Maccabi Lod Boxing Gym

After being officially recognized as a sport more than a century ago, boxing has gained a tremendous popularity worldwide. In Israel, it has been introduced with a first waves of aliyah and British mandate.

Boxing was first brought to Israel by members of British Army during mandate. Competitions were arranged between soldiers and officers. Later, Brits competed against Israeli natives – Iftakh Zaid was one of them. After the end of mandate, boxing remained popular and has been widely adopted, receiving a lot of recognition from the newcoming athletes.

From the start of 20th century until 50's and 60s, many jewish boxers had been greatly recognized all over the world. Hundred of jewish names are associated with tremendous boxing achievements. Israeli boxing has shown a great step forward in the middle of 90's with a great victories at European championship. This was greatly contributed by aliyah from post-Soviet nations which brought a significant sports culture to Israel. Aliyah included many talented athletes and trainers, who dedicated their lives to this sport and continue their contribution towards a great victories abroad.

Boxing history of Lod was represented by its only boxing club prior to the 80s. After club's closure, boxing had no recognition in town for more than 20 years. Beginning of 2011 was signified by gym's reopening. Despite the lack of an external funding, Yakov and David Voloch show a great enthusiasm to keep their club running and continue contributing towards development of boxing in the town of Lod. Trainers are confident that this sport can bring a lot of positive experience for children, teenagers and adults. Everyone can master their boxing techniques as well as other skills: self-defense, conditioning, sportmanship; develop mutual respect and self-esteem.

Our club currently has around 20 members of different ages: from 9 to above 40 years of age. Younger members are competitions' participants, older clubmates enjoy their recreational activities improving their stamina and conditioning. David and Yakov organize their training sessions in a way such that every member feels welcome and commited to another training session which is another step to an improvement.

We invite everyone to master their skills in the following: boxing, thai-boxing and kickboxing. We provide an inidividual approach to everyone and are committed to Your achievements.