Gyms that have a must fight rule?

Sure why not?
Any business can choose to refuse customers without reason in the UK, just not something many businesses want to do.

 

There's a difference between going to a gym to box and wanting to get fit. A coach isn't going to want to waste time teaching someone that isn't going to compete.

For those that don't want to compete it's easy enough to go to a regular gym, use a heavy bag at home or go to a boxercise class. Why would you want to take up space and equipment at a boxing gym just to do it as a hobby without competing?

 

He can knock people back as he chooses.

Is there any obligation on Olympic track and field coaches to supervise your middle age neighbour's flabby wife while she plods around the neighbourhood in her fat ass tracksuit? Of course there isn't atsch

Plenty of gyms around. Just a matter of finding one that suits your needs.

 

It's his gym and his call. Find another gym if you want to train and that one doesn't suit you :good

 

If you are training to fight he is your boss. If you are not training to fight he's not interested in your business. Pretty simple. Find another gym mate :good

 

First think you need to do is find a good trainer who isn't out for himself. Then listen to him like he is your boss and you will learn. If you expect to be boss of a good trainer he won't work with you for long.

 

Just move on. Do your research and find a good trainer. They are out there and most are on the lookout for keen new guys :good

 

Plenty of people will take your money and let you work out or -- often for more money -- teach you to fight.

This guy wants to train boxers who box. That's his right. As a guy who spent a few years coaching boxers I can see where you're coming from but I can also see where he's coming from.

We charged a nominal fee and it was made clear that the ones who had no interest in fighting weren't going to take teaching time away from those who were -- there was one of me and many of them, and if I had two or three who were fighting amateur or pro I was going to spend a lot more time with them than I was with someone who was doing it for fitness or for kicks. The ones who were going to be getting into the ring for real were going to pay the price for whatever I didn't have time to teach them while working out the fitness guys.

I know of gyms where the coach will charge you a pretty high hourly wage for "private" or "personal" lessons. Should be easy to find one. I didn't do that because I have a full-time job and could only be at the gym for a few hours after work each day.