Training base and coaching fit
Discuss schedule, gym access, technical priorities, travel and how a new setup would sit alongside your licensed representatives.
Private professional route
Professional boxing support, built around where you are now.
Speak directly with Anton Pattenden, Honour & Glory Head Coach and BBBofC licensed trainer/second. Start with your licence position, current team and the support you actually need. This is a private coaching conversation, not a free class trial.
Choose your position
Four different conversations, one direct route
Select the closest match. It will prefill the enquiry form so Anton can read the context before responding.
Already licensed
Active professional boxer
You have an active professional licence and want to discuss coaching, a camp, licensed corner support or a stable London training base.
Use this route Before an applicationAmateur preparing to turn over
You have an amateur background and want an honest first conversation about readiness, supervision and the official route before making changes.
Use this route Defined assignmentCamp, corner or wraps support
You have a fight or target date and need to establish whether Anton can support the camp, act as a licensed second, or provide compliant hand wrapping.
Use this route New environmentConsidering a training-base change
You are reviewing your current setup and want to assess the gym, coaching fit, travel and working arrangement privately before deciding anything.
Use this routeThe evidence behind the conversation
Licensed responsibility, not borrowed language
Anton holds a BBBofC trainer/second licence and has prepared and cornered professional boxer Ibz Mercan. The photographs on this page show the working environment, padwork and fight-night corner rather than stock imagery.
The Board's published rules distinguish licensed roles: a trainer/second may train a boxer and act as a second; a second's licence alone does not permit someone to act as trainer. The rules also require licensed supervision of a professional boxer.
That is why the form asks about your licence status, current setup and exact support. Any training or fight-night arrangement has to fit your existing agreements, the applicable rules, Anton's licence scope and real availability.
Recent gym visit
Former WBO European cruiserweight champion Ellis Zorro trained at Honour and Glory with Ibz Mercan on 3 August. Read the club update.
What can be scoped
Agree the job before making assumptions
Fight-camp support
Start from the confirmed or target date, current condition, available rounds and responsibilities. Fight-camp boxers can also ask to use H&G's installed AICO system to record and review suitable sparring. See how to try AICO at H&G. Sparring and specialist support remain subject to suitability and availability.
Licensed corner / second
Confirm the event, governing authority, existing chief second and team roles before any fight-night commitment is made.
Professional hand wraps
Provide the fight date, venue and ruleset so Anton can confirm whether compliant wrapping support is possible.
Ask about fight wrapsWhat is deliberately outside this route
No guaranteed fights, opponents, purses or results. No claim of manager, promoter or matchmaker representation. No legal advice, medical clearance or rapid weight-cut promise. Those decisions stay with the appropriately licensed or qualified people and the governing authority.
From the gym to the corner
Private enquiry
Give Anton the useful context once
This form goes to Anton's dedicated club address. The optional record/profile and fight date help him prepare, but you can leave either blank. Do not include medical records or contract documents here.
- State where you are now, not where someone says you should be.
- Select the support you want to discuss.
- Anton reviews the context before replying privately.
If the matter is time-sensitive, submit the form first and then use the professional WhatsApp link. Availability is confirmed only after the details are checked.
This confidential professional route is for people aged 18 or over. If you are under 18, or a parent or guardian enquiring for a young boxer, use the competitive amateur pathway instead.
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Under 18, or enquiring as a parent or guardian? Use the competitive amateur pathway. Other non-professional enquiries can browse club classes. This adult professional form is deliberately separate from group-class trials.