Author: Mischa Merz
March 26, 2020
Covid 19 update
To all out loyal members and MBC family. Due to the COVID 19 crisis we are now running classes online through Zoom. The classes are live and interactive with all your favourite trainers who will ada...
Read MoreDecember 12, 2017
Register now for the Women's Boxing Clinic 2018
Join two of Australia’s most experienced female boxers, Mischa Merz and Bianca Elmir, in an exciting two-day clinic involving skills, drills, thrills and competition sparring. Take your boxing ...
Read MoreOctober 20, 2017
Champion for change
Coaches Nick and Mischa are going on holidays (but not together). However, we have a special treat in store for those who attend the 5.30pm Fighters' Class. For the first two weeks of November ...
Read MoreSeptember 28, 2015
She’ll be sweet
Anyone who has followed the dramatic trajectory of Australian champion boxer Diana Prazak will know that she sure has a story to tell. From overweight chain smoker to two-time world champion, and t...
Read MoreJune 28, 2015
Still the King
Sam Soliman showed this weekend the reason he’s lasted so long in the sport of boxing. Even when the decision went against him in what has been described as one of the biggest robberies in boxing fo...
Read MoreJune 24, 2015
Boxing royalty comes to MBC
When I first met Sam ‘King’ Soliman back in the days of the Underworld Gym in the early 2000s, they called him Triple-A – Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere. As a journalist on the Herald Sun I was one o...
Read MoreMarch 3, 2015
Girls get a taste of the real thing
Sparring can be a frightening prospect for anyone considering taking boxing to the next level, beyond the fitness class and into the ring. If you’ve watched any of the Rocky films or Raging Bull you...
Read MoreFebruary 1, 2015
More ring girls
This year's summer women's boxing clinic was the best one so fa...
Read MoreDecember 7, 2014
Time to take that step
The third Women's Weekend Boxing Clinic looks set to be the best ever. It will take place on Aus...
Read MoreAugust 29, 2014
Sunny days
The first warm days at the end of winter and the onset of spring remind us that it won't be long before we start shedding clothes. Most people who train hard through winter at Boxing Central are ex...
Read MoreApril 30, 2014
Another wild and wonderful weekend awaits
The second Women's Boxing Weekend Clinic - a joint venture between MBC and Canberra-based amateur champion boxer Bianca 'BamBam' Elmir - is shaping up to be as exciting as the first one in Melbourne o...
Read MoreMarch 17, 2014
Get with the strength
Everyone finds a turning point with boxing training. Changes can be dramatic and substantial at first. You get noticeably fitter, stronger, and trimmer. And you enjoy it so much that one day you f...
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2014
Disarmed and dangerous
It's hard to believe that we will soon be bidding farewell to the legendary boxer/trainer...
Read MoreFebruary 4, 2014
This is Boxing Central!
Canberra based film-maker Paul Oliver has been quietly capturing vision of Boxing Central these past couple of months. And this is his first instalment. Paul was a crucial but quiet player in the rece...
Read MoreJanuary 12, 2014
You don't need to be fit to get fit
I've heard it a few times this week. 'I'm going to start boxing training soon, but I just need to get fit first.' I'm sorry to have to break the harsh news, but it's your unfit self you have to ...
Read MoreJanuary 5, 2014
Secure your spot
The women's boxing clinic scheduled for the Australia Day weekend (January 24-27) is filling fast, so make sure you secure your place as soon as possible. Go to the home page link to pay in full or em...
Read MoreDecember 9, 2013
Time to shine
The women's boxing clinic at Boxing Central on Australia Day weekend (January 24-27) is shaping up to be a pretty unique event. There have been a lot of expressions of interest already, especially fro...
Read MoreNovember 25, 2013
Don't skip the skipping
I can tell that some people love skipping as much as they like going to the dentist. It's uncomfortable at best and painful at worst. As soon as they start you can see a kind of misery cloud their e...
Read MoreNovember 17, 2013
Five reasons to train like a boxer
1. You will be strong and fast If you train like a boxer you will develop good functional strength rather than bulk. Many boxers are deceptively strong. They look like whippets but they punch with sl...
