THE blows rain down on punching bags as sweat pours down faces and laughter and chatter fills the air.
A boxing gym isn’t where you often see people having fun – pummelling bags and opponents is usually serious business. But this is no ordinary group of boxers: this bunch is made up of 20 older women working up a sweat at the GogoBox class at Sandton’s Slow Poison Boxing Gym.
And the aim of the game is to have a good time while improving their health and fitness.
These from Alexandra in Johannesburg are led by the gym’s owner, retired boxer Mbulelo Transvaal (42), and instructor Lubabalo
