Cancer doesn't pull punches and neither will you.

Since 2011, Haymakers for Hope has been training and transforming ordinary people into badass amateur boxers entering the ring for their first US Boxing-sanctioned bout - all while raising real money to knock out of cancer by supporting research, care, awareness, and survivorship.

Haymakers boxers commit to four months of intensive boxing training, all culminating in three rounds in front of an amped-up audience at a legit venue. Bragging rights never expire.

You don't need boxing experience. All you need is the mindset to KO cancer.

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The hits are real and so is the transformation

Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.
- Felicia O'Brien
Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.
- Kimberly Peltier

"No regrets, that's my motto...that and everybody Wang Chung tonight"

- Ben Speicher

Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.

- Lorna Dollery

F*ck cancer. I've lost cousins to cancer, my aunt, family friends and more. Cancer affects just about everyone, Whether it puts you in the hospital bed or sitting in the chair beside it saying you can beat this. My grandma is fighting cancer for the 4th time. She is 87 and undefeated. I was just a kid when my my mom looked cancer in the face and knocked it into remission. Like I said, F*uck cancer. Now I get to fight for all of them.

- Zack Perl

Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.

- Anthony Camilli

Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.

- Noah Applebome

I am joining Haymakers on a journey to literally fight to improve the lives of my patients (present and future), loved ones, and all those impacted by cancer—in the name of health equity.

- LaShyra Nolen
Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.
- Victoria Chalk

Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.

- Alayana Williamson
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