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23rd March 2023

UWCB Events Near Me

What Is White Collar Boxing? White Collar Boxing started in the late 1980’s in New York at Gleason’s Gym. Deriving its name from the fact that two white collar workers (business professionals), a doctor and an attorney had their first bout and then when out for dinner to celebrate. Becoming popular with Wall Street bankers […]

22nd February 2022

UWCB Coronavirus Update

Tuesday 22nd February 2022 We were incredibly pleased to hear the prime ministers plan to live with Covid. There are now no restrictions at our events, if attendees wish to wear masks they are welcome to. We will continue to ask participants to carry out covid tests during their 8 weeks of free training up […]

24th August 2021

Is White Collar Boxing Regulated?

UWCB regulation is carried out in the following manner: UWCB prepare all health and safety paperwork to send out to ensure events are run in a generic manner with participant safety at the forefront. UWCB books all staff from approved lists to ensure they are correctly qualified. Local gyms provide coaches. Local UWCB affiliated promoters […]

16th July 2021

HOW I LOST 5.5 STONE WITH TEAM ULTRA

‘In 2015 I weighed 23 and a half stone, I decided to get fit and now I’ve lost 5 and a half stone!’ Christoffer Smith is taking part for the 2nd time in our Doncaster event, here’s what motivated him to sign up to Ultra White Collar Boxing: At Christmas time 2015 my daughter was […]

UWCB fundraise millions for Cancer Research UK

7th July 2021

Fundraising Tips

So, you’ve signed up for an Ultra Event and you are wondering what you can do to help you fundraise? I took part in a UWCB and raised over £2,500 for Cancer Research UK and I’m going to share with you some of my top tips to boost your fundraising. Tell people what you are […]

7th July 2021

Can girls box?

This is a question we receive regularly at UWCB. The simple answer is YES. Girls can absolutely box at our events and the sport is growing in popularity amongst females. When Ultra White Collar Boxing started organizing events in 2009 we would have around 15% of bouts being girls, over time that has risen to […]

7th July 2021

Boxing training at home

If 2020 has taught people anything, it’s that they can train at home just as effectively as they can in the gym. There are hundreds of online workouts you can do with or without equipment and it’s a great way to keep fit and active from the comfort of your living room. At Ultra Events […]

27th May 2021

History of Ultra Events

Ultra Events started out in Derby in 2009 running boxing events in a local nightclub. The concept was the same, everyone received 8 weeks of free boxing training at the local boxing gym. They were then matched with an opponent from the group and they took part in an event at the end of it. […]

26th May 2021

Medical provision at UWCB

At Ultra Events the safety of our participants is our number one priority. We have been organising events since 2009 and have had over 100,000 participants complete our 8 weeks of training and step into the ropes at a huge event. Taking part in a boxing event should be a safe and enjoyable experience which […]

LATEST NEWS

UWCB Events Near Me

UWCB Coronavirus Update

Is White Collar Boxing Regulated?

HOW I LOST 5.5 STONE WITH TEAM ULTRA

Fundraising Tips

Can girls box?

Boxing training at home

History of Ultra Events

Medical provision at UWCB