A new starter program promises gifted boxers have a shot at sparring in the big leagues.

Pembroke Pines Police Athletic League boxing champions Leo Tobares and Gabe Ayoob are instructing a 12-week amateur boxing session called Boxing for Beginners.

The classes run from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays beginning Sept. 14 inside the P.A.L. Building, 7900 Johnson St.

Classes, which are available to paid P.A.L. members between the ages of 9 and 17 attending school in or living within Pines, vary from boxing conditioning to one-on-one personal training, said P.A.L. executive director Jack Green.

The novice pugilists should also provide their own mouthpiece, wraps, gloves, water bottles and work-out gym clothes, added Green.

P.A.L.’s new program is designed to prevent juvenile crime and “properly develop amateur boxers to compete in state and national tournaments,” said Green.

For more information, call 954-986-5044, or visit www.ppines.com/police.