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The Best Boxing Gym in Toronto

Posted by Robyn Urback / December 9, 2011

Best Boxing Gym TorontoThe best boxing gym in Toronto doesn't have misting baths waiting for you in its locker room once you break a sweat. These are the old-school fighting hubs--the concrete arenas of sparring, if you will--and the only thing pretty here is the angle of a perfect right hook. Many of the best boxing gyms and clubs in Toronto have bred (or, at least, hosted at one point or another) some great names in national and international boxing, all while accommodating pint-sized punchers and mommies fitting fitness into their lunch breaks.

Here is the list of the best boxing gyms in Toronto.

See also:

The best martial arts in Toronto
The best spinning classes in Toronto

Sully's Boxing Gym

Sully's Boxing Gym

Sully's Boxing Gym is the foremost name in Toronto boxing, not just because of list of venerable fighters who have trained in its ring. (OK, well since I mentioned it, there's Lennox Lewis, Clyde Gray, Muhammad Ali, but I digress.) Sully's trainers include Richard Reittie, Tony Morrison, and owner Joe Manteiga, all of whom are masters in seducing out a sweat (or vomit, or tears). Don't expect an organic soy smoothie after a workout at Sully's. More »

Cabbagetown Boxing Club

Cabbagetown Boxing Club

Cabbagetown Boxing Club opened with a youth focus back in 1972, but has since grown to train fighters of all ages and skill levels to bout with the best. Its facility offers recreational and competitive programs, along with fitness-focused (boxercise) activities. First-times generally start with the no-contact TechBox course. More »

Toronto Newsgirls

Toronto Newsgirls

Toronto Newsgirls is a women and trans-only gym (though there are co-ed classes twice a week) that first opened back in 1996. While the club offers traditional competitive and recreational programs, it also hosts a variety of community-focused activities and events aimed at improving the lives of survivors of violence as well as at-risk youth. More »

Kingsway Boxing Club

Kingsway Boxing Club

It sort of looks like an abandoned warehouse, which, I suppose, is spot on for a west-end boxing gym. Operated by senior coaches Jennifer Huggins and Virgil Barrow, Kingsway has sparring, open, and technical classes, as well as free 1-on-1 demos for potential world champions-in-the-making. And, uh, classes for kids aged five to 12. Two locations. More »

Xtreme Couture

Xtreme Couture

Xtreme Couture is boxing and martial arts, with Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Krav Maga, wresting, boxing, and MMA all on the program roster. That may sound like a lot, but with 33,000 square feet of available space, you don't really have to worry about being too close to a Kao Loi. Unless, of course, you're in the ring. More »

Atlas Boxing Club

Atlas Boxing Club

Atlas Boxing Club at Oakwood and St. Clair boasts that it is the only Toronto club to produce an Olympic gold medalist, along with two silver medalist. And perhaps it is so, in that specific combination. The club has taken lately to hosting live amateur events, which are followed by PPV viewings of slightly less amateur events. The gym offers recreational, amateur, and professional boxing programs. More »

Grant Brothers MMA

Grant Brothers MMA

With a provincial champion judo black belt, a UFC welterweight fighter, and a USSR national wrestling champion among its trainers, you known you're not going to get a simple cheerleader as your instructor at Grant Brothers. While the gym offers a variety of programs, boxing is its heavyweight (no pun intended), offering a lunch-hour boxercise class for those in the North York area, as well as its regular boxing classes. More »

Florida Jacks

Florida Jacks

Florida Jacks has pretty much equal parts boxing-based fitness classes and technical boxing instruction. Right at Yonge and Bloor, you can count on breaking a pretty good sweat through its conditioning or basic classes, or else work on 1-on-1 sparring techniques or the fundamental elements of Thai boxing. All to indulge in the many Bloor Street temptations afterwards. More »

Revolution MMA

Revolution MMA

Revolution MMA might look a little sleeker than the other boxing gyms on this list, but don't let the black lacquer finishes fool you. This gym offers rigorous advanced boxing training, as well as beginner and intro classes running all the time. Noel Clubb, boxing coach to the pros, is at the Revolution MMA helm. More »

