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 lost over 100 pounds to prove I could fight
- Karen Areyzaga

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

- Anthony Camilli

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

- Eric Travers

No matter where you go, there you are.

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

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

- Kellyann Soye
"Forget all the reasons why it won't work and believe the one reason why it will."
- Peter Awad
Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to knockout cancer the only way we know how, by literally fighting for a cure.
- Ryan Killoy

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

- Thomas Benski

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

- Jack Voigt
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