PLEASE HELP! Looking for a good gym in NEW YORK CITY!!

No boxing experience and you are already eager to be a pro... Don't you think you sould make sure you dont cry like a frenchy when you take your first straight to the mouth before you put your eggs in that basket? If the "free" gyms are anything like they were in Milwaukee, be prepared to lose some teeth. You had a pair of gloves per every three guys, little to no protective equipment, and about 60% of the people there, are there due to court orders and the "gloves not guns" thing. Not to be a jerk but with no boxing experience, I would wet your feet first before diving into that college boy.

 

I dont mean to discourage you or anything, it's most likely the gin talking. I'm upset about the Cambell/Bradley fight earlier... I just feel you're setting the bar rather high to start off. Aim for winning your first Amatuer fight for now and go from there. Hell, if you're from the Bronx and not just having moved there, I have a feeling you've been in a fight before and know whats up with giving and recieving hits. As for gyms in that area I can't really help ya. If you're even in Wisconsin or North Carolina, be sure to holler though. If it's a monetary issue, I know the couple of gyms I've fought for have let people come there "under the table" so to speak. The one I'm at now my trainer lets a brother come in for free just to stay outta trouble (not working though) and my old gym the owner would let several people come and they would pay him what they could when they could. If you get something like that worked out though make sure you dont show up a week later with a new pair of Grant gloves or anything. I would just maybe talk to a couple of the club owners/trainers and explain your situation. Start by saying that "I'll regret it for the rest of my life if I don't at least try it at a competitive level" instead of "I wanna be like Mike."

 

He reminds me a lot of myself, except a little more impatient. I definitely want at least 50 or so amateur fights before I even consider going pro, but I know I need to take it slow also. By the way I was in North Carolina last week, I was at the Cherokee Reservation for a couple hours, then I went back over the mountains to Tennessee.

 

Gleason's gym is probably the closest. It is also one of the best known/oldest around, where many famous pros have gone to train.

 

use the PAL. I know some great fighters who have used the PAL in the south bronx. if you dont know what that is its the police athletic league and its free. i myself use a PAL in jersey city. The PAL i would recommend you to go to is at 991 longwood avenue. the trainers and fighters there are great and once again it is really cheap.

 

Well, I know most PALs do amateur boxing, and the cutoff to boxi n amateur boxing is 35 (then you become a masters). They might have different rates for adults though.

 

Save up some loot and go to Gleason's.

 

Why though? Why pay a bunch of money to go somewhere where you might not even get much training because it has a name; when you could go to a gym closer, that's smaller, and is more actively producing fighters.

 

PALs are the way to go IMO. They are cheaper and i feel a more personal relationship with my trainer than the bigger more expensive gyms.

 

Salinas at the Harlem PAL is my hero.