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4025 Minnesota Ave. St. Louis MO 63118

2007 | Best Boxing Gym

Cory Spinks works out here regularly, and his trainer-manager Kevin Cunningham spends his time only on pros. So why does the Marquette Rec Center have such a big rep? Veteran trainer Joe Dunlap, his newer coaching protégé Danny McGinnist, and a collection of hard-working young men and boys who continue to win a lot of fights. While other kids splash in the Marquette pool during an August heat wave, Dunlap's crew, ranging in age from ten to fifteen, jogs up to Tower Grove Park... More »
2005 | Best Boxing Gym

The boxing gym upstairs at Marquette Recreation Center is not a fancy place. The thermostat malfunctions, the windows don't open wide enough to let in the breeze, and the punching bags are "borrowed" by pugilist wannabes who should know better. But dozens of fighters call the gym and its undersize ring home, some for a day until their fancy passes, some for years until they win the undisputed championship of the world. Cory Spinks jumps rope there, as does former International Boxing... More »

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2007 | Best Boxing Gym