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Big shoutout to the @shppiratesoccer team for coming down to Legendary @frontstgym to train with us! 🔥 Absolute pleasure grinding with this crew of young men and champions, hope y’all got as much out of it as I did.
Huge thanks to the coaches and trainers @iam.kubach @undercardcombatics @amnotaturtle for putting it all together! Let’s run it back soon 💪🥊
#SetonHallPrep #Soccer #TeamWork #LegendaryGym #Champions TrainingDay GrindMode

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Labor Day weekend.

Check out the pic of the fish fry of our catch in the last slide.

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This summer reminded me why boxing has a way of bringing the right people together.
Every Saturday, people from all over the city walked through the doors at Front Street Gym. Fighters, first timers, friends, and complete strangers. By the end of class, none of those labels seemed to matter much. Week after week, I watched experienced boxers helping beginners, old training partners finding each other again. I watched new friendships form between rounds. People of different ages, backgrounds, and goals, all sharing the same space and the same respect for the work. Front Street is just one of those places you can’t really explain. It’s a piece of Philadelphia boxing history. You have to feel it to know it.

To everyone who showed up, coached, trained, sweat, laughed, and made this series what it became, thank you. You made this summer very special.

This is what Undercard has always been about.

Suit up

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Can’t hang with the big dogs, stay on the porch

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There are easier places to train.
But there’s something special about learning the sport inside a real boxing gym.
For 8 weeks this summer, we’ll be teaching boxing fundamentals, conditioning, and technical skills inside Historic Front Street Gym.
No experience required.
Just a willingness to learn, work hard, and be part of a great training environment.
Summer Series begins June 6.
Spots are limited.
DM to register.

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Most people spend summer slowing down.
We built this for the people who want more!

The UNDERCARD Summer Series is a
8-week boxing program focused on:
Conditioning. Fundamentals. Hard work and Consistency.

June 6 – August 1
Saturdays 11AM–1PM
(No class July 4 weekend)
at Historic Front Street Gym

$250 full program
$35 drop-ins

Limited registration.

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@iam.kubach and @chris.oliveros at Front Street.

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It’s hard to believe everything that’s happened in just 3.5 months.

Back in December, I was scared. We had strong programs running in Center City and a new group of Haymakers fighters ready for January 1. Then, suddenly, the space we’d trained in for years closed. Just like that, we were out.

My support network and I got to work. That first month was unstable. Bouncing between gyms, rebuilding the schedule each week just to keep sessions alive. It was a rough start. I worried about what that uncertainty meant for the team and if I could still give them what they needed for the task they signed up for.

Then we found a space. It wasn’t much. No ring, no bags, just open floors. But it was steady. So I adapted. We went old school: roadwork, shadowboxing, mitts, sparring. Honest, hard work. Slowly, the progress showed.

Along the way, people showed up. Quietly and consistently. Teammates, alumni, friends, and my other programs all contributed in their own ways. It wasn’t one place or one group; it was a network that kept this thing moving forward.

At one point, we filmed a CBS segment to help drive ticket sales. I said, “I build family, I build fighters, and I build friends through this.” I meant it. Somewhere in the middle of all this, it became real in a way I didn’t expect. This group even started calling themselves “Harry’s Children.”
By fight night, we had built something solid.
And then something happened I still don’t fully know how to process: Undercard went 4–0 on a 9-fight card.
At the after party, people kept asking how it felt. The truth is, I’m still figuring that out.
I’ve always been more about the process than the outcome. I care about sharing my love of training with the communities I serve. I don’t particularly care if we win or not, I care that my fighters come out safe, and better versions of themselves through the journey.
So to win in that way is… flooring. I’m humbled. I’m relieved. I’m grateful. I’m thankful. And yes—I am proud as hell!

Thank you so much to everyone that supported this year’s team.
Until next time✌🏼❤️🥊

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Early manny gets the worm.

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@the_path_submission_series

✨📸: the goat @brianjcoyle

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Trad bird for @iam.kubach #glensidetattoo #traditionaltattoo #birdtattoo #sparrowtattoo

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I just want to take a moment and thank everyone that helped supported this Lunar New Year: Year of the Fire Horse Fundraiser. This fundraiser has been an unexpected whirlwind and I learned a lot.

Thank you @aapi.unite for coming up with the idea. Thank you @asianmentalhealthcollective for allowing us to help. Thank you AMHC for speaking up, giving resources, and aid to those seeking mental help.

Also, last but not least, thank you to all the friends that sent me pictures of the LNY cookies that they probably stole. Just kidding, maybe.

But in all seriousness, thank you everyone. 🫶 🔥 🐴

We have 6 days left until the fundraiser is over. We still have two “Cookies for a Year”giveaways: 1) take a picture of the LNY, ya and follow @aapi.unite @asianmentalhealthcollective 2) THE GOLDEN TICKET is still floating around somewhere. Snag the golden ticket and win Cookies for a Year. That’s it. Happy hunting.

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#cookies #shortbreads #giveaway #philly #lunarnewyear

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