Cabbagetown Boxing And Youth Centre Inc
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The Cabbagetown Youth Centre (CYC) has been around a pretty long time, which on its own is a testimony to our resilience to survive in service to our communities! The years have served us extremely well enabling the CYC to grow into a reliable and trusted resource for the children, youth and families of the St. James Town, Cabbagetown and Regent Park communities. In planning our programs and services, our history, experience and past successes are bedrock to ensuring we continue to be relevant to those we serve. more... See more text
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2 Lancaster Ave, Toronto, ON M4X 1C1
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Peter Wylie’s name was in the newspaper, and it was a problem. It was the late 1960s, and he had taken part in an amateur boxing competition in Toronto. Wylie, a rookie police officer, hadn’t realized that cops weren’t allowed to participate in boxing, as the force feared officers might sustain injuries that would interfere with police work. He was given a warning: quit boxing or risk a firing.

“So I kind of left boxing for about four or five years, and I really missed it,” Wylie says. “And my wife told me — to her chagrin to this day, she probably should have never told me — she said, ‘if you can’t box then maybe you should start coaching.’”

Soon after that conversation, a friend of Wylie’s approached him about starting a boxing club in the Cabbagetown area. “That’s how I got involved. I thought it was a great idea in this area here, but I had no idea that it would expand the way it did,” Wylie says. The friend, though, hadn’t anticipated how many unpaid hours of work it actually took to run the club. “When we realized what was involved, he left pretty quickly. And I just continued on from there.” Wylie has since run Cabbagetown Boxing Club as a volunteer for over thirty years. He is now assisted by a staff of eight experienced volunteers, who train and counsel members of the club.

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Olympic boxer John Kalbhenn trained at this east-end boxing club during the early stages of his career and today, he's back in the ring as a trainer. The community-oriented club is located at the top floor of the Cabbagetown Youth Centre and offers a fully equipped gym and a variety of contact and non-contact based boxing programs throughout the week including junior, senior and co-oed classes. Serious athletes can purchase headgear, shoes, competition robes and hand wraps through the club at a discounted rate.

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