Discussion

23 Comments

Inferno / December 9, 2011 at 12:15 pm
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Also want to throw in Undisputed Martial Arts. The amount of attention you get for improving your technique is phenomenal, which is really good for beginners so you dont start with any bad habit. And Archie is an awesome instructor. Its right on O'Connor. Worth checking out.
geg / December 11, 2011 at 09:48 pm
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How did you miss Bloor Boxing @ Dundas/Bloor?

http://www.blogto.com/fitness/bloorboxing
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James / December 13, 2011 at 03:15 pm
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Revolution is by far the worst one, I have been to that place , all I can say is 'money grab', they don't care about teaching you anything, the owner only looks at you when is time to sign u up, once he gets your money he will never look at you again.
NK replying to a comment from geg / May 8, 2012 at 07:24 pm
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Because this recreational fitness place is not exactly a boxing club, nevermind they have gloves at the entrance.
NK replying to a comment from geg / May 8, 2012 at 07:25 pm
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Atlas is really good and can take you to almost any level.
Rick / May 14, 2012 at 11:38 am
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Check this place out: Since opening its doors in Sept.2011 Stockyards Boxing and Fitness has hosted 7 amateur boxing events. The head trainers are ex pro fighters and currently active pro fighters. They are also certified coaches by Boxing Ontario. The gym is also home to several competative amateur boxers. The gym offers classes for beginers (just boxing for fun and fitness)and experienced boxers. On any day of the week you will see competative sparring sessions taking place between Canada's top professional and amateur boxers. The gym also offers Kung Fu, Mauy Thai and Kick-boxing classes. It is located in the west end of Toronto inside the George Bell Arena (Keele and St.Clair)with plenty of free parking.
JS / July 5, 2012 at 10:27 pm
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Stockyards up at St Clair is great. The classes are well run and challenging, they're professional and organized, the vibe is fun and respectful, the price is really reasonable, and they're a real boxing gym. There's no fuss, attitude or selly stuff going on. I've been there for many months now and have really enjoyed the place.

Oh...and their amateur boxing events are a super good time.
mark replying to a comment from geg / July 12, 2012 at 08:28 am
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Thats because its not a real boxing gym.
mark replying to a comment from mark / July 12, 2012 at 08:31 am
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yes I agree Stockyards is an excellent gym for fun and serious boxing. stockyardsboxingandfitness.com
aa / September 6, 2012 at 10:52 am
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I just left kingsway, going to Cabbagetown...any suggestions?
Cosplay / September 26, 2012 at 10:01 am
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Atlas is really good and can take you to almost any level.
john replying to a comment from mark / November 23, 2012 at 08:56 am
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You cant knock sucsess ..... stockyards is a prooven boxing club and is one of most fastest rising inNORTH AMERICA.With old school skills and knowhow stockyards has produced undefeated pros and amat.M plus they offer great training and supervision to recreatioal students that enjoy the hard training.I have been teaching boxing in Brampton for over 35 years and I rate this gym a 10 plus and I no my long time toronto gym owners would rate them the same.Keep up the great work Richard AND Jumar ....you guys do a great job ....its not hard not to notice the talent and the passion that you guys offer young kids keeping the communitiy satisfied.If your looking to pay..... out of wack gym fees with no supervision Stockyards is not for you.Stockyards is a member of BOXING ONTARIO and is fully insured not like other local gyms with no BOXING ONTARIO members that have sparring happening with no certified instuctors and supervision.Stockyards has also promoted over 11 boxing shows and some televised creating excitement to the community.Toronto needs more clubs like stockards...cabagetown .....atlas....oldschool....sullys..kingsway...they are all BOXING ONTARIO GYMS and are well suppervised.
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akeem / February 12, 2013 at 05:57 am
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Calvin / April 13, 2013 at 10:11 pm
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Paul Brown Boxfit at Yonge and Wellesley should be on this list... Amazing classes and none of the macho BS that you'll find in a lot of these places. Great spot for people just starting out.
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zac replying to a comment from Inferno / June 19, 2013 at 08:19 am
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Problem with this school is it has a high school mentality, it is a very unfriendly sort of click gym where all the so called cool guys stick together if you want to box you first got to join the groups first and be part of the so called tough boys club. The trainer does not help by deciding who should be paired up with each other, no growth if you dont really want to fight.

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