MARIO LECHOWSKI
Founder & Coach
Biography: After 8 amateur fights, Mario Lechowski turned pro at the age of 16 and was, at the time, the youngest professional boxer in Canada. He won the Diamond Belt as the best boxer in Western Canada in 1996.In 2001, 21 year-old Mario beat Tony Pep to become the Canadian Professional Boxing Federation (CPBF) Canadian Lightweight cChampion. The CPBF also named him winner of the Brian O'Connor Award for best Canadian fighter of 2001. Throughout Mario's 10 year (15-5) professional career, he has fought and trained with some of the best boxers in the world including, Tony Pep, Billy Irwin, Floyd Mayweather, Arturo Gatti, Steve Johnson, Steve Forbes and Justin Juko. For the past five years, Mario has also trained private clients in the sport of boxing in one-on-one, duo and class settings. Mario trains his clients in all aspects of the sweet science, including punching techniques, increasing strength and power on the heavy, speed and double-end bags, as well as developing a client's boxing style through shadow boxing and improving hand-eye co-ordination using hand pads. Mario coaches more advanced clients in the techniques and strategies of sparring in one-on-one and class settings. He does all this with a view to improving the fitness and self-confidence of his clients. His workouts are tough, but fun.