BOXING

Mari started boxing at fifteen at a gym on Zarzamora Street in San Antonio and won the Texas Golden Gloves at 132 pounds in 2012 and again in 2013. She went 4-1 as a pro before a shoulder injury ended that, and she will tell you about the one loss if you ask her about it. She moved to Austin in 2017 and has run the boxing side here since the week we opened in 2019.

Bank fought 92 times in Thailand, mostly at provincial stadiums around Buriram and a handful at Rajadamnern in Bangkok. He came to the United States in 2014 to coach at a gym in Houston, and moved to Austin in 2019 after Mari spent about four months calling him. He does not say much in class; he will just walk over and put your elbow where it belongs.

Dre grew up in Dove Springs and came up through the amateur circuit between Austin and Killeen before he stopped competing at 26. He teaches P.E. at a middle school in southeast Austin and drives over here Tuesdays and Thursdays to run the 4:30 kids class. Parents book by his name and we have had to open a waitlist for that class twice this year.

Kelsey rowed four years at UT and did not find Muay Thai until she was 24, which she thinks is why she is patient with beginners. She has four amateur bouts under TBA rules, all in Texas, and a 3-1 record. She runs Saturday Conditioning at nine and the Monday and Wednesday Muay Thai Fundamentals class.