ClickOut Media has continued its charity pledges with a donation of £5,000 to a boxing gym in Liverpool.

Tony Bellew retired from boxing in 2018 and is a prominent figure in the sports media world. The former WBC cruiserweight champion trains alongside a host of other Liverpudlian professional fighters at the Rotunda Amateur Boxing Club (ABC) in the city.

Speaking to ClickOut Media, Bellew said: “It’s an amazing gym, without these four walls and without Jimmy Albertina (legendary Liverpool boxing coach) coming into my life when he did I would have never achieved what I have.

It’s a cliche but boxing 100 per cent saved my life. I don’t know what else I would have been doing. I was doing anything to make ends meet because I had this dream of one day becoming a world champion boxer.

Bellew told ClickOut Media

Since his retirement, Bellew has worked closely with ClickOut Media as a boxing analyst and pundit and the donation will help Rotunda ABC fund more champions.

Bellew told ClickOut Media that all amateur boxing coaches are unpaid and do the role at the ‘kindness of their own heart’ to help develop young people and start the career of future national champions.

He added: “The Rotunda ABC turns out national champions every single year. We really do so. And the coaches, as I said before they’re not paid. So the least we can do is try and help them with their expenses. You know, traveling isn’t cheap.

“Whether it’s driving a bus, getting on trains, these guys are going to different shows every day of the week. So, I’m grateful to the guys and ClickOut Media, I can’t thank them enough – it goes a long way.”

Owen Fulda, head of Press Content at ClickOut Media said: “Rotunda Amateur Boxing Club is synonymous with boxing champions and we are delighted to play a small part in funding more.

“The donation is the first of a series we plan to make and he (Bellew) suggested the Rotunda as it is a place that is dear to him. It’s helped keep kids off the street and has trained numerous former champions including Bellew himself.

“As an agency we have worked with numerous boxers who represent brands we work with. We listened to them about causes that are important and they have all said that grassroots sport is the most important, especially given the current climate and rise in cost of living.”

ClickOut Media is committed to sports charitable work having donated in 2024 to Bob Wilson’s Willow Foundation, Haven House Hospice and Matchroom Sports Official charity The Matchroom Charitable Foundation.