The Motor City Boxing Club

Welcome to the home of Undefeated Super Welterweight Professional Prospect Brandon "Badboy" Cook, Canadian Middleweight Title Contender Phil "The Assassin" Rose and former WIBA Super-Featherweight World Champion, "Lethal" Lindsay Garbatt .

Coach Don Nelson's dream of opening a boxing club in Oshawa became a reality in 1993. Don and some very good friends built our first club from scratch at 716 Wilson Road in Oshawa. In 1995, we moved to 475 Salisbury Street where the club prospered for 15 years. With the help of a lot of good people along the way, the support of an entire community, and the good fortune to have had some very talented young people walk through our doors, Motor City is now one the most respected boxing clubs in Canada.

In January 2011 we opened at our current location, in partnership with Body Boomers Fitness Club, at their location in the Whitby Mall (1615 Dundas Street East, Whitby on the corner of Thickson Road & Hwy #2). This venue features a fully equipped 5,000 sq ft boxing studio with full access to the existing weight room, cardio equipment, full service change rooms, steam rooms, and daycare. Now here’s the best part: members also have access to the facility 21 hours per day.

We’ve been operating in the Durham Region since 1993 and our athletes have established themselves as major players on the national boxing scene. As a not-for-profit organization, our mission has always been to promote and develop the sport of amateur boxing in Durham Region. We take young men and women with raw talent and transform them into skilled amateur boxers, capable of competing on an international level. We have produced 14 Canadian Amateur Champions and have recently been developing some world class male & female professional boxers. Our professional boxers include undefeated middleweight prospect Phil Rose and WIBA Super Featherweight World Champion Lindsay Garbatt.

Whether you are looking to become our next World Champion or are simply looking to bring your fitness regime to new level, without entering into a competitive boxing program we are the Boxing Club for you.

See you in the gym!