Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that’s in rhythm or you’re in trouble.

SUGAR RAY ROBINSON, ON STARTING WHERE IT COUNTS

BUILDING CHAMPIONS

IN & OUT OF THE RING

Fighting for Newark Youth since 2017

IRONBOUND Boxing offers free amateur boxing training for opportunity youth in Newark, New Jersey.

In addition to its free boxing training programs, IRONBOUND invites its young boxers into a world of supported entrepreneurship, business education, mentorship, and paid internships through its Courage Academy and THRIVE incubator programs, capitalizing on the mutual skills necessary to succeed in and out of the ring.

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HOW TO GET FREE BOXING TRAINING

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HOW TO GET FREE BOXING TRAINING *

STEP 1

Introduce Yourself

Use the form on this page to tell us a little about yourself and your boxing experience and goals.

STEP 2

Stop by the Gym

We’ll complete some paperwork, give you a tour, and introduce you to our coaches and athletes.

STEP 3

Start Training

Our process is signed to get right to the punch—you’ll start with the basics and progress from there.

“Coach Keith” oversees the training of all IRONBOUND Athletes. A Newark native and registered coach with USA Boxing, Keith demands and commands the best out of each fighter in the ring—and his hold-no-punches approach makes everyone accountable for their effort and their results. Coach Keith meets every boxer where they are—regardless of talent, skill level, or first-hand knowledge of the sport.

Since starting at IRONBOUND in 2017, Keith has supervised the training of over 200 young boxers. Even when the pandemic closed down the IRONBOUND Boxing gym, Keith’s dedication to the sport and his athletes was relentless—he organized outdoor workouts in public parks and arranged private indoor workouts at local gyms so they wouldn’t miss a beat.

While the USA Boxing National Championship was canceled in 2020, Keith and the team kept at it. In the spring of 2021, five IRONBOUND boxers made an impressive showing at the annual competition—racking up a total record of four victories against five losses, including two quarter-final appearances.

“COACH KEITH” COLON

Coming soon:

THE IRONBOUND COURAGE ACADEMY

IRONBOUND Boxing has been given a rare opportunity to transform a 5,000 square-foot retail space in downtown Newark into the first IRONBOUND Courage Academy—a facility that will physically combine a complete boxing training gym with THRIVE, our small business incubator.