Sully’s Gym Survives Eviction Order

Sully Gym’s, founded in 1943, is the thread that connects much of Toronto’s post-1940s boxing history. Muhammad Ali worked out there for the 1966 World Heavyweight fight against local hero George Chuvalo. Lennox Lewis trained there before representing Canada at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. In March 2019, Sully’s faced eviction. “It’s an old-school gym and I try to keep it that way,” head coach Tony Morrison told the Toronto Star. “But everywhere you go, the rents have gone up.”  A $30,000 fundraising campaign enabled Sully’s to move its current spot on Dundas St. West, in the summer of 2019.