{"id":431048,"date":"2026-01-23T00:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T00:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/431048\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T00:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T00:05:11","slug":"mayor-packs-a-punch-to-help-launch-new-boxing-gym-in-lichfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/431048\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor packs a punch to help launch new boxing gym in Lichfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE ribbon has been cut on a new boxing gym in Lichfield.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Claire Pinder-Smith, Mayor of Lichfield, officially opened Sweatbox at Boley Park.<\/p>\n<p>Located on the top floor of Lichfield Health and Fitness Club, the facility will provide boxing classes and one to one sessions for all ages and abilities.<\/p>\n<p>Owner Arnold Obodai said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all recognise the benefits of fitness for physical health, but boxing has also been shown to support mental wellbeing, tone and exercise the entire body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt also offers a chance to build a community, making it one of the best fitness options.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pleased to be able to share my experience and skills as a professional boxer with the people of Lichfield through a variety of classes, which I hope will ultimately lead to the city\u2019s first amateur boxing club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more details visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweatboxofficial.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">www.sweatboxofficial.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated articles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE ribbon has been cut on a new boxing gym in Lichfield. Cllr Claire Pinder-Smith, Mayor of Lichfield,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[64,63,802,225700,538,137,225701,225702],"class_list":{"0":"post-431048","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-claire-pinder-smith","12":"tag-fitness","13":"tag-health","14":"tag-mayor-of-lichfield","15":"tag-sweatbox"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431048","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=431048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}