Firstly, apologies if I have posted this in the wrong forum, this is my first post, so I hope this doesn't annoy anyone who uses the board by asking a few questions.

I've been asked by my university (Manchester) magazine to begin to research the subject of boxing around the city, unfortunately the clubs I've spoken to have not wanted to take part in my research or interviews. I'm not completely sure why, but they didn't want me to interview anyone there. Basically, there's been quite a lot of interest around the university about the sport since the last Ricky Hatton fight. We want to provide some information about the sport, how to get in to it, what excites people about, if anyone can join and what being part of the clubs means to the members. Hopefully it shouldn't take more than five minutes to reply to.

Any help would be greatly received, and any advice on where or how I should get more imformation would be excellent.

1)How and why did you become involved in the sport?

2)What does boxing mean to you?

3)In a normal week how many times do you train?

4)Can anybody take part?

5)What makes a good boxer?

6)Describe your first match -

7)Did you win or lose?

What do you love about fight night?

9)What do you consider the best fight you've been part of or seen?

10)Who's the toughest person you've ever seen in the ring?

11)How has the sport changed since you first became interested in it?

Sorry again if I've wasted anyones time who uses this board.