10/28/2026
4️⃣ FOUR IS FOR FAMILY. 🥊
I joined ICOR in September 2013 after moving to Iowa City. It occupied a room inside another gym. My vision for its future began back East, at Lef Jab Boxing Club.
My father trained me there, alongside a cousin who’s like an older brother to me. Lef Jab built champions and gave generations a place to belong. I wanted my sons and this community to experience that.
Both my boys were born in 2015. ICOR is home to them. They’ve grown up watching shows, learning teamwork, taking responsibility, and seeing how a gym operates.
Boxing runs on both sides of their family. I boxed, as did my father, my cousin, and my younger brother. Their mother and maternal aunt boxed, too.
My boys inspired me to build beyond competition. My Marine Corps years reinforced the responsibility to care for our team.
I believe boxing is for everyone—mind, body, and soul. Like chess, it teaches us to think, adapt, and stay composed.
No one has to compete. That includes my sons. Whether they choose to fight, coach, become trainers, train for themselves, or pursue another path, they have my support.
For those who choose competition, our goal is to develop skilled, disciplined, relentless boxers and kickboxers ready to make their mark in Iowa and beyond.
Our programs include kids’ classes, Gentleman’s Fisticuffs, Silver Foxes, and Rock Steady Boxing for people fighting Parkinson’s. Our goal is to expand training to people living with other movement disorders, including ataxia.
We’re working through construction and inspections toward hosting shows again and growing our competition team. We keep moving forward together because this community matters.
We wouldn’t be here without the support of our friends, whom we consider family. To our volunteers, athletes, and everyone who has helped us grow: our sincere thank you.
The lessons my father and Lef Jab gave me are part of what we’re building—and what we’ll carry forward.
4 my boys. 4 our team. 4 our Boxing family.
Follow our next chapter at the razors edge of Iowa City…
LFG Maximum effort. United as 1 .
