The new Mayor of London also suggested that building more boxing academies could help curb youth violence.

It can be things like boxing academies - there are hundreds of them in London at the moment.

After this he created a boxing academy for gentlemen at 13 Bond Street, London.

In 1789 he opened his own boxing academy and published the book The Art of Boxing on modern "scientific" style boxing which every subsequent boxer learned from.

Byrd began boxing at age 5, sparring in his basement and at his father's boxing academy.

In 1899 Daley bought the former Elk's Lodge in Bangor and fitted it out as a boxing academy.

In 1910 a Chilean named John Budinich established the first boxing academy in Havana.

Years later a national boxing academy was established to train talented athletes.

After his retirement from boxing, he bought the Horse and Dolphin pub in Leicester Square and set up a boxing academy.

He spent 36 years as head of Armenia's national boxing academy.