A new boxing gym opening in Swindon hopes to build on the legacy of a much-loved business.<\/p>\n
Alpha Boxing and Fitness closed its doors on Isis Trading Estate\u00a0on August 28, 2025, after years of serving the town.<\/p>\n
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However, the bittersweet closure marked the start of an exciting\u00a0new step, as\u00a0nephew and uncle duo\u00a0Kyle and Mark Neilson have taken the opportunity to open\u00a0Fight City in its place.<\/p>\n
Fight City\u00a0opened\u00a0in Havelock Street\u00a0on Monday, September 1, and the owners say\u00a0they\u00a0hope\u00a0to build on the legacy Alpha Boxing left behind, but in a “brand new facility where even bigger things await.”<\/p>\n
Mark and Kyle Neilson say they’re thrilled to bring Fight City to Swindon (Image: Fight City) “Brian Roberts used to own the Alpha Boxing gym, and he is a bit of a legend in Swindon when it comes to boxing,” explained Kyle, one half of the family duo who have opened the new gym.<\/p>\n
“He wanted to retire, but wanted to make sure the gym was left in good hands. We were in partnership with Alpha anyway and had been doing about 16 boxing shows around the country. We had always called the Swindon show ‘Fight Town’.<\/p>\n
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“But the history of boxing in this town is so great and Swindon is growing so fast that we feel it’s much bigger than a town now.<\/p>\n
“That’s how we landed on the name Fight City. This is the home of boxing in Swindon now.”<\/p>\n
The new town centre gym has taken on Alpha Boxing’s customer base (Image: Fight City) The new gym, which is\u00a0for over 18s, will open from 6am to 9pm, and offer heavy bags, speed bags, free weights, rigs, cardio machines, as well as\u00a0individual fitness and boxing classes for junior amateurs, over 50s, and more.<\/p>\n
“It’s not just boxing. We have all levels of general fitness groups, too, and MMA classes. We cater to a bit of everything,” added Kyle.<\/p>\n
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Speaking ahead of Alpha Boxing’s closure, a spokesperson said: “After years of incredible memories, training sessions, and community spirit, we want to extend a huge thank you to all our members for your understanding, support, and loyalty throughout this transition.<\/p>\n
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“Your dedication means the world to us, and we can\u2019t wait to welcome you into our brand new facility where even bigger things await.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019d also like to express our sincere gratitude to our sponsors for their continued support and belief in our vision. Thank you for coming with us on this next chapter at Fight City \u2014 we\u2019re proud to have you on the journey.”<\/p>\n
Fight City is now keen to accept new members, with a\u00a0\u00a310 joining fee and \u00a325 per month cost that can be cancelled at any time.<\/p>\n
“Thank you again to everyone who has supported us through this transition,” said a spokesperson for Fight City.<\/p>\n
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“The next chapter starts now \u2014 and it\u2019s going to be big.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new boxing gym opening in Swindon hopes to build on the legacy of a much-loved business. Alpha…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[83026,64,63,802,83028,83024,83025,83029,85,83027],"class_list":["post-117338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-alpha-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-classes","tag-fight-city","tag-kyle-neilson","tag-mark-neilson","tag-sports","tag-swindon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}