At Gonza Boxing Union, stepping into the gym feels less like joining a class and more like joining a family. In just three years, Adel and his powerhouse team of world-class coaches, champions, and seasoned fighters have built a training community where everyone — from beginners to amateurs, kids to pros — is welcomed, challenged, and supported. With a focus on discipline, confidence, and true community spirit, Gonza has quickly become one of the area’s most trusted homes for boxing, Muay Thai, and fitness. We caught up with Adel to talk about the gym’s journey, the heart behind their coaching, and what’s next for the Gonza family.
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Gonza Boxing Union has grown a lot since your grand opening three years ago. How has the gym evolved, and what makes it stand out in the local fitness community today?
We opened almost 3 years ago (1/29 will be 3 years). From start we try to do boxing sport community, provide our community healthy lifestyle. We provide for our students different type of trainings. We have group boxing classes weekdays 6am 12pm 7pm, Saturday 12 pm, we work on holidays for our students, we provide personal boxing Muay Thai classes, kids boxing classes. We build amateur team, who will represent our town everywhere and we hope our country in the world. Also we don’t forget about people who do boxing just for fitness, we have fitness boxing classes, females only classes, so everybody and any levels can get boxing vibe in our gym. We are not just gym we are family.
You offer everything from kids’ and adults’ group classes to personal training. Can you tell us more about what new members can expect when they walk through your doors for the first time?
Sure, how we told you earlier we provide classes for every body. Some people wanna learn boxing deeply, technic, feel like real boxing, yes we can give it to you, some people wanna have a fun on trainings and get good sweat, sure please we provide it, just choose your coach. When you step in our gym be sure, you will have what you want. You will have what you want plus you will feel more confident yourself, feeling better physical and mental, our students smile and great mood after training our goal. If you come for professional training, for technic, boxing tips or for fitness goal anyway our coaches will give it to you.
Your coaching team seems to be at the heart of the gym’s success. What sets your trainers apart, and how do they help clients reach their goals — whether that’s fitness, discipline, or competition?
Our coaches is our gems, our head coach Adel Ganiev (IG gonza_online)master of sport from Russian, use to be in Russian boxing team, he will represent you discipline for sure, he’s training is challenge but fun, technical but understandable. Rydy Valera (IG no_ig_rudy)one more our gym gem, use to train with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., next is our star Bryan «Hawaiian Punch» Viloria (IG viloriaboxing)4 times world champion in professionals, next one Zian Ali (plutomaxx501 )current professional boxer, Muay Thay coach California Welterweight champion John Garcia(IG johngee25). All our coaches will is knowledge and experience, will help you in your goals. Our coaches not just coaches, our coaches your friends.
Boxing can be both a sport and a lifestyle. How do you help members — especially beginners — build confidence and fall in love with the process?
You’re right. We have different students, with all students we work personally. Each student is a different personality. In our community we help for everybody, we work like team. Everyone help each other, coaches, students. Beginners will have personal attention, personal instructions and have opportunity to work with more experienced guys and improve the confident.
As you look ahead, what are some of your goals or upcoming plans for Gonza Boxing Union — and how do you hope to keep growing your community in the years to come?
We know 3 years is just start, we have big goals, we will have big news shortly, for sure we will keep building our strong physical and healthy community, we provide for kids in our community confident. Join to our family, be part of strong disciplined healthy confident community, learn boxing Muay Thay stay strong, have fun and good sweet, Gonza Boxing Union still always forever.
