Sully’s Boxing Club

I bought the Groupon deal 20 classes for $ 25. I went to about 10 classes before giving up.
Getting there: located on Dupont, there is enough free parking on the street.
Facilities: the gym is up the stairs in a shady warehouse. At the start of class people skip rope in the hall way on cold concrete because the «gym» itself is a poorly ventilated, sweat-​smelling, thin-​carpeted, old and cramped room with one boxing ring and some hanging punching bags. I can’t get over that I actually went to the disgusting gym as many as 10 times. Some days the stench was so bad that I gagged a bit. Not to mention that the dumb bells are always wet with other people’s sweat. And NEVER use the community boxing gloves. It was the most disgusting thing I ever did.
The class itself: while the Groupon advertised boxing classes, it was more of a boot camp class. Tony, the instructor, lazily pulls out a card from a deck and states the number of drills we would do. You can take advantage of the class and push yourself as hard as you want to but the gym members aren’t particularly motivated. Some days in the last half hour he would have us punch bags, but wouldn’t direct us how to do it properly, so I never learned anything.

I came here on a Deal voucher. It was something like 20 boxing classes for $ 40 with an image of a woman and boxing gloves, so I was excited and hoped they would have a program geared to training women. They sold a ton of them, so that should have been a warning sign.
After going to five evening classes and never once doing anything related to boxing, I stopped going. Not even an intro to boxing or discussion of it, no bag work, nothing. The whole thing was unstructured with different people attending every week and it just felt like I was repeating the same workout every week. I didn’t mind the intense cardio. It was the lack of progression that made me lose interest.
What I did was a 2 hour bootcamp-​style fitness session designed for weight loss, something I don’t need. The trainer would say «do 50x» or «100 of y», you’d do it, finish, and he’d be no where to be found, so you were just standing there with 5 – 10 other people waiting for the next drill.
I understand that you can’t just come here and jump in the ring as a beginner, but it felt like the ring was reserved for teenaged boys every time I was there. In the workout session I did with other women, we were only allowed into the ring once. Because of this, it didn’t feel like an egalitarian environment.
Like the other reviews mention, this is very much an old fashioned, man’s boxing gym. It’s dirty, things are old, the equipment was tattered, the carpet is practically calcified with sweat, and you *will* be face down on it at some point.
My biggest issue about the facility itself was the lack of proper ventilation. With less than 10 people working out, the air became heavy and fetid quickly. They desperately need a fresh air recovery system in there. The trainer would go around and spray this artificial strawberry scented air freshener on all the sweat soaked equipment after the teenaged boys left, right next to us as we were doing drills adding to the air quality denigration.
I could look past all of that if it seemed like the training was going somewhere and the women’s segment of the class was given time to work with bags. Maybe they’ve changed their structure since my experience, but this is why I left and won’t be back.
You get what you pay for!

I was introduced to Sully’s Boxing Club through a friend who’d been training there for over a year. I was serious in achieving my fitness goals and this was the place for me. There are multiple formats to the club depending on your purpose.
If you or your child wish to train here, I would say to look beyond the appearance of the small club and see that discipline and respect are valued and egos are trumped at the door. I see that the young kids here respect their trainer, work hard and want to be there.
If you are like me and curious about trying something new, there is a 7 pm class on weekdays. The class is drill based, high intensity for beginners and follows up with some bag work. A workout, at the beginning, that really kicked my butt. Within 2 months of training 2 – 3 times a week my endurance improved to the point where I could run without stopping, I could keep up, I dropped a lot of weight and had a six pack again. I achieved my fitness goals by working hard at Sully’s. There is also a 5:30 pm weekday class that is busier and more intense. I also recommend this class to people once they are a member of the gym
I have since returned back to this club because I know it works. There are a lot of new faces that come and try the club through multiple discount websites. I would say to them if they are thinking about trying this place, to try it. The trainer Tony, has a format for the 7 pm class for new people. If you are serious about working hard to reach your goals and you can commit to coming back, no matter how sore or how hard your butt got kicked the last time, then give it a chance.
Lastly, I’ll give another reason for the 5 stars — is the environment. Everyone here is friendly and if you come often you start to see everyone is supporting you if you show you are serious and work hard.

Look, if you want a place where you’re going to be coddled and told that you’re special, this isn’t the place for you. If you want a place where the instructor gives you a water break every five minutes, this isn’t the place for you. If you’re looking for a gentle intro to boxing and fitness, this REALLY isn’t the place for you.
However, if you want someone who will put you through your paces, in an intense, tough, fast moving way, this is for you. You’re going to sweat. You’re going to wonder what the hell made you want to go here in the first place. But if you want to get your ass into shape, be surrounded by people who want to do the same, and learn from some of the best boxers in the country, look no further.
The faint of heart need not apply.
Love. This. Gym.