Meet the business behind boxing star Josh Warrington's new Leeds United themed garage floor

Boxing champion Josh Warrington has had a new Leeds United themed floor installed in his garage.
Alex Grant
By Alex Grant
Published 22nd Mar 2024, 11:40 BST
Watch more of our videos on Shots! 
and live on Freeview channel 276
Visit Shots! now

The Leeds-born two-time world featherweight champion, had the new garage mat themed after his love for the Whites.

It was installed by local firm, GarageLux Ltd, who specialise in transforming boring garages across Yorkshire into more attractive and usable spaces.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

The family-run company, owned by Jamie Swales, with the support of his wife Charlotte, launched in June 2022 derived from Jamie's passion for the motor industry and sports cars.

The Leeds-born two-time world featherweight champion, had the new garage mat themed after his love for the Whites.The Leeds-born two-time world featherweight champion, had the new garage mat themed after his love for the Whites.
The Leeds-born two-time world featherweight champion, had the new garage mat themed after his love for the Whites.

Speaking to the Yorkshire Evening Post, Jamie said: "We were extremely excited to carry out a garage flooring makeover for Josh Warrington, even more so that we knew his shared passion for Leeds United.

"After him agreeing to the blue and yellow colour scheme, we also created some custom logo tiles as a surprise for him, one with his Leeds Warrior logo and one of the Leeds United badge."

The pair then surprised Josh with a custom made bike patch for his newly acquired motorbike complete with custom Triumph LUFC themed logo tile.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Originally launching as a side project, GarageLux Ltd is now a full-time gig for Jamie after taking the leap and leaving his previous employment in December 2023.

To end the day, Josh surprised Jamie and Charlotte with a signed boxing glove as a thank you.To end the day, Josh surprised Jamie and Charlotte with a signed boxing glove as a thank you.
To end the day, Josh surprised Jamie and Charlotte with a signed boxing glove as a thank you.

Jamie added: "Josh was an absolute pleasure to deal with. He stuck around all day so we could record lots of content with him. We like to create different transition videos on Instagram showing before and after shots of our work.

"For Josh's garage, Charlotte came up with this crazy idea that we could ask Josh to punch me as a way to create a before and after video, so when we arrived we asked him if he would be up for it.

Sign up for our free newsletters now

"Being the great guy he is, he was absolutely up for the challenge and we created the 'knock out' video you see today."

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

To end the day, Josh surprised Jamie and Charlotte with a signed boxing glove as a thank you, which read 'To the GarageLux Team, thank you for a fantastic job. Pound 4 Pound best in garage flooring, best wishes, Josh Warrington'.

Related topics:Josh WarringtonBusinessLeeds UnitedLeedsYorkshire Evening PostInstagram

Comment Guidelines

National World encourages reader discussion on our stories. User feedback, insights and back-and-forth exchanges add a rich layer of context to reporting. Please review our Community Guidelines before commenting.