#ultrawhitecollarboxing

[moondoggys]

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who picked up one of these limited edition t-shirts. £10 from each of the 12 sold has been donated to the Just Giving page for our founder, @Mark.B.Belfast's @UltraWhiteCollarBoxing fight, and will go to help @CR_UK develop new treatments and breakthroughs in the fight against cancer #UltraWhiteCollarBoxing #UWCB #UWCBBoxing #Charity #CancerResearch #CancerResearchUK #CRUK #CharityBoxing #Boxing #Fundraising #MoonDoggys #MoonDoggysClothing #StreetWear #StreetWearBrand #UrbanApparel (at Belfast, N.Ireland) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5KpZumh_tU/?igshid=1b0pshwmmwo8x

[migkenzieimaging]

12/Oct/19 @UWCB @theinvernesscourier I did not think I would enjoy it as much as I did 😄🥊 #ultrawhitecollarboxing (at Inverness Ice Centre) https://www.instagram.com/p/B35Iz3qASul/?igshid=11ewrkzkbbsg5

[knivesofglass]

just over a week til fight night, AM GASSEDDDD! don't forget to grab your tickets or donate to Cancer Research UK via the link in my bio! . . . . . #UWCB #uwcbsouthampton #cancerresearchuk #UltraWhiteCollarBoxing #charityboxing

[gymgainzapparel]

UWCB Ipswich Fight Night is 29/6/19 at the Best Western Hotel on Old London Road. Massive Black Tie event with lots entertainment and good times to be had! All for the great charity @cr_uk VIP Ringside Tables with waitress service that seat 10 people are £400 Single Tickets are £25 before 22nd May then £35 after that. To buy tickets visit the @ultrawhitecollarboxing website and search for the Ipswich event on the 29/6/19. It's sure to be a great night! Plus there is still loads of time to donate to the event, there is a link in both of our Instagram and Facebook profiles👍 To everyone that has already and everyone that is going to, we can't thank you enough 🙌🙌 (at Ipswich, Suffolk) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxmFwtYFWUA/?igshid=rkxp6p0rq4iy

[dj-chickawowwow]

& OUR WONDER WOMAN TODAY IS @beeyoubeebee BRAVE BEAUTIFUL SOUL. @ultrawhitecollarboxing CAN YOU FEEL THE PRIDE & ADMIRATION?! Put em up em 😘🍀 #girlrocks #charity #boxing T.O.N.I.G.H.T #essex https://www.instagram.com/p/BvoD3tslT3V/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mn5oafdswgpr

[moodswingsabz]

UWCB: Fight Night

I’ve been putting off this post for about 2 weeks now but I more than owe everyone that has supported me an account of how it went on the night, so here goes.  I’ll start off by saying the whole of ‘fight day’ before you actually step into the ring is something of a surreal experience; you know that later that day you have to step into a ring and fight someone but it still doesn’t feel quite real. I woke up around 9 in the morning and immediately felt wide awake, which is quite strange for me. I ate, showered, got my stuff together, ate again and before I knew it, it was time to head to the venue.  I got there around 13.30, filled in my form and had my medical and from there on in was just a lot of waiting around. Time of course seemed to stand still and the afternoon dragged on until finally at 16.00 all the fighters had a meeting with the event staff and referees, where we were given details of how the night would run and the rules for the ring. After that we were all told go and get changed into our shorts and vests for the fight as we’d soon be getting photo’s taken. More waiting seemed inevitable.  Shortly after doors opened we had to come out in front of the crowd, in our teams, to get photo’s taken and to try and get the crowd going. There were 2 rings at the event and the teams had to come out, red first (I was in the red corner) and go into ring 1 before the blue team would come out and go into ring 2. I’m not going to lie, one of my favourite moments of the whole day was the rousing rendition of ‘When the Reds Go Steaming In’ that rang out in the hall as we waited to come out. We walked out, gave the crowd a wee wave, shouted at the blue team a wee bit then we were back in the dressing room, with the fighting just about to start.  We were given the option of going out and watching the fights but I decided to stay in the dressing room and wait, as I felt that watching other fights and speaking to friends and family would distract me from the the fact that I had to step into the ring myself pretty soon. I spent some time trying to hide from everyone in the staff room (the event was held at my work) but it didn’t really work so after a short while I just returned the to dressing room. It’s a strange feeling sitting in the dressing room, watching the fighters go out, watching them come back, some covered in blood, some completely exhausted, others just completely buzzed from the fight and to be honest it was then that it really hit home what I was going to be doing. The minutes slugged by and I sat with my headphones in, trying to fully focus myself on what lay ahead.  Eventually it was time for me to start getting ready. I spent an age wrapping my hands, trying to get them as to near to perfect as possible whilst wondering how much it would actually matter when I got into the ring. There was an interval in the fighting which seemed to throw everything into disarray and before I knew it I was being told my fight was next. I rushed to the bathroom to put my groin guard in as I had forgotten to and then I was having my headgear and gloves put on. I went out into the corridor with one of the guys who’d be doing my corner and hit pads and from here on, everything is a bit of a blur. Everyone is giving you advice and trying to get you fired up but I felt almost numb, almost desensitised to what was going on around me. Before I knew it I was walking out to the sweet sounds of Jamie T, fist bumping my pal Struan who was in the crowd and waving a glove in the general direction of my friends and family. 

