang involvement, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, suicide, and other self-destructive behaviors. IBC offers a disciplined program focusing on character development, academics, and life skills development building through three afterschool programs: (1) The Learning & Vocational Training Centers, (2) Boxing & Boxercise, and (3) Gloves with Love Service-Learning. IBC has reached more than 4,000 youth since its inception.
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