The corner / 11 coaches · 4 with pro records

Trained by people who actually fought.

Eleven coaches on the floor. Four held active pro licenses; the other seven fought as amateurs. Between them: 312 sanctioned fights, three Olympic team appearances, two world title belts, and the kind of corner work that does not come from a YouTube cert. Here are the four you'll see most.

Coach 01 · Founder · Head coach
/ Head coach · founder

Demetrio "Dev" Aldana

Pro record14–3–1
DivisionWelter
Active2003–14

Trained at Wild Card under Freddie Roach from 2008 through 2014, lost his license to a detached retina in early '14, and walked into Bay 4 with a broom and a key six months later. Cornered nine title fights since. Owns the gym, owns the floor, and is the reason you're standing right.

LineageCus D'Amato → Teddy Atlas → Freddie Roach → Dev Aldana. Three generations of upstate New York taught him how to teach. He does not raise his voice in the corner.
/ Head of strength & conditioning

Mireille Okonkwo

CertCSCS · USAW
BackgroundD1 track
FromLagos

Built strength programs for two Olympic teams (track and judo) before walking into our bay in 2019. Programs every eight-week S&C block on this floor. Believes that boxing strength is the strength to absorb a clean shot in the eleventh round, not the strength to bench more than the guy next to you. She is right about that.

PhilosophyCapacity over PR. Brace before you press. Ten quiet reps before one loud one. The body builds in the recovery, not the work.
Coach 02 · Strength & conditioning lead
Coach 03 · Sparring nights · Tue/Thu
/ Sparring coach

Eitan Brodie

Amateur34–6
Best resultUSAB '17
Years11

Runs Tuesday and Thursday open sparring. Calm voice, sharp eye. Will tell you to drop your right hand exactly six times before he tapes it up. Cornered for the fight team at twenty-two cards over the last eighteen months. If your eye splits open, the night is over for you. He decides that, not you.

The ruleHard sparring is rare and earned. Light sparring is technical work, not a fight. If you can't tell the difference yet, you're sitting out tonight.
/ Fundamentals lead

Yuki Carrasco

Amateur22–9
CertUSAB L3
TeachesBeginners

The one who'll teach you a jab. Patient with absolute beginners — the kind of patient that comes from being told as a kid that she'd never be allowed in a ring. Less patient with people who try to skip footwork. Took over the fundamentals cycle from Dev in 2021 and has not missed a Monday morning since.

What she'll say first"You don't punch with your arm. You punch with your hip. The arm just gets there." Repeat that for six weeks. Throw the first real jab in week three.
Coach 04 · Fundamentals · Mon/Wed/Fri

Round one is still on the house.

Pick a coach by reading their bio. Pick a date by checking the schedule. We'll wrap your hands and walk you through the same opening class our members take. Most people meet two or three coaches in the first month before settling on one.

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