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Legendary Charleston Boxing Club Founded By ‘Hollywood’ Meggett Reopens  - The People's Beat

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Legendary Charleston Boxing Club Founded By ‘Hollywood’ Meggett Reopens  - The People's Beat After a two year hiatus, The Charleston Boxing Club reopened on Monday in downtown Charleston | ThePeoplesBeat.com | John Gaulden

Historic Charleston Boxing Club to reopen Monday

Historic Charleston Boxing Club to reopen Monday CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)- After two years of renovations, the Charleston Boxing Club is set to reopen Monday afternoon. The City of Charleston and the downtown community came together to help raise …

Making moves today preparing to open on Monday.

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It's with broken hearts The Charleston Boxing Club announces the passing of our family, friend and our brother in boxing
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'Hollywood' Meggett-founded Charleston Boxing Club poised for a comeback

Now renovations are nearly complete, and the boxing club at 1099 King St. has a five-year lease in its name approved by City Council on Dec. 7. The club will occupy the first floor while the second floor will be used for community meetings and events, said Sakran who helped secure the lease.

One of the club’s former boxers and trainers, Darren “Broadway” Whitaker, will serve as head coach, bringing with him his own lessons from Hollywood.

“One of the things he instilled in us was giving back to the community,” he said. “This is my way of giving back because any success I’ve had has come through my community.”

His first goal is getting kids back through the door.

“We are going to basically be starting again as a young program,” he said.

From there, Allah said he is eager to use his business experience to reinvigorate the club with merchandise and sponsorships from local businesses.

“He knows that my mind is in business, but he showed me the boxing,” Allah said of his father.

With a potential early 2022 opening, a GoFundMe fundraiser is ongoing to get club up and running as the board seeks further funding opportunities. In the meantime, Allah is leaning on the confidence that Hollywood instilled in him and countless others.

“Sometimes I wish I could ask him more questions,” he said. “But he gave it all to us. He gave us everything we needed.”

'Hollywood' Meggett-founded Charleston Boxing Club poised for a comeback City Council approved a five-year lease for the Charleston Boxing Club at its former location in the old fire station at 1099 King St.

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𝙰𝚕 “𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍“ 𝙼𝚎𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝
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“𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚗 𝙱𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚗𝚐 C𝚕𝚞𝚋 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚛𝚞𝚐𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝟷𝟿𝟾𝟹, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚊 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙼𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚐𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙸 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛.

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝟸𝟻 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖. 𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛.“

𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟾𝚝𝚑, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝟿𝟶. 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 🖤

𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝, 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎. 𝙷𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚊𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎.

𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝙻𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙶𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚝 𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚔, 𝚃𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚢 -𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝟷𝟸-𝟻, 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝙳𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟷𝟿, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚜 𝚋𝚢 @𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚘𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 @𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕.

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Al "Hollywood" Meggett, founder of Charleston Boxing Club was a pillar of our community and a beloved mentor for decades. In his own words: "I teach the kids how to seek things and love one another... There are children that have been working in my program for over 25 years, and I now have their children and my grandchildren in my program. It's a chain reaction, from one generation to another."

Hollywood passed away on Friday, October 8, 2021 at the age of 90. Hollywood impacted generations in the Charleston area and will be greatly missed.

See "Hollywood"'s portrait and the rest of the wonderful work in Prototype for a Landscape, on view through December 19. Come visit us Thursday through Sunday from noon to 5pm. Reserve your time here: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1083876.

Our Charleston Boxing Club Family at City Council receiving a proclamation in honor of Al "Hollywood" Meggett.

Jason Sakran City Councilmember District 3, Councilman Robert Mitchell and William Dudley Gregorie spoke as well and urged the public to support the gofundme

https://www.gofundme.com/f/charlestonboxing

City of Charleston City Council 10/26/21

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Boxing coach Al ‘Hollywood’ Meggett leaves enduring legacy in Charleston

By Jeff Hartsell [email protected]
https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/boxing-coach-al-hollywood-meggett-leaves-enduring-legacy-in-charleston/article_bbf7a4b6-2c4a-11ec-8f5f-9fdc0466b444.html

It was the early 1980s when Al “Hollywood” Meggett went to see Charleston Mayor Joe Riley about starting a boxing club downtown.

There was an old fire station on King Street that Riley thought might work, so Hollywood had a boxing ring installed upstairs, near the pole that carried firefighters from the second floor to the first.

