Boxing Lessons

Whether you like it or not, and most people like it, fighting is apart of hockey. So you better learn how to box to protect yourself. Every year the Roughridgers bring in former National Golden Gloves Champ Steve Eden to teach the players the sweet science of boxing.

A lot of the young players have never been in a fight before so they need to learn how to protect themselves on the ice. Eden who once sparred with Muhammad Ali, teaches the players how to slip a punch, and keep their balance on the ice to deliver some big blows of their own.

Jeff Costello is one of the veteran Roughriders and with the help of Eden has learned to like a little fist-a-cuffs once in a while. Costello said, he would rather spend five minutes in the penalty box instead of jail.

I will have a feature on the Roughriders boxing lessons on kcrg.com and Jeff Johnson will have a story in The Gazette.