Hong Kong police officer turned boxer Edwin Ng has sparred with Rex Tso – but helping wayward youth means more than winning

Police constable Edwin Ng Ka-ho relentlessly punches bags and dodges pads in front of a silent group of teens at the Tai Po Police Boxing Club just days before his second professional bout.

At a glance, it looks as if the 29-year-old Hong Kong native is sharing gym facilities with the club’s Operation Breakthrough – a police volunteer initiative to rehabilitate and support disadvantaged or wayward youths in Hong Kong through sport. Quite the contrary; Ng is the beating heart of it all.

“My father, David, took me to the Police Boxing Club when I was 11 years old and I learned to box in Tai Po for over 10 years,” recalled Ng, who has a professional boxing record of one win and no losses.

“He was an ex-inspector for the police force, a Breakthrough boxing coach and deputy chairman of the club. He brought me to the gym and we trained with club founder [and retired superintendent] Danny Lawley, who will be in my corner next week.”

Ng looks to take his professional record to 2-0 against fellow Hongkonger Kwok Ka-hin at Def Promotion’s Road to Glory 2 at Wan Chai’s Southorn Stadium this Saturday.

The super bantamweight won his first professional fight on the undercard of boxing hero Rex Tso Sing-yu’s Clash of Champions III last March.