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

"I don't have to be what you want me to be." - Ali
- Jason Morad
Thanks for your support!!!
- Michael Culver
“Sometimes, the idea that you come up with may seem impossible to the rest of the world. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible for you.” - 14 Peaks: Nothing is impossible
- Jodi Vallante
Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.
- Kendyl Gilmore
“You beat cancer by how you lived, why you lived and in the manner in which you lived. So live. Live. Fight like hell. And when you get too tired to fight, then lay down and rest and let somebody else fight for you.” ~Stuart Scott
- Erin Newman
Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.
- Megan Walsh

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

- Mike Kuenzler

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.- Mike Tyson

- Elvin Merlo
Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.
- Emily McPherson
- Bianca Solari