Member Clubs

Established: 2012

Philosophy: With hard work and discipline you can accomplishing anything.

Founders: Charles “Chucky” Renaud & Leo “Lionheart” Richardson

General Information: Previously based at the end of Mills Creek in Spanish Point, The New Controversy Gym moved into the Queen’s Club’s basement in December 2012. Head trainer and former heavyweight boxer Leo Richardson has a larger-than-life personality and is the heartbeat of the gym. Coach Leo was given the blessing of Renaud to take over the operation of the gym after months of his training people in Victoria Park caught the attention of the Queens Club members who then rallied behind Coach Leo to offer the gym its new home. With a consistent and impassioned push from Coach Leo, the New Controversy Gym now prides itself in being at the center of the implementation of the island-wide Youth Boxing Academy initiative and is regarded as the essential first step for youth who are exploring the art of boxing.

The CBG Youth Program was started as a way to reach out to young people and give them a positive avenue. As such, Coach Leo runs many youth-focused programs including after-school programs, boxing camps, co-curricular boxing clubs and he is the Vice President of the Bermuda Boxing Federation.

Head Coach: Leo Richardson

Noteworthy Athletes: Trace Easton, Naizari Roberts, Josef Ferreira, Logan Jimenez

Established: 1980

Philosophy: Nothing for Nothing

Founder: The Late Allan “Forty” Rego

General Information: Allan “Forty” Rego started training people in the early 1950s and had continued out of his “lion’s den” home gym right up until his recent passing in February 2018. His legacy will continue on through the work of the countless others he had influenced and coached throughout the years. The 40 Rego’s Gym motto of “Small Gym, Big Knowledge” was truly evidenced through the constant output of champions from its humble Warwick location. Most recently he had worked to groom Andre Lambe and Tyler Christopher, who together are 2/3rds of the Bermuda National Boxing Team as he supported them in their bid to delay turning professional to pursue their Olympic dream. Mr. Rego had become well regarded as the island’s most revered trainer and is a quintessential Bermudian Hero. The Bermuda Boxing Federation with your help will be honored to help to cement his legacy by allowing his athletes to reach their dream and helping to groom and inspire the next generations, as Mr. Rego did.

Head Coaches: Varo Pelon Andrade

Noteworthy Athletes: Quinn Paynter, Roy Johnson, Norman DeSilva, Anthony Fubler, Gary Hope, Teresa Perozzi and Nikki Bascome.

Established: October 2005

Philosophy: Development. Implement. Maintain (DIM)

Founders: Garon Wilkinson & Reuben Bean

General Information: The Bermuda Sanshou Association is a registered charity(#767) and was created by its standing executive as a vehicle to train and support local martial artists in the  discipline of sanshou/sanda. BSA also works to maintain athletes, coaches, and support personnel at a level sufficient to engage in international competition. BSA is a member of International Wushu Federation (IWuf) and its President, Garon Wilkinson is an Executive Board Member of Pan American Wushu Federation, while Vice President Oscar Lightbourne is a Technical Committee member.

Head Coaches: Garon Wilkinson, Sentwali Woolridge – Sanda Pandas Head Coach

Noteworthy Athletes: The BSA 2017 National Sanda Team includes Sentwali Woolridge, Reyel Bowen & Krista Dyer

Established: 2017

Philosophy: Your health and fitness are worth fighting for!

Founder: Cyril Whitter

General Information: Aries Sports Center was opened in July 2017 as Bermuda’s first dedicated sports center catering to the whole family. The facility offers group fitness programs and martial arts programs centered around providing quality instruction in the sports of Boxing, Kickboxing, Jiujitsu and Brazilian Jiujitsu from the age of 3 years old to the general Bermuda public.

Noteworthy Athletes: Aries currently hosts the Bermuda Sanshou Association, Controversy Boxing Gym, and the Bermuda Boxing Federation National programs.

Established: 1969

Philosophy: Bridging the gap between the public and the police though fitness.

Founders: Patrick McBride, Vic Richmond, Willie McCrackin, Authur Wallington

General Information: The Bermuda Police Service have supported a boxing program out of their Prospect Headquarters for close to 50 years. They hold the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating gym in Bermuda. Even though the gym was formally established in the late 1960s, police boxing had long taken root as an integral part of the Bermuda Police Service’s community involvement. There are fight night bills dating as far back as the 1930s featuring local and expat Bermuda Police Officers alike. This legacy continued for many years in that the Bermuda Police Boxing Gym had successfully organized an Annual Police Night of Boxing which included police boxers competing from as far away as Denver, Massachusetts, New York and England. The current generation of athletes are no less skilled or as passionate about the sport as those who came before them.

Head Coaches: Gary Smith 1974 – 1980s

Quinn “Duke” Mallory 1980s – 1990s Kevin “Mannix” Simmons 1990s until present.

Noteworthy Athletes: Quinn Paynter, Teresa Perozzi, Nikki Bascome, Freeman Smith, Jomar Caines, Sharrieff Wales, Kamel Dickinson, Mervin Dickinson