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.
- Stephen Trevor

"You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." - Rocky

- Courtney Maag
Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.
- Brian Lohan
- Christopher Henriquez

"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." - Muhammad Ali

- Cat Flaherty

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

- Brendan Castleman
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” — Maya Angelou
- Yuryssa Lewis
Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.
- Matthew Grace

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

- Harris Cornell

They're sleeping, and we're grinding. 

- Neil Schuster