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Smiling Hatton Boxing instructor leading a padwork class in the ring

Become a Hatton Boxing for fitness instructor

IntroducingPadwork

Give your clients boxing for fitness. Give yourself a new way to earn.

Learn to deliver boxing for fitness properly with Padwork. No boxing experience needed. A practical course developed with four-time world champion Ricky Hatton that has certified 10,000+ fitness instructors worldwide.

Trained by Hatton Boxing. Working in the UK's biggest gyms.

  • PureGym
  • The Gym Group
  • David Lloyd
  • Nuffield Health
  • Jetts
  • Virgin Active
  • Anytime Fitness
  • Third Space
  • Everyone Active

Logos show where Hatton Boxing certified instructors work. No endorsement implied.

Why become an instructor

  • Client smiling while working on the pads with her instructor

    Earn more money with a new service

    Boxing for fitness builds fitness, coordination and confidence. Skill-based workouts are more fun. Clients keep booking. Sell it one-to-one or in groups.

  • Instructor holding pads and showing a client how to throw a punch

    You’ll finish ready to run a session

    Learn to hold pads safely, coach punches and combinations, and correct common mistakes. Then run sessions for clients of any ability.

  • Instructor holding focus pads for a client throwing a punch during a boxing for fitness session

    Get certified from just £49

    Padwork costs about the same as one PT session, so it can pay for itself quickly. Learn online or live, whichever suits you best.

  • Group of Hatton Boxing instructors in the ring

    A certification recognised worldwide

    Become a Hatton Boxing certified instructor and stand out to gyms, employers and clients, wherever your career takes you.

Ricky Hatton celebrating in the ring after his win over Jose Luis Castillo

Ricky Hatton

More than a course. A legacy.

Every instructor trained becomes part of that legacy.

Ricky Hatton believed boxing should be for everyone, not just fighters. Hatton Boxing's next chapter takes that belief to more fitness professionals, gyms and communities around the world, one pad held and one client inspired at a time.

Become an instructor

Choose how you learn

Padwork is one practical course with two ways to take it. Both lead to the same Hatton Boxing certified instructor status, so choose the one that suits you. Learn online in about 8 hours, or spend a day in person with a Hatton Boxing Master Trainer on our live course.

Woman in a black hoodie working through an online course on a laptop in a cafeOnline

Padwork Online

£49

  • Start immediately, from anywhere
  • Learn at your own pace, about 8 hours in total
  • Finish as a Hatton Boxing certified instructor
  • Free Team Hatton account and 7-day Pro trial
Start online today
Hatton Boxing Master Trainer holding pads for a client during a live sessionLive

Padwork Live

£89

  • One day, face-to-face
  • Practical training with a Hatton Boxing Master Trainer
  • Finish as a Hatton Boxing certified instructor
  • Free Team Hatton account and 7-day Pro trial

Next course: 29 October, PureGym Dunfermline

Find a live course

Either way, it costs about the same as a single PT session.

Team Hatton Pro is £7.99 a month after your 7-day trial.

Testimonial

Gail had never held pads. Now she runs two packed classes a week.

“If someone asked me to run a padwork class that same evening, I could smash it.”

Gail PenmanPersonal Trainer, PureGym, GlasgowTwo classes a week of 12 to 18 people

How it works

  1. Choose your course, online or live

    Start Padwork Online today and learn at your own pace, or book Padwork Live in person with a Hatton Boxing Master Trainer on a date that suits you.

  2. Learn the Hatton Way, step by step

    Learn to hold pads safely, coach punches and combinations, spot and correct common mistakes, and tailor your coaching to clients of any ability. No boxing experience needed.

  3. Become a Hatton Boxing certified instructor

    Finish Padwork with a certification that sets you apart. It helps you stand out to employers and clients, and gives you a new service your clients will want to book.

  4. Join Team Hatton for support to grow

    Every Padwork graduate gets a free Team Hatton account and a 7-day Pro trial, with delivery, marketing and business support to turn new skills into sessions, clients and income.

Client in gloves smiling as she works the pads with her Hatton Boxing instructor

Proven the world over

Trusted by 10,000+ instructors worldwide

Our training was developed with four-time world champion Ricky Hatton, and we've been certifying fitness professionals around the world for over 15 years.

Boxing for fitness, the Hatton Way

Team Hatton

You've got the skills. Team Hatton helps you fill the sessions.

Team Hatton gives Hatton Boxing certified instructors delivery, marketing and business support to turn their skills into sessions, clients and income. Pro is £7.99 a month after your free 7-day trial.

Hatton Boxing instructor demonstrating a punch to a padwork class in the ring
Instructor holding pads for a client in the ring while a group looks on

For gym operators

Boxing for fitness is already in your gyms. Make sure it's taught properly.

Your personal trainers already use boxing with their clients, but pad holding and technique can vary between trainers and locations. Padwork gives your team practical, structured training developed with four-time world champion Ricky Hatton, delivered at your gym by a Hatton Boxing Master Trainer.

  • A consistent standard across every location
  • Professional development your PTs will value
  • A safer, more engaging experience for members

Start with a pilot at selected locations, then build to a regional or national programme.

Already delivering with PureGym.

FAQs

Padwork is one practical course. Take it online in about 8 hours or live in a day, and finish as a Hatton Boxing certified instructor either way.

Ready to become a Hatton Boxing certified instructor?