Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Halifax has a long and proud tradition of boxing clubs and academies in West Yorkshire. It's a town steeped in working-class sporting history.
Halifax produced the British, European and Commonwealth boxing Champion Richard Dunn, who unsuccessfully challenged Muhammad Ali for the World Heavyweight title in Munich, Germany, in 1976.
Boxing clubs were rooted in working-class community life. The care offered by coaches like Gordon Jones and Roy Alway supported a generation of young men who otherwise might have struggled during social and economic hardship.
In 2022, we awarded the arts organisation Verd de Gris funding through our Everyday Heritage Grants programme to create a project celebrating the working-class culture of boxing clubs around Halifax.
Halifax Stars records the stories of older fighters and the gyms that used to be a prominent feature of the area and celebrates the importance of boxing coaching with young working-class people today.
Read the story of the Halifax Stars: the Boxing Clubs of West Yorkshire ➡️ bit.ly/Halifax-Stars
Watch the Halifax Stars documentary by Verd de Gris ➡️ youtu.be/dovYXsKSl4U
Halifax has a long and proud tradition of boxing clubs and academies in West Yorkshire. It's a town steeped in working-class sporting history.
Halifax produced the British, European and Commonwealth boxing Champion Richard Dunn, who unsuccessfully challenged Muhammad Ali for the World Heavyweight title in Munich, Germany, in 1976.
Boxing clubs were rooted in working-class community life. The care offered by coaches like Gordon Jones and Roy Alway supported a generation of young men who otherwise might have struggled during social and economic hardship.
In 2022, we awarded the arts organisation Verd de Gris funding through our Everyday Heritage Grants programme to create a project celebrating the working-class culture of boxing clubs around Halifax.
Halifax Stars records the stories of older fighters and the gyms that used to be a prominent feature of the area and celebrates the importance of boxing coaching with young working-class people today.
Read the story of the Halifax Stars: the Boxing Clubs of West Yorkshire ➡️ bit.ly/Halifax-Stars
Watch the Halifax Stars documentary by Verd de Gris ➡️ youtu.be/dovYXsKSl4U
