Club
In Short
The UNC Boxing Club was founded to teach the fundamentals of boxing to the UNC community. Our Monday and Wednesday practices are open to anyone interested in learning basic technique and engaging in group exercise sessions. The club is designed to introduce boxing and physical conditioning to individuals at all levels of experience and physical fitness.
Expectations
Our club workouts are aimed to be flexible to all fitness levels. We start each club practice with a warm up. Afterwards, participants are grouped by experience level and moved into the two main focuses of boxing: conditioning (strength and cardio) and boxing technique.
Our contact practices are aimed to be safe and technical. These practices are led and supervised by our coaches. Like the former, we start with a warm up, followed by partner contact drills and sparring. Although these practices are geared towards recruiting and maintaining our competitive team, we ensure no member will ever be hazed, pressured, or intentionally overwhelmed in any contact practice.
Membership is closed for the Spring 2025 Semester.
All workouts are done at an individual pace so no one should feel that this club is too rigorous or too easy given their current ability. Each club meeting will start with a warm up and stretch before proceeding into various exercises focusing on strength, endurance, and technique. This is generally accomplished by splitting the attendants into different groups. As the semester progresses, more time is spent on technique practice. However, in order to participate, each attendant must sign and submit a waiver, which may be found here.
Meeting Times
During fall and spring, we hold non-contact practices on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays in the Eddie Smith Field House. Monday and Wednesday practices are a mix of conditioning and technique training. Thursday practices are focused on technique training and open to only members with at least one semester of training.
Contact practices are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays. These practices are open to members with at least a semester (3 months) of boxing experience, a current physical (which must signed by MD, DO, or PA), and a USA Boxing Passbook.
During the summer, less formal practices are usually held once a week.
Dues
New members: $50. After four weeks, $60. Includes official club t-shirt and pair of hand wraps.
Returning members: $35. After four weeks, $60. Includes $10 rebate upon receipt of passbook purchase.
Notes:
For every week left unpaid, dues raise by $10, up to $60.
Last day to pay dues for the fall semester: TBA
After the semester dues have closed, we do not accept any new participants or members.
Equipment
We encourage all members to purchase their own gloves and other boxing gear as a COVID-19 precaution. Members have the option to purchase their equipment at a discounted price through the club. We do provide certain equipment needed for our club workouts: punching mitts, headgear, jump ropes, etc. Membership dues help pay for the equipment used during every club practice, and we make every effort possible to ensure that our equipment is in good condition. We ask that members keep their personal hand wraps clean and dry.