Private Edition Magazine
September 2011

Rolling With The Punches. Olivia Jackson: from model to champion trainer.

Read article Private Edition Magazine
September 2011

Getting in to the ring to box is character-building, asks for commitment and demands fierce discipline. But once you start the journey, there’s a surprise in store. It’s not only your body that it shapes.

Read article You Magazine
September 2011

"Office Worker by day, boxer by night – white-collar fighting is now a popular way for many South Africans to unwind."

Read article Huisgenoot
September 2011

"Sans verruil die mense hul kantoor vir die bokskryt - om die spanning weg te moker."

Read article Peoples' Post, Atlantic Seaboard
August 2011

Read about Olivia Jackson, rated number one female fighter in the world and trainer and manager at the Armoury.

Read article Lentheric advertisement for ‘Masculin’ in Men’s Health
May 2011

At the Armoury ‘White Collar’ boxing is defined by individuals who are not afraid ‘to let it out’ and train hard.

Read article Mango In-flight Magazine ‘Juice’
May 2011

There are easier ways to sweat, but Keith Bain finds that Woodstock’s The Armoury Boxing Club takes physical and mental fitness to a different level.

Read article Mail & Guardian
December 2010

“Nechama Brodie, one of the brave ladies who fought in an Armoury Boxing Club Fight Night in 2010, describes why a boxing ring is a girls BFF and why women’s boxing is gaining traction.”

Read article House and Leisure Magazine
November 2010

Voted best place to work out in House And Leisure magazine, they say: “Its white-collar fight nights are already talked-about affairs around the water coolers of many a Cape Town office.”

Read article Top Billing Magazine
October 2010

“This new and exciting boxing club…offers a great workout through the ‘Fighting Fit’ conditioning classes that are uplifting as well as an exhilarating way of training. With your personal trainer you can also focus on workouts using Kettlebells.”

Read article Shape Magazine
August 2010

“It’s not all about punching – speed, strength and stamina are all on the programme. Classes have a communal in-this-together atmosphere.”

Read article Comic Life (Kulula in-flight magazine)
August 2010

Most people (men and women) join The Armoury Boxing Club to get fit – superfit – not to fight. They want rock-hard boxers’ abs, and punching air to Lady Gaga tunes at the Virgin Active isn’t doing the business.

Read article Jack Parow

There is no denying the genius of Jack Parow, the Afrikaans rapper of ‘Cooler as Ekke’.

The Armoury Team were lucky enough to meet the man of the moment during a photoshoot he did in our club for the Huisgenoot team.

Read article Hot Property

The Armoury Boxing Club is proud to be part of the Woodstock reinvention.

Buchanan Square in particular is challenging Capetonians’ notions of Woodstock with beautiful old buildings that have had life breathed back into them. Such is the case with the armoury building that we call home.

Read article Southern Suburbs Tatler

With an impressive record of 9 out of 12 fights in his Pro career, Armoury Boxing Club coach Johannes Salie won the Middleweight fight in Gugulethu in November.

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The Armoury is no treadmill training ground. It takes fitness very seriously. You come here for a gruelling workout regime—and you get what you came for under the watchful gaze of committed, hands-on trainers... Read more The Armoury Boxing Club hosted its 5th “White Collar” Fight Night on Friday night. I went along partly to cover the event for ILW and partly out of morbid fascination, not really knowing what to expect... Read more White Collar Boxing night draws the jeers of a clan of Cape Towns trendiest. The few good men in town who look good in hats. Scampering over the dirt and grime of underground Woodstock without a smell or sight of it... Read more I’m not traditionally big on sports voyeurism. My motto has long been that if you’re watching rather than participating, you’re simply sitting on your backside, getting fat. When I travel abroad, however, I make efforts to check out sports that aren’t typically... Read more White Collar Boxing – Amped to go to the next fight night on Nov 26th... Read more A shapelier gym you won't find anywhere in the city-it's carved out of an old gun armoury, and the look and feel is industrial vintage, with exposed bricks, wooden beams, and real leather. Victorian branding and classic fight posters set a tone that's more... Read more