Sioux Falls · Family-Owned · USA Boxing
A family-owned Sioux Falls boxing gym for kids and adults. USA Boxing certified, built on heart. We train fighters, but we raise champions in life.
Next up · Saturday, September 26, 2026
USA Boxing amateur competition at the downtown YMCA, held in loving memory of Manny, the heart of this gym.
Go Ahead
Go on, hit the bag. That feeling right there is why people keep coming back. Now imagine it with real gloves, real coaching, and a room full of people in your corner.
More Than Boxing
“Be careful who's in your corner, but you can trust God to always be in your corner.”
Every practice opens the same way: together, in prayer, with a lesson that reaches past the ring. Coach Vargas trains fighters, but first he's raising good people. Champions in life.
The Heart · In Memory
This gym exists because of a boy who never stopped fighting.
August 25, 2009 – October 23, 2024
His parents started Vargas Boxing in his memory. Today the Vargas family trains and mentors young boxers to become champions in life, just like Manny.
Family-owned, and it feels like it. The work is real, and so is the fun between rounds.
Juan makes funny reels with the kids all the time. When practice wraps, the gloves come off and the cameras come out. Come watch on Facebook and Instagram.
In your corner
The founders
A husband-and-wife gym · USA Boxing certified
Owner & Head Coach · Co-Founder & Coach
Juan and his wife Olga founded Vargas Boxing in memory of their son, Emmanuel “Pork Chop” Vargas. He opens every practice in prayer and coaches the way he raised his family — discipline, heart, and never giving up. He trains fighters, but first he’s raising champions in life.
Olga built Vargas Boxing alongside Juan and coaches right beside him. She’s the steady corner for every kid and every first-timer who walks through the door — the reason this place feels less like a gym and more like a family.
Our whole coaching staff is USA Boxing certified — real amateur competition experience, and the patience to teach a first-timer.
Featured on KELOLAND
“More than a boxing gym.”
South Dakota’s KELOLAND News on the Vargas family
Training
Unleash your inner fighter.
For beginners and anyone sharpening the basics. The essential techniques of boxing, taught right.
For serious athletes sharpening technique and preparing to compete. Where fighters are made.
One-on-one with our coaches. For competitors or anyone who wants to move faster.
Your first visit
None at all. Our Fundamentals classes are built for total beginners — kids and adults. You’ll learn the essentials from USA Boxing certified coaches, at your own pace.
We train ages 8 and up. Kids classes run Tuesday and Friday at 5:00 PM; teens and adults join Fundamentals right after at 6:15.
Yes — your first class is on us, no commitment. Show up a few minutes early in comfortable athletic clothes and we’ll take care of the rest.
Athletic clothes, a water bottle, and hand wraps if you have them. We have gloves you can borrow for your first class.
Beginners are never thrown into sparring. Kids start with fundamentals, footwork, and conditioning in a supervised, encouraging room. Every practice opens together, in prayer, with a lesson that reaches past the ring.
Fundamentals is $75/month (two classes a week). Competition training is $115/month. Private one-on-one coaching is available — just ask. And your first class is always free.
Still have a question? Call or text (659) 247-5576.
Come in
Pick a class below and we’ll confirm your spot — no experience needed, and the first one’s on us. Come see the room and meet the team.
The gym
Vargas Boxing
220 S Minnesota Ave
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
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