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

[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!

- Jackie Cox

"Scars may heal, blood counts may normalize, years may pass. But never again will the simple act of waking up to a normal, boring day as a healthy individual be taken for granted, nor go unappreciated.” - Allison A., American Cancer Society

 

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

"You NEVER know how STRONG you are, until being strong is your ONLY choice."

- Michele Wescott

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

- Michael Jacques

"To survive it is often necessary to fight, and to fight you have to dirty yourself." --George Orwell

- Aaron Bible
Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.
- Daniel Breen
Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.
- Taylor Cline

We give everyday men and women the opportunity to fight back against this terrible disease by training for, and competing in charity boxing events to raise money and awareness. To prepare for each event, we combine the efforts of the first time amateur boxing participants, local boxing gyms and volunteers. We hope to help give life saving researchers the resources needed to fully focus their efforts on finding a cure.

- Patrick Slagle
"In reality, all of us face adversities throughout our life, some that can destroy us physically, emotionally, and financially. Our challenge is to stay in the game and enjoy the competition, whatever the outcome. Yes, we will experience obstacles, we will experience setbacks, we will experience defeat. They are inevitable. But winning in life is not based on the final score. It is only measured by how we play the game." ~ Larry Baltz
- Kara Kelly