Barely arrived when a subtle smell mixed with sweat and leather rises to the visitor's nostrils.
Punching bags hang from the ceiling like giant sausages at the butcher's.
The regular “
Top!”
Arms forward!
» of a coach with a shaved head, a sweatshirt on his shoulders, completes the picture.
Welcome to the land of boxers.
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We are on the second floor of the Corbeil-Essonnes sports center (Essonne).
Here, the blows resonate twice.
In fact, the city is home to two boxing clubs and has grouped them together… in the same place.
A few meters of corridor and a wall separate the installations of the ASCE English Boxing, a historic association of Corbeil, and those of the ASCE Boxing club, recently created.
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