Paul Wade opened Third Street Boxing Gym in September of 2003. Originally hailing from Dublin, Ireland, he first spent his time in a Mission District boxing gym. He made connections in our local boxing community, united by a heartfelt passion for the “sweet science” that continues to deepen.

Paul won Golden Gloves titles here in San Francisco in 2001. After 2001, Paul began to focus on training and developing fighters, producing numerous Golden Gloves champions. During this period, he realized that boxing in San Francisco had seen better days and that there was a pressing need for an authentic boxing gym. So after years of training, Paul decided it was time that he open his own boxing gym.

A vacant space on Third Street was one of many he checked out, and he fell in love with it immediately. With concrete walls, iron piping, and low ceilings, it had the look and feel he wanted—a hard space for hard workouts. With the forthcoming success of Third Street Boxing Gym, he went on to open a second boxing gym on Polk Street, Titanium Training.

In 2010, Paul remains the owner and founder at the Third Boxing Street Gym after having sold off the location on Polk Street.

3rd Street Boxing Gym is home to many aspiring amateurs and local professionals. With its family atmosphere and an instructional system designed to teach boxing to the masses, the gym has also become home to a growing number of people who recognize the unparalleled benefits of a boxer’s workout. You might find school teachers, mothers, stockbrokers, dentists, artists, and lawyers in attendance at one of our expertly guided classes.

So if you want to lose weight, get fit, and fortify your mind and spirit—or just hit stuff—come check out the new breed of gym: 3rd Street Boxing Gym.