Making Champions and Good Citizens
Making Champions and Good Citizens
The Gym is open to everyone: competitors and non-competitors, male or female, young and not-so-young. We do prefer a minimum age of 12 years. Boxers in training for a bout are the coaches' top priority.
We have all necessary equipment. Members are required to purchase handwraps and a mouthpiece . Gym equipment includes a variety of boxing equipment such as an 18X18 ring; heavy bags; speedbags; double end bags; uppercut bags; a weight room and treadmills.
All individuals are different and progress at their own pace. All members will start at Beginner Level Workout (no contact until coaches agree that the individual is ready and competent for light contact). New members need to take the Saturday 2:00 pm walk-in circuit training classes ($10 - no appointment necessary) to become acclimated to the gym and to learn a beginner's workout before becoming a regular member. After that, they may come in as many times during the week as they wish.
The mission is simple:
The mission is simple:
All Coaches are certified by USA Boxing
All Coaches are certified by USA Boxing
Bob Russo - President and Head Coach
Skip Neales - Long-Time Assistant Coach
Maine Life host Erin Ovalle throws some punches at the Portland Boxing Club with Lindsay Kyajohnian Francois, a past New England Golden Gloves Champion.
In her talk, Liz Leddy describes her journey as a young woman: a high school dropout and aggressive street punk who found illumination of her life's purpose and healing through the sport of boxing. She attests to her strength to walk on through the personal destruction left in the wake of substance abuse, violence and trauma, along with the boxing techniques that led her to two national championships. Through a coach and a community, her life skills and self-knowledge were groomed, resulting in a miraculous victory over the dark life of addiction, homelessness, crime, and violence.