The people at Fighters Boxing Gym are serious about working out. You won’t see any oversized Stanley water bottles with wallets attached lining the floor. The gym’s founder and director Christy Halbert is a former Olympic boxer and one of the reasons the International Olympic Committee decided to allow women’s boxing into the Olympics. Born and raised in Tennessee, she started Fighters Boxing Gym as a nonprofit in 2001, and has since developed it into a destination for group classes, private instruction, open gym and sparring. Halbert is especially dedicated to nurturing young talent and community, and she hosts regular fight nights and matches. If you are at all interested in picking up boxing, she’s the woman to help you do it. Seriously.
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