\n Karl Everton, 34, from Coldean in Brighton, has raised more than \u00a31,600 through Ultra White Collar Boxing (UWCB) bouts, supporting charities that have helped his family during their toughest times.\n<\/p>\n
\n His first fight was in November 2024, inspired by his son Finley, who was born prematurely in 2020 and spent six months in hospital before being diagnosed with Level 3 autism.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Everton said: “Those early years were incredibly challenging for our family, but the care Finley received at the Trevor Mann Baby Unit gave us so much support and reassurance during a very difficult time.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The team was there for us when we needed them most and raising money for them has given me the opportunity to give something back.”\n<\/p>\n
\n His second bout took place in July 2025 in support of Blood Cancer UK, following his mother-in-law\u2019s diagnosis the previous year.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Everton said: “To see someone who has given so much to our family then have to face cancer herself was incredibly hard.\n<\/p>\n
\n “But even with everything she was going through, she was still thinking about Finley and supporting us.”\n<\/p>\n
\n In July this year, he returned to the ring for a third time, raising funds for Friends of Downsview, a charity supporting the specialist school his son attends.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Everton said: “I know first-hand how important the right environment can be for Finley.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The school does so much to help him learn, grow and feel comfortable, and I wanted to give something back to a place that means so much to our family.”\n<\/p>\n
\n He trained at Stingwray Boxing Club in Brighton under coach Neil Wray and credited the programme for helping him turn his life around.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “Before boxing, I was in a pretty low place.\n<\/p>\n
\n “If it wasn\u2019t for Ultra, I\u2019d be in a very different place.\n<\/p>\n
\n “When I started, I never imagined how much it would change my life.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Across his three bouts, Mr Everton has raised more than \u00a31,600 for charity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Karl Everton, 34, from Coldean in Brighton, has raised more than \u00a31,600 through Ultra White Collar Boxing (UWCB)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-802819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}