Members of Vintage Boxing often use boxing for personal growth or as a release. (Filip De Mott photos)
Vintage Boxing isn’t pulling any punches in its efforts to improve the city’s boxing scene.
The Scott’s Addition-based gym is preparing the final round of The River City Invitational, its new sparring tournament. Launched in June, the three-round event aims to establish Richmond as a serious boxing hub and to prove that a boxing operation can be well run.
Contests serve as a backbone for boxers trying to turn professional as they allow them the victories needed to rank up. However, founder Eric Ash said it’s often the case that boxers waste weekends traveling for out-of-state competitions that don’t happen, limiting their career’s progress.
“You show up for a fight and your opponent wouldn’t show up,” he recounted. “I wanted to take it into our hands, where we do all the matchups and, in that way, we have some…
