JayJay Oakey

'JayJay' Oakey is a young ex-professional boxer and competition powerlifter who now helps train young athletes. With a no-loss fighting record Oakey rapidly gained publicity within the sport, and in 2012 was sponsored by the British Army through trials for the British Boxing Olympics.
Oakey, who is a relative of professional rugby player and ex-England coach Ellery Hanley (MBE), is mostly known for his early weight class change in the sport, after beginning his professional career in 2009 at Light Welterweight level and then quickly building up to compete at a Light Heavyweight classification by 2010. Whilst reportedly working with the British Army.
In 2009 he was accepted in the regional pre-selection trials for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but a shoulder injury forced Oakey to withdraw from further trials.
Having a competitive record of 11 professional wins (including 4 KOs and 1 TKO) and no losses, Jay caught the attention of Lonsdale and Adidas, who were working with academies to find young talents within the sport.
Training
Oakey has trained with various boxing academies around the UK and has trained in gyms such as Sharkey's in Leeds and Victors Arena in Sheffield. Seemingly the British Army encouraged Oakey to continue with the sport whilst serving, which is where he gained his first professional contract. Jay also trained under Joe Gallagher for a short time, who has trained other young professional boxers such as Danny Randall, Liam Cullen, Hosea Burton and Zak Burton. Gallagher also trained established professionals Michael Holden (former British Heavyweight Champion) and European middleweight champion Matthew Macklin.
In 2011 publications it was revealed that Oakey had an interest in martial arts including Karate, Thai boxing and Krav Maga, it was also noted that at a younger age Oakey spent a short time playing for an amateur Leeds rugby league club. one of which won a short film youth award. Oakey has also been a feature of various sport-related publications including Men's Health and UWBC.

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