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New York - Help Knockout Cancer - Applications Open for Hope NYC XIII!

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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Up to the challenge? Now accepting applications for:

No matches near you? don't hang up your gloves yet.

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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.

- Liam Anderson

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

- Danil Kirsanov

"She who has the will to win cannot be beaten"

- Sarah Campbell
I am fighting for those we lost, for those who got knocked down but not out, to be proactive, and to be an example for my kids.
- Jim Leonard

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

- Kyle Zentz
Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.
- Chip Rives
Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.
- Ivana McGrail
Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.
- Tom Hedus

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

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