After representing Wales at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Cardiff Met student and international boxer Dan Pitt has made the difficult decision to step away from the Elite Welsh Boxing programme as he turns his attention to recovering from a long-standing hand injury and completing the final year of his degree. It marks a change of direction for an athlete who has spent the past two years competing at the highest level of amateur boxing, becoming a world champion and representi

Cardiff Met alumna Rosie Eccles says seeing the Team Wales kit come to life has made the build-up to Glasgow 2026 even more special, after playing a small role in the development process through the Team Wales Athletes’ Commission. The Welsh boxer, who studied at Cardiff Met between 2014 and 2019, graduating with a First Class BSc in Sports Studies before completing a Master’s degree in Sport Psychology with Distinction, was among the athletes attending Team Wales Kitting Out

Cardiff Met’s Head of Strength and Conditioning, Dai Watts, has been supporting the Welsh Boxing Team in Tenerife as preparations continue for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. The nine-day training camp, running from 25 June to 3 July, brings together Wales’ Commonwealth Games-bound boxers in an intensive environment designed to sharpen performance ahead of the Games later this month. There is also a further Cardiff Met connection within the squad, Cardiff Met student Dan