That was the genesis of the Charleston Boxing Club, a program run by Meggett for nearly 40 years that impacted the lives of countless young people on the East Side of Charleston and beyond.

Meggett, 90, died on Oct. 8, according to his family, and leaves a lasting legacy in Charleston that stretches beyond boxing.

“He created that whole program for the sole purpose of not only teaching boxing, which he did,” said Riley, Charleston’s mayor from 1975 to 2016. “But also teaching young people the lessons of a successful life, and discipline and good character.

“He obviously taught them to box and was very skillful at that. But beyond that, it was discipline, integrity, honesty, truthfulness and sacrifice. You don’t get anywhere in life, or in boxing, without making sacrifices.”

Meggett was born in Harlem and began teaching boxing to kids there when he was 23. He spent four years in Charleston while he was in the Navy, and then returned to the Lowcountry in 1979.

Al “Hollywood” Meggett acts as the grand marshal in the annual Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 4, 2018. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff

When he opened the Charleston Boxing Club in 1983, he brought the legendary Muhammad Ali to Charleston for the grand opening.

Ali arrived at 1099 King St. in a motorcade arranged by former Charleston Police Chief Reuben Greenberg, welcomed by a packed house. Ali danced around the ring and put on a show for the crowd.

“He started doing magic tricks, telling jokes,” Meggett recalled for a Post and Courier story. “I said, ‘This man is too much. He’s multitalented.’”

Riley once called Meggett’s program a “human-building process.” The club was once supported by the Charleston Police Athletic League, but in recent years Meggett has made it work with donations and other support.

“Hollywood Meggett was a truly remarkable man and a dedicated member of the Charleston community,” said current Mayor John Tecklenburg. “Through his passion for boxing, he served as a mentor to countless young citizens, not only teaching them the sport, but a number of valuable life skills and healthy habits that set them on the path toward success.

“His passing is a tremendous loss for our community, but I am hopeful that the memory of his great impact and achievements will continue to inspire citizens for years to come.”

Meggett’s lifetime in the sport of boxing brought him connections to legends of the sport. His gym was plastered with photos of Meggett with many of them, including Beaufort native Joe Frazier and former heavyweight champ Floyd Patterson. Meggett even posed with former South Carolina senators Fritz Hollings and Strom Thurmond for a picture.

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Al “Hollywood” Meggett holds a photograph of Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali taken in 1983 during the opening of the Charleston Police Athletic League gym on King Street. File/Staff

By 2019, the gym on King Street had fallen into disrepair and needed renovation. That forced Meggett to pack up his photos, memorabilia and equipment.

“I have half of my life in that building,” Meggett said then. “So I’m ready to get back in there and keep doing what I’ve been doing for the community.”

Today, the renovation of the building is almost complete, with fresh paint and new hardwood floors. The fire pole is still there, and workers said a boxing ring is planned for the first floor of what will be a community center.

Meggett’s son, Albert Allah Meggett, said his father’s work will continue.

“We are going to continue Hollywood’s dream,” he said Oct. 13. “We’ve already set up a board of directors, which Hollywood set up, and we have our nonprofit set up.

“We’ll be running the same program the same way, working with the kids and going into the high schools and building up the same community we had before. It will be the rebirth of the Charleston Boxing Club.”

A viewing is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. on Oct. 14 at the Arthur W. Christopher Community Center on Fishburne Street. A service will be held there at 11 a.m. on Oct. 15. Masks are required for both events.

Donations to the boxing club can be made at https://www.gofundme.com/f/charlestonboxing

By Derrek Asberry [email protected]
Follow on Twitter @Jeff_fromthePC

Everyday Hero: Al “Hollywood” Meggett

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Charleston Police Department Chief Luther Reynolds Statement Regarding the Passing of Al “Hollywood” Meggett

https://twitter.com/CharlestonPD/status/1448381792474566660

Wow!!! The love and the quality of men that Mr Al “Hollywood” Meggett honed and developed out of his boxing program in that little brick building over the past forty years will affect generations to come and is what leaving a legacy is all about! 🙏❤️

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Help Mr. Meggett Help our Kids and Community, organized by Howard Lee Gatch

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The city of Charleston will host an Olympic Finals Watch Party in support of Charleston native and Olympic shot putter Raven Saunders at 8 p.m., Saturday, July 31, 2021 at the Arthur W. Christopher Community Center, located at 265 Fishburne Street.