The Belfast-Beltway Boxing Project is a Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to providing support for at-risk youth through cultural exchange and international athletic competition. The purpose of the Project is to offer an annual cultural and athletic exchange program, and also to provide financial assistance and equipment donations to nonprofit organizations which offer athletic and after-school programs for young people.
If you would like to volunteer or donate, please go to the "Donate or Get Involved" page!
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Sat, Jan 28, 2012.
The Belfast Telegraph, January, 17 2012
The peace process has been packed with episodes highlighting Belfast's evolving relationship with Washington. Next Saturday another chapter will be written in the tale of the cities when young Washingtonian...
Sat, Jan 28, 2012.
Local boxers prepare for trip to Ireland by Terron Hampton, Staff Writer
A contingent of boxers, coaches and referees from Prince George’s County and the surrounding area will travel to Northern Ireland next week for the fifth...
Tue, Dec 13, 2011.
The Belfast-Beltway Boxing Project is thrilled to announce that we will be taking a team of Washington, D.C.-area youth boxers to Northern Ireland on Wednesday, January 18, 2012. While in Belfast, the local team will be taken on cultural tours,...
Tue, Jun 21, 2011.
Prints from this year's Belfast-Beltway Boxing Classic are available for purchase from Mark Van Bergh Photography - see link's below: 2011 Belfast-Beltway Boxing Classic:http://MarkVanBergh.zenfolio.com/p791234071Training session at Tony's...
Tue, Apr 12, 2011.
If you look hard enough, you can still find the heartbeat of boxing. On Saturday night it was in a ballroom at the Westin Hotel in Washington, D.C., where kids separated by geography and culture connected through friendship and fisticuffs.
A group...
Tue, Apr 12, 2011.
At the Westin Hotel in downtown D.C., young boxers from Ireland and the National Capitol Region came together for the 4th Annual Belfast-Beltway Boxing Classic.
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Sun, Apr 10, 2011.
By Gene Wang
Bernard Cairns was all of 17 when he climbed the scaffolding inside Holy Cross Church in Belfast and hanged himself. Earlier that day in 2003, Cairns had attended the funeral of a close friend, another suicide victim, at the same...
Fri, Apr 8, 2011.
Listen to Micky Ward's interview on ESPN Radio. Topics include "The Fighter" and the Belfast-Beltway Boxing Classic on ESPN radio.click this link for the actual interview http://www.stationcaster.com/player_skinned.php?s=65&c=428&f=74509
Thu, Mar 24, 2011.
Is Ranked #1 in Nation in his Weight and Age
Washington, DC native Shaka Williams won the Super Heavy Weight class title in the recent National Silver Gloves tournament in Kansas City, Missouri. The 14 year old Shaka who is 6’ 1” and weighs...
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