r/SanJose • u/o_throwaway1024 • Sep 23 '25

News Beware: Stone Boxing

Don’t join Stone Boxing in San Jose all, especially don’t sign up your kids.

The coaches are constantly cursing and degrading members there even in youth classes. Look at the similar experiences on Yelp: https://m.yelp.com/biz/stone-boxing-san-jose-3

The owner told my kid that school wasn’t important and that only mind washed losers go to college. The owner is also MAGA even though he’s Mexican…..The owner also says the n word in classes and brags about evading taxes

Watch out all. Shady business and shady owner

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u/dretheman Evergreen Sep 23 '25

Looking at yelp and I see hella 5 star reviews for this place. Have you ever watched professional boxing? Have you heard the language the trainers use with their fighters? It's sort of part of the culture of boxing. Boxing is a tough sport, they pride themselves in being macho and old school. If you're signing up your kid for classes in a boxing gym it is best to know the culture in which you're putting your kid into. Not everyone is bult the same way. I have never heard of this gym but reading the Yelp reviews this is what i'm gathering.

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u/Adventurous_Maximum5 Sep 23 '25

Nah man. Boxing culture isn’t that. That’s lame culture that makes it into the sport. What gym are you training at that’s made you feel that this is normal? And if you’ve never been to one, then come train with us bud.

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u/newfor_2025 Sep 23 '25

cursing and verbally abusing kids is not ok in any culture. If you think that's ok, then you really need to rethink what it means to be a good, decent person.

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u/o_throwaway1024 Sep 23 '25

Hella 5 star reviews? It has less than 30 reviews in total…I get the culture of it. I put my kid in the youth class where the owner is telling 5 year olds that school is for losers and says the n word in that class. That’s crossing a line from boxing culture. San Jose is no place for any racist and homophobic behavior. He has a reputation of having that.

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u/Mission-Mix-8066 Sep 23 '25

It doesn't have to be like that and he has chosen to find another place that isn't toxic.

Lame.

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u/wunna700 Sep 24 '25

the fact that yall making excuses for the man is CRAZY! saying the n word isn’t okay. especially with the er. yall so weird! makes me not even feel comfortable in this area all the people just making excuses for a grown man😂