Meet Our Team

Coach Ricardo Gonzalez

Head Coach & Founder

• ✓ USA Boxing Certified Trainer
• ✓ 15+ years boxing & fitness experience
• ✓ Detail-driven approach
• ✓ Builds real ring skills & confidence

Coach Ricardo brings years of hands-on amateur experience and technical expertise. During his competitive years, he trained and sparred alongside rising professional boxers, developing a deep understanding of high-level technique, discipline, and ring strategy.

When his son turned eight, they began their boxing journey together. What started as a father-son commitment quickly evolved into a proven coaching career producing top-tier amateur athletes.

Recent Accomplishments:

• ✓ 2× Silver Gloves State Champion (students)
• ✓ 2× Silver Gloves Regional Champion (students)
• ✓ 1× Rival Boxing Regional Champion (student)
• ✓ 1× USA Boxing National Open Silver Medalist (student)
• ✓ Coached John Reed IV to 8–0 undefeated record & Silver Gloves National Championship

Coach DJ

Coach & Technical Specialist

• ✓ Nearly 20 years of boxing experience
• ✓ Top open amateur in the Midwest
• ✓ Trained alongside pro fighters & MMA athletes
• ✓ Focus on real fundamentals & proven techniques

Coach DJ brings nearly 20 years of boxing experience, built through a respected amateur career and years spent training alongside professional fighters, top amateurs, and MMA athletes. Known as one of the top open amateurs in the Midwest during the final years of his four-year run, DJ's development was forged in elite boxing environments.

For DJ, boxing is a lifestyle that builds confidence, discipline, and mental toughness. As a coach, he focuses on teaching real fundamentals, proven techniques, and boxing-based fitness to help members grow both inside and outside the gym.

Beyond coaching, DJ is developing a VR boxing and fitness game that blends modern technology with authentic boxing fundamentals to introduce the sport to a new generation.

Coach Mike Magdalino

Boxing Coach & Former Amateur Fighter

• ✓ 11 years as competitive amateur fighter
• ✓ Oklahoma Golden Gloves competitor
• ✓ 9 years of coaching experience
• ✓ Developed #1 & #2 nationally ranked fighters

Mike Magdalino began his boxing journey in the 1980s, competing in the Oklahoma Golden Gloves out of Catoosa, Oklahoma, under the guidance of Marshall Villa Sr. He fought competitively for 11 years, ending his amateur career at the age of 33.

After retiring from competition, Mike dedicated himself to coaching, with a mission to help keep kids off the streets and provide them with discipline, structure, and purpose through boxing. Over the course of nine years as a coach, he developed multiple high-level fighters, including athletes who ranked #1 and #2 nationally.

Coaching Accomplishments:

• ✓ Oklahoma Golden Gloves Champion (student)
• ✓ World Silver Gloves Champion (student)
• ✓ World Champion – 147 lb Open Division (student)

Mike takes great pride not only in building champions in the ring, but in positively impacting the lives of the athletes he's coached—helping them grow as fighters and as individuals.