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

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The hits are real and so is the transformation

Someone once asked me, "why do you always insist on taking the hard road?" I replied "why do you assume I see two roads?" - Joe DeSena
- Rich Johnson
Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.
- Mike Kelly

I am joining Haymakers on a journey to literally fight to improve the lives of my patients (present and future), loved ones, and all those impacted by cancer—in the name of health equity.

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

"I'm gonna give him a good fight ya know, hope he does well."

 


 

- Adrian Howe
Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.
- Andrea Lang
She's beauty, she's grace, she'll punch you in the face. Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.
- Candace Alai

I work every day to build stable and affordable housing for individuals in the DC region. Now I work every dawn and dusk to help fight cancer. 

- John Hare
Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.
- Rj Martin
It’s not who we are underneath, but what we do that defines us.
- Payal Patel