Brisbane’s Best Boxing Gyms You Need In Your Corner
Champions are made in the ring
By Dinushka Gunasekara | 31st March 2023Ready to roll with the punches? If sun salutations aren’t getting you sweaty enough, and you’ve been told off for high-kicking in group fitness class, then boxing might just be the exercise for you. Boxing is a top-tier full-body workout that’s been proven to improve your strength, hand-eye coordination, endurance, posture, and balance, while also making you feel like a total badass. Whether you fancy yourself the next Muhammad Ali or just want to spice up your fitness routine a la Gigi Hadid, picking up the gloves is guaranteed to send you on a one-way trip to Knockout City – in the best way possible.
To help you get fighting fit, we’ve rounded up Brisbane’s best boxing gyms in the ring that are sure to have you floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee in no time.
By the way, we consider everyone in this list the best of the best! To make finding your next favourite that much easier, we’ve ordered the list alphabetically by suburb and also have filtering tabs for your convenience. Did we miss someone from the list? Let us know here! Hide the form
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Total Fusion
Chermside, Mt Gravatt, Newstead
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This is one fight club we can’t keep secret! The incredibly fun and high-intensity boxing classes at TotalFusion are the most exhilarating way to achieve the best of all-body conditioning while learning a new skill. With charismatic and keen-eyed trainers that will have you laughing as hard as you’re punching, TotalFusion offers three boxing classes to choose from. There’s TotalBoxing that works through several floor and heavy bag combinations to keep you on your toes, Boxing Circuit – think fast-paced strength drills, cardio stations, and technique enhancing combos, and BoxFit, which works through a range of dynamic drills, explosive movements, and fast-paced pad work to improve endurance. Whichever class you choose, it’s sure to pack a punch, but the complimentary lemongrass towels and Dyson AirWraps in the bathroom will help you hit refresh!
Brisbane Boxing
Mt Gravatt, Carina, West End
If you’re not quite ready to throw your hat in the ring, Brisbane Boxing is an excellent place to start. With high-quality training at an affordable price, you can enjoy working out at a real boxing gym regardless of skill, fitness, age or gender. There are plenty of classes on offer everyday, from the high-intensity Cardio Box to the Pee Wees boxing for the little ones, so you’ll have no excuse but to squeeze in a few jabs at one of this boxing gym’s Brisbane locations – Mt Gravatt, Carina and West End. With a knockout intro offer of 30 classes for $30, the variety of diverse and expert trainers will have you punching, jabbing, and hooking towards your fittest self.
Fortitude Boxing
Bowen Hills
Originating in 1985, Fortitude Boxing is an old-school boxing gym with a fresh new location. Offering classes to cater for all levels, the passionate community lives and breathes all things boxing and fitness. With some of the best fighters in the country learning their moves right here at this boxing gym in Brisbane, you’ll nail proper technique from some of the best and oldest in the industry. They also have a newly equipped gym with a weights area, and are offering a free trial to get you started.
Hustle Boxing
Fortitude Valley
As Australia’s most un-intimidating boxing class, getting your sweat on at this boxing gym in Brisbane is as easy and simple as showing up! This brand-new and uber-premium studio, Hustle Boxing, brings a game-changing tech-led experience to the Valley, after amassing a cult following in Sydney. From the moment you stroll into the cutting-edge space, you’ll be welcomed by big smiles and endless enthusiasm before getting your heart pumping to the tune of curated playlists by Hugo Gruzman (one half of Flight Facilities), with a full-body burn under the neon lights. Newbie? The LED displays demonstrate all the movements during the class so you won’t get lost between your jabs and uppercuts. And with Dyson hair dryers and GHD styling tools in the gorgeous purpose-built bathrooms, you can be out and on your merry way feeling like a true champion.
Corporate Box Gym
Multiple Locations
Donning the collection of world, national and state titles and belts held by the trainers at Corporate Box Gym would be a workout in itself, but they’ll beat you to the punch with their professional boxing and fitness training. Corporate Box offers a vast array of classes and the team all about sharing their wealth of knowledge with their members. Whether you’re a verified athlete, workout wannabe, or a busy bee just trying to fit in a workout, your fitness journey in this relaxed environment will be one for the books.
12RND
Multiple Locations
When you’re a part of Brisbane’s largest boxing community, you can workout when you want and have a whole lot of fun while doing it! The unique boxing and strength training here gives you a full body sweat sesh in under 45 minutes. The three-minute rounds are running continuously, so you just have to show up, warm up, and work your way through (you guessed it!) 12 rounds. Plus with six-week challenges and training camps throughout the year across their ton of convenient locations, you have all the more reason to punch it out.
Rumble Boxing
West End
A global phenomenon that will have you feeling the burn round after round, Rumble is the electrifying studio with no experience necessary! Across 45 minutes, you’ll jab, squat, hook, and jump with each class offering you time on the bags and the floor to ensure your entire body feels the burn. Combining hard work with good vibes in every session, a Rumble class will have you walking out feeling powerful, accomplished, and pretty badass.
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