A small-group class circled around a heavy bag at Boxing With Bakr in Palo Alto

PALO ALTO · CA · EST. 2023

BOX WITHTHE BEST.

A coach-led, community-driven boxing gym in Palo Alto. Custom training for every level — beginners to active fighters.

01 / BY THE NUMBERS

0 YRS
In Palo Alto
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Classes per week
0:1
Coaching-first approach
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Mitt rounds held

02 / COACHING

Coaching that
meets you
where you are.

Classes are tuned to who's in the room that day, so the work fits the people doing it. Want a program built around your specific goals? That's what 1-on-1 training is for.

Bakr is a pro coach with amateur fight experience — well-respected in the Bay Area as an innovative, modern voice in boxing. No phone-scrolling. No half-effort hours. Real attention, every round.

Coach Bakr at Boxing With Bakr in Palo Alto

04 / COMMUNITY

More than a gym.
A neighborhood.

BWB hosts schools, nonprofits, and community groups year-round. Boxing is the format. Connection is the point.

The BWB community gathered together after a session
Stanford BGSU (Black Graduate Student Union)

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Stanford BGSU

Black Graduate Student Union community training session.

02

Palo Alto Events

Open community sessions across Palo Alto and the Peninsula.

03

Youth & Adaptive

Age-appropriate boxing for kids of every ability.

OPEN INVITE

Host your event at BWB.

Schools, student orgs, nonprofits, and community groups: bring your people in. We build the session around you.

05 / IN THE ROOM

Look at the people
who train here.

A snapshot of the people putting in work at BWB. Different backgrounds, different goals, same room.

Charlie training at Boxing With Bakr

CHARLIE · TRAINS AT BWB

In the mix.

One of the athletes who trains regularly out of BWB. Sharp on the mitts, composed under pressure, putting the work in week after week.

Charlie on the mitts
Charlie working pads
Steve in fight stance at Boxing With Bakr, gloves up

STEVE · TRAINS AT BWB

Putting in the reps.

Another athlete grinding it out at BWB. Disciplined work, steady progress, now showing up in active sparring.

06 / INSIDE THE GYM

Sweat equity.

Charlie working mitts one-on-one with a coach at Boxing With Bakr
Charlie and coach during a mitt drill, close defensive stance
Charlie and coach throwing combinations on the heavy-bag floor
Small-group class running a footwork drill on the gym floor
A small group circled around a heavy bag during a coached class
Coach Bakr coaching a small-group footwork drill on the bag floor at BWB

07 / WORD FROM THE CREW

Read what members
actually say.

08 / NOW

Stop thinking.
Start swinging.

Book your first class. Walk in with questions, walk out with a plan.

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