'There was sweat dripping off the windows': How Moss Side's boxing launched so many success stories
Next year marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Manchester's legendary boxing coach Phil Martin.
Joe Gallagher remembers being a 16-year-old taking a bus to Phil Martin's gym every day at the start of his own career in the sport. Despite the gym giving so many young people a purpose and a place to go, as well as producing some exceptional fighters, the saviour tag wasn't one Phil ever accepted. Tragically, Phil Martin was just 44 when he died in 1994 after a battle with cancer. A few years earlier, he had asked Gallagher if he would take over training the amateur boxers at the Moss Side gym as the success of his professional fighters demanded more of his time.Champs Camp's success wasn't just from its fighters, it produced some of the sport's most respected coaches, including Gallagher.
For Gallagher, it's the belief that boxing is about more than just about creating great fighters - but about creating better people - that makes it so important.
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