I clambered into the ring and got my final instructions from my corner whilst the other fighters entered the rings. Then the referee called me and my opponent into the middle of the ring to give us a final talking to, then we touched gloves and went back to our corners and waited for that bell. That phase between facing your opponent in the centre of the ring and the fight starting is one of the strangest things I’ve ever experienced; my mind raced as I considered what I had been training for all these weeks was mere moments away. The bell went and I stepped forward into the centre of the ring and threw my left jab.  It’d be pretty difficult for me to give a blow by blow account of the fight as it really is all a bit of a blur but I will go through what I do remember. Early on I knew I was going to struggle to knock my opponent out; he dropped his hands and I landed a clean straight right and he took it well. This forced me to try and think about what I was doing a little more and after throwing a few body shots, I felt like they were having more of an effect so I tried to persistently land in his body and keep him off with jabs to the face in between. He threw a lot of heavy overhand rights which were difficult for me to deal with but I felt pretty comfortable and as much as I thought I couldn’t knock him out, I knew I wasn’t going anywhere either. Between rounds my corner told me that he was tiring much more than I was and to keep moving, avoid his punches and counter to the body. Every second in that ring seems like an eternity and by the time it got to round 3, I was digging deep. After a few seconds it became apparent that he wanted to knock me out early on in third, probably because he knew on points it was going to be tight. I tried to dodge his big punches as much as I could whilst returning in flurries but he landed a few heavy shots on me which zapped my remaining energy. The referee pulled me aside for a standing eight count but I was determined to push on and stepped back out for the final phase of the fight. I remember very little from those final seconds except trying to give everything I had left. Then the bell went, the three rounds were over.  I went back to the corner and had my headgear and gloves taken off then I went back to the centre of the ring to find out who was the winner. I had no idea which way it was going to go. Sadly, it wasn’t my hand which was raised. I’m not going to say it was easy to take because it wasn’t. I took some instant consolation from the reaction of my corner who straight away shouted at me for hanging my head, telling me I had nothing to be ashamed of. I was led out the ring and went back towards the dressing room. I had my medical and spoke to some of the other fighters, letting them know how I got on and hearing how some of those who saw the fight felt I’d done. Everyone seemed to think it was close. I grabbed my stuff and snuck off to the disabled changing room (maybe grabbing a can of Stella from the staff room fridge on the way) and locked myself away. I’m not going to lie, my emotions were running sky high at this point and I sat in that changing room and cried like a wee boy and sipped at my first beer in 7 weeks.  It was really hard for me to accept the loss and I can say only the amazing support and feedback from my friends and family saved me from total despair. Although the result still stings, over the past few weeks I have been able to evaluate how much I did get from the whole experience; I met some great people, got some awesome training, raised a brilliant amount for charity and stayed off the booze for 7 weeks (who’d have thought that was possible). I also discovered a new sport which I now love and I am happy to tell you all that I am back to training and can’t see myself stopping any time soon. I’m not sure what is ahead of me in terms of boxing, whether I will ever fight again or whether it’ll just be a way of keeping fit but I know it’s certainly not something I can give up. This whole experience has been amazing and without all the support it wouldn’t have been nearly as enjoyable for me as it was, so thank you to everyone who has supported me in any way. You are all Team Saucepaw!  My current total raised is £1292.50 but the page is still open to donations for another week or so if you feel like you want to contribute. A massive thanks to everyone who donated to me. It really was massively appreciated.  www.justgiving.com/saucepaw

