HEAD COACH: Finchley’s Murphy is devoted to the sport
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FINCHLEY ABC is one of the most well-established boxing clubs in England, not least because it produced Anthony Joshua, until recently the unified world heavyweight champion and still one of the most famous boxers in the world today. Finchley was one of the major clubs that left England Boxing to form the Amateur Boxing Alliance. That breakaway means that their boxers currently cannot compete in the England Boxing national championships, box for GB or compete in Olympic boxing.
But Finchley have been holding shows with other Alliance clubs and travelling abroad for bouts. “We’re very busy,” head coach Sean Murphy explains. “We’re doing alright.”