Coaches
Every trainer here is qualified and certified by Nick. Nick says 9 out of 10 trainers don't make it through the program.
Nick “Nicky Knuckles” Delury
Owner and head coach. Boxing gym owner since 1996, with 28 years as a boxing coach, amateur boxer and professional sparring partner (that's his count as of 2019). USA Boxing official. Licensed as a professional boxing trainer, cornerman, cutman, ringkeeper, clerk and manager in 16 states, 4 tribal nations and 3 countries. Personal trainer, training instructor and motivational speaker.
He is head boxing coach of the boxing program at Westchester Community College, the program Steve Acunto founded.
Nick came up through The Cage in White Plains and learned from Kid Sharkey. He once rescued a couple from a fiery car crash and was reunited with them at the hospital.
Larry Barnes
Former welterweight world champion and NJ Boxing Hall of Fame member. Head boxing trainer as of 2018. He helped develop the staff and assisted Luis Garcia's camp. Members have said it plain: "Larry trained me and he was great."
Kid Sharkey
Maurice "Kid Sharkey" Sposato. Boxer from 1932, 58 wins, 9 losses, 1 draw. Fought Sugar Ray Robinson and Lew Ambers. Wounded at Tarawa, Purple Heart. Trained Buster Mathis, Larry Holmes, Carl Williams, Jose Torres, Renaldo Snipes and Herschel Jacobs. His fighters gave him a corner jacket that read "Greatest Trainer of All Times". Nick calls him family.
The line of trainers
Dave Tenny, Ryan O'Leary and Cris Correa each trained under Kid Sharkey and coached at the club, as reported by the Fairfield County Business Journal. Steve Acunto founded the Westchester Community College boxing program.
The club's friends: Orlando Montalvo's gym on Hope Street in Stamford and Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn. Tell them Nicky Knuckles sent you.
Want to coach?
Interns and junior coaches are welcome.
If you have boxing or boxer training experience, call Nick and talk about joining the team.