[explosivedaria]

#ultrawhitecollarboxing #workpeeps

[moondoggys]

For those of you who don't know, I'm taking part in an Ultra White Collar Boxing (@UltraWhiteCollarBoxing) event in November to raise money for Cancer Research UK (@CR_UK). To help raise as much as possible for the charity I have designed this boxing themed t-shirt and £10 from each one sold will go to Cancer Research UK. They will be available this Friday on www.MoonDoggysClothing.com Unfortunately cancer will impact most of our lives at some stage, whether us directly, a family member or a friend. Please consider picking up one of these t-shirts and help us kick cancer's ass! #UltraWhiteCollarBoxing #UWCB #UWCBBoxing #Charity #CancerResearch #CancerResearchUK #CRUK #CharityBoxing #Boxing #Fundraising #MoonDoggys #MoonDoggysClothing #StreetWear #StreetWearBrand #UrbanApparel (at Belfast) https://www.instagram.com/p/B34_zcdBfH7/?igshid=1chpp8fl29wil

[jordanlee1991]

#boxing #ultrawhitecollarboxing #cancerresearch #charity #halifax #knockedout #KO

[knivesofglass]

Me and the Big Bird after our second training session, here comes the 🥊💣💥 . . . . . #UWCB #UltraWhiteCollarBoxing #boxing #innercityboxing #training #trainingday #hardworkanddedication #cancerresearchuk (at Inner City Boxing)

[moondoggys]

For those of you who don't know, I'm taking part in an Ultra White Collar Boxing (@UltraWhiteCollarBoxing) event in November to raise money for Cancer Research UK (@CR_UK). To help raise as much as possible for the charity I have designed this boxing themed t-shirt and £10 from each one sold will go to Cancer Research UK. They will be available this Friday on www.MoonDoggysClothing.com Unfortunately cancer will impact most of our lives at some stage, whether us directly, a family member or a friend. Please consider picking up one of these t-shirts and help us kick cancer's ass! #UltraWhiteCollarBoxing #UWCB #UWCBBoxing #Charity #CancerResearch #CancerResearchUK #CRUK #CharityBoxing #Boxing #Fundraising #MoonDoggys #MoonDoggysClothing #StreetWear #StreetWearBrand #UrbanApparel (at Belfast) https://www.instagram.com/p/B34-7R5hiBf/?igshid=1w38psp93xs0y

[moondoggys]

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This limited edition T-Shirt will be available tomorrow on www.MoonDoggysClothing.com and £10 from each one sold will go to Cancer Research UK I'm taking part in an Ultra White Collar Boxing event in November to raise money for the charity, if anyone wants tickets to the event don't hesitate to get in touch. Unfortunately cancer will impact most of our lives at some stage, whether us directly, a family member or a friend. Please consider picking up one of these t-shirts and help us kick cancer's ass! Massive thank you to Michael Swann for his help and IFS MMA Club in Belfast for letting me shoot this video there. #UltraWhiteCollarBoxing #UWCB #UWCBBoxing #Charity #CancerResearch #CancerResearchUK #CRUK #CharityBoxing #Boxing #Fundraising #MoonDoggys #MoonDoggysClothing #StreetWear #StreetWearBrand #UrbanApparel #LimitedEdition (at IFS MMA Club,Belfast) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4A13zMhDPl/?igshid=pf2i67q3qgsb

[knivesofglass]

So as a lot of you already know I'm stepping in the ring to raise money for Cancer Research UK on November 11th at the Novotel in Southampton, and tickets to come support me on the big night are now available for £20 a head, so I'm urging all those who wanna come cheer me on to drop me a message as I need to start getting them shifted! . . . . . . #UWCB #UltraWhiteCollarBoxing #cancerresearchuk

[knivesofglass]

Honestly can't wait to get home and start training for my charity boxing match on Nov 11th..Rocky IV Soundtrack is getting me gassed for it already 😅 . . . . #UWCB #UltraWhiteCollarBoxing #DRAGOOO #RockyIV #RockyIVSoundtrack

[moodswingsabz]