Read MoreNovember 11, 2013
From Africa with (tough) love
You could call Yohannes Sheferaw the Smiling Assassin, although his official boxing alias is Golden Hands. Either way, there is nothing sinister about this former Ethiopian Olympian. [caption id="a...
Read MoreNovember 3, 2013
Lesson # 1. Go to the gym
Sometimes I joke that if I knew how difficult boxing was, I would never have started. There's a small kernel of truth in that. Boxing is hard on so many fronts - physically, mentally, emotionally. But...
Read MoreSeptember 13, 2013
Spring special will make you shine
Boxing Central is getting a glow about it. The afternoon sun is starting to infuse the gym with a golden light, a sign that summer is on the way. And while it has been a bitterly cold winter, most mem...
Read MoreAugust 9, 2013
Fight time
This Sunday, three of Boxing Central's finest will be travelling to Epping at the Casa D'Abruzzo Club in O'Hearns Rd to compete. Luke Bon...
Read MoreJuly 20, 2013
Come in from the cold
These cold winter months it's tempting to put your training on hold and retreat to the comforts of home. But it will be harder to restart in summer than it will be to grit your teeth for a few months ...
Read MoreJuly 4, 2013
It's time to take some notice
I used to despair that NSW based boxing and kickboxing champion Holly Ferneley was at the...
Read MoreJune 26, 2013
More classes
New classes will begin in July 2013 including a beginner's sparring class and two new boxing fitness classes. Learn to spar This is the class that I'm most excited about. Beginner sparring will star...
Read MoreMay 2, 2013
First five save fifty dollars
OK so it's cold. But that's no reason not to train. In fact it's a better reason than ever because you need to move to keep yourself warm. And actually you burn more calories in the cold than you do i...
Read MoreApril 22, 2013
Big fight in a little woman
The first time Cidalia Pires, or Cid as we call her, joined our fitness class a year ago, we were dub...
Read MoreApril 12, 2013
Smashing it
My bum and legs are killing me today. And I guess it's the same for Zoi Georgiou and Jess Mackenzie who joined me in what I have dubbed the 'smash session' on Thursday night at 6.30pm. We squatted, w...
Read MoreApril 3, 2013
Better than Botox
Seeing this clip during week, of two amazing men in their 90s running the 100-metre dash, got me thinking about ageing and fitness. http://youtu.be/QYLVd7plaV8 These guys a...
Read MoreMarch 14, 2013
Wake up and start punching
If you are one of those people who like to get your training done and dusted while other people are just dreaming about it, Daniel's Null's Tuesday early morning class at Boxing Central might be the o...
Read MoreMarch 10, 2013
The Smooth Operator
The Boxing Central crew were ringside at Jeff's Shed on the long weekend to witness Aaron Master...
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2013
New classes, fresh faces
Early start This is the smiling face that will greet you at 6.30am on a Tuesday morning for an exhilarating ...
Read MoreFebruary 7, 2013
La Dolce Vita
Santo and Fab, two boxers and best mates who walked into our gym a few weeks ago and it feels like they have been with us for years. They se...
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2013
Ready to fall for Boxing Central
We're all set to start boxing fitness classes at Boxing Central on Monday February 4 at 7...
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2013
Goodbye Diana, hello 2013!
The first sparring class for 2013 was also th...
Read MoreNovember 25, 2012
Stand and deliver
Boxing stance is a tricky notion because it's essentially fluid. You can be shown how to stand. But you rarely, if ever, just stand still in the boxing ring. You have to plant your feet to throw most...
Read MoreNovember 23, 2012
Debutants will have a ball
We found these two boxers, lightweight Aaron Masters and heavyweight Daniel Null...
Read MoreNovember 18, 2012
This is what a fighter looks like
This is my boxer girl Zoi Georgiou. She's also a great hair dresser and an award winning colourist as well. In a pas...
Read MoreNovember 11, 2012
Win-win in the battle of the sexes
Boxing Central might have a focus on promoting female fighters. But we value men and want them around, especially ...
Read MoreOctober 31, 2012
Mischa’s Boxing Central 2012 Round Up
Our small group of competitive boxers and aspiring fighters have been wo...
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