Waterloo Regional Boxing Academy

Waterloo Regional Boxing Academy (WRBA) is a non-profit organization sanctioned through Boxing Ontario and the Canadian Amateur Boxing Association. We use the sport of boxing to give the youth of Kitchener-Waterloo a chance to excel and make positive changes in their lives. Waterloo Regional Boxing Academy Teaching the Science, Not the Violence. Join us John was born and raised in Timmons Ontario but has been living in Waterloo for the past 20 years. He is a level two NCCP coach. He started coaching at WRBA in 2013 where he was the head coach for the boxing 101 program for boxers who were new to the sport. He loves coaching and seeing the kids come into the gym and giving it their all. He loves the sport of boxing so much he got married in the ring to his wife Jen. I was born in Toronto and move to Kitchener in 1976. Soon afterwards I found myself at the Kitchener Police Boxing Academy under the guidance of Hook McComb. As an 18 yr old I soon found the passion in Coaching and began coaching with my mentor Arnie Boehm and entered into the National Coaching Certification Program. As Head Coach of WRBA I had the pleasure of working with a well established Board of Directors under the leadership of Harry Curnew and Harrison Rees.