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Padwork, our practical course

Become a Hatton Boxing certified instructor

Padwork teaches you to deliver boxing for fitness properly, whether you’ve boxed or not. Learn online from £49 or live for £89, and finish certified. Developed with four-time world champion Ricky Hatton and trusted by 10,000+ 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.

Boxing for fitness skills built for personal trainers

Learn to bring boxing for fitness into your sessions safely and confidently. No boxing experience needed.

  • Hold pads safely and correctly
  • Coach punches with confidence
  • Build effective combinations
  • Correct common technique mistakes
  • Create boxing for fitness workouts
  • Make your sessions more engaging
  • Add a new service to your offer
  • Earn your Hatton Boxing certification

For personal trainers and fitness instructors of every boxing experience level.

How would you like to 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.

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
  • Complete it inside Team Hatton
  • Hatton Boxing certification on completion
  • Free Team Hatton account and 7-day Pro trial
Start online today - £49
Hatton Boxing Master Trainer holding pads for a client during a live sessionLive

Padwork Live

£89

  • One day, face-to-face
  • Hands-on padwork with a Hatton Boxing Master Trainer
  • Selected venues across the UK
  • Hatton Boxing certification at the end
  • Free Team Hatton account and 7-day Pro trial
Find a live course - £89

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.

Pick your date and venue

One day of hands-on training with a Hatton Boxing Master Trainer. £89 per place.

  • Thu 29 OctoberPureGym Dunfermline9:30 to 4:309 spaces leftBook your place
  • Thu 5 NovemberPureGym London Park Royal10:00 to 17:008 spaces leftBook your place
  • Thu 12 NovemberPureGym London Stratford10:00 to 17:008 spaces leftBook your place
  • Thu 19 NovemberPureGym Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland9:30 to 16:3010 spaces leftBook your place
  • Thu 26 NovemberPureGym Reading Caversham Road9:30 to 16:309 spaces leftBook your place
  • Thu 3 DecemberPureGym Manchester Urban Exchange9:30 to 16:309 spaces leftBook your place
  • Thu 10 DecemberPureGym Leicester St Georges Way9:30 to 16:3010 spaces leftBook your place

On the day, wear comfortable gymwear and appropriate footwear, and bring water and something to eat.

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

Finish certified. Keep going with Team Hatton.

  • Hatton Boxing certification

    Become a Hatton Boxing certified instructor and stand out to gyms, employers and clients.

  • Free Team Hatton account

    Team Hatton gives certified instructors delivery, marketing and business support.

  • 7-day Pro trial

    Try Team Hatton Pro free for 7 days after you complete Padwork. After that, it’s £7.99 a month.

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.

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

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