UWCB: 5 Days Out

So here we are; the week of the fight. How am I feeling now that the fight is just around the corner? Well as you can imagine I am a mixed, bulging bag of emotions; extremely excited, at times terribly nervous and anxious at the prospect of those 6 minutes in front of a huge crowd, but overall I am just wishing the days away, dying for it to be time to get in the ring and see what happens; for better or worse.  Over the last week and a half I have managed to get back to full health (well, almost) and resume training as normal and despite the first couple of sessions totally sucking, I am glad to say I have found my flow again. I’ve even managed to add in the dreaded ‘hill sprints’ which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like, except even more horrible. However I am able to do it out the back of Pittodrie which gives me an extra push when my legs turn to jelly and it feels like my lungs are made of lead.  Tonight we had our weigh in, where I came in at 70.1kg (fully clothed I might add) and found out I am fighting out of the red corner (for the Dons) and will be the 13th fight of the evening. I also discovered who I am fighting but I’m afraid I don’t have any massive rivalries to report. All I really know about him is his name and I’m not going to allow you all to indulge your Facebook stalking curiosities by revealing that to you, but I am confident that it will make for an interesting bout on the night. The only downside to fight night being so soon is that I am starting to realise how much I have enjoyed this experience and how much I will miss having this drive and focus once it is over. I mean, for the first week I will probably just be enjoying the novelty of being able to drink beer again and not having to force myself to hit the gym every day but once that wears off I know I’m going to miss it. Hopefully I will manage to keep the motivation going and continue training in some shape or form but I am trying not to think of that too much right now. After all, I have a fight to focus on.  I really thought this close to the fight that I would have more to say but I’m afraid that’s pretty much all from me. I’m not sure if I’ll have a chance to write again before fight night so I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support, whether it’s been reading this blog, or you have donated or have been encouraging me on Facebook or whatever, it means a hell of a lot and it has made this experience much more enjoyable and fulfilling. Hopefully I can pay you all back for the support by giving a good account of myself in the ring on Saturday night. We are all Team Saucepaw as far as I’m concerned! (icanfeelyouallcringing) I am less than £40 away from raising a massive £1000 so if you would like to donate, please do so. Any amount is greatly appreciated and helps me along the way to reaching a very respectable overall contribution. Thanks again to everyone who has donated so far! www.justgiving.com/saucepaw

[moodswingsabz]

UWCB: ‘You’re Not Flinching’.

There’s been quite a bit of time since my last post and things have been a bit of a whirlwind since then. The big night is two weeks today and it’s come around pretty quick. I can honestly say at this point I am more excited than I am nervous and I am genuinely viewing the fight as a reward for all the hard work I have put in at training. The next two weeks are likely to be pretty full on too, with the final run of training in the lead up to the fight (it’s only been getting tougher), the weigh in and finding out who I will be fighting on the night.  In the last couple of weeks I really started to feel the benefit of all the training I have done, the pinnacle of it all being last Friday when I attended a boxing class at ‘Aberdeen Combat Centre’ and went through several sparring rounds at the end. I’m not going to say I’m a great boxer or any kind of ‘natural’ because I’m definitely not but throughout these rounds I definitely felt I pulled everything I had learned in training together; I felt I moved confidently and efficiently on my feet, blocked well and timed my punches well rather than just throwing scrappy slaps at the guy in front of me. Most importantly, I felt relaxed and comfortable. One of the young boxers who attends that class, who I spar with every week and who has given me a lot of useful feedback also told me just what I was thinking; that I had I made a massive step in the right direction. It’s amazing how much the words ‘you’re not flinching’ can mean.  Sadly, it hasn’t all been positive since then. Over the past few days, the cold/flu/sickness/ming/cough/chest-terror/bug/thing that I have been trying to get rid of for weeks has reared it’s ugly head again and has forced me into taking a couple of days out of training to recover and recuperate. With two weeks to go this is incredibly frustrating for me, especially since I felt I had reached a level where I was progressing well and was ready to put in a really good shift for the final run in. Just as the positives in my training were starting to flush out all the anxiety I had around the fight, I get hit with being out of training and new doubts about losing my fitness and sharpness before fight night. I never thought I would react so badly to being told to get some rest. The only positive to missing training is that I am genuinely feeling a lot better already and with any luck I will be back in training by Monday, ready to bang it out again until fight night. That’s the plan anyway.  As always, a MASSIVE THANK YOU to everyone who has donated so far. Please keep the donations coming, it’d be absolutely incredible to reach £1000 before fight night.  www.justgiving.com/saucepaw