“Women’s boxing” is one of the most searched phrases and one of the worst answered. Almost everything that comes up is “boxing fitness for her”, in a tone that implies there’s a different, softer version. There isn’t.
Here’s what you’ll actually find.
The classes are mixed, and that’s a good thing
At KOR there isn’t a boxing class for women and another for men. There’s a boxing class. Everyone trains together, does the same technique, and works with whoever they’re paired with.
We mention it because some people are specifically looking for a separate class, and that’s a fair thing to want. But in practice the mixed group works better: you train with people of different reach and different weight, which is exactly what improves your defence and your sense of distance.
The technique is the same
The guard is the same, the jab is the same and the footwork is the same. There’s no men’s boxing and women’s boxing, any more than there are two ways to swim front crawl.
The only thing that sometimes changes is glove weight, and that changes by hand size and body weight, not by gender. There are men using 12 oz gloves and women using 16 oz, and the other way round.
Contact is optional. Always
This is the doubt that holds most people back, and the answer is flat: you can train boxing for years without taking a single punch. Technique, bag work, pads and conditioning make up most of the training.
If at some point you want to try sparring, it’s done controlled, with headguard and mouthguard, and with someone at a similar level. But it’s your choice and it’s respected without questions.
Who actually goes
The mix is more varied than people imagine. Some come from a conventional gym and are bored. Some want to learn to defend themselves. Some arrive after years of classes where you end up watching the clock, and discover that here the hour goes without them looking at it. And some simply want to hit something after work, which is as good a reason as any.
What almost nobody says: boxing is one of the few activities where you see the improvement week by week. That does something in your head that thirty minutes of running doesn’t.
What you’ll feel in your body
Shoulders and back, more than you expect. Legs, because there’s a lot of footwork. Core, because the punch comes from the hips. And cardiovascular capacity that climbs fast, because three minutes on the bag done properly are three real minutes.
If you also want to build base strength, the best pairing is alternating boxing with hybrid training or with the strength session. One membership covers all four clubs, so you can box at Les Corts and lift wherever suits you.
Where it is
Boxing and fit-boxing are only at KOR Les Corts, at Carrer de Maria Barrientos 16. There’s no boxing at Arc de Triomf, Badalona or Mollet. Timetable and class detail on the Les Corts boxing page.
How to start
The first class is free. It’s the normal class, with the real group. Come in training clothes, we’ll provide the gloves, and on day one nobody expects you to know anything.