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

"Don't be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try." "Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change."
- Shannon McMonigle

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

- Haley Martin

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

- John Taylor
“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. . .I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. . . 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. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!” - Rocky Balboa
- Rod Oreste

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

- Nicholas McEvoy

“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”
— Aristotle

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

"Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting."

- Scott Hanson

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

- Jessica Schmelzer

Serving cancer a jaw jacking, one punch at a time.

- Jon Pastor