Our Story
Built on Soviet-school discipline.
A boxing club in Kolenchery, Kerala, founded on one belief: champions are made in the unglamorous middle of an early morning round.
The Philosophy
Old-world method.
Modern science.
Soviet Boxing Club was built around the training methods that produced the most decorated amateur boxing program of the 20th century — fused with the periodization, sports science, and recovery practices of the modern era.
That means deep work on fundamentals. Coached sparring. Real strength and conditioning. A culture that values craft over hype, and consistency over intensity.
Whether you're 8 or 58, training for fitness or your first amateur bout, you train inside the same proven system.
And it's not just a boxing club — it's a fully-equipped strength gym too. A regulation ring, heavy bags, speed bags, free weights, and state-of-the-art conditioning equipment, all under one roof. Boxing is the soul of this place; the gym is the engine that powers it.
Our members consistently call us Kerala's best boxing club — and we're committed to earning that title every single session. If you're searching for the best boxing gym in Kerala, or a serious boxing club in Kolenchery that delivers real results, this is where your journey starts.
Head Coach
Meet Shanavas.
Head Coach · Founder
Shanavas has spent his entire life inside a boxing ring. Eight state gold medals. Countless rounds. A REPS India certification that backs every drill he coaches with modern sports science.
But the medals aren't the point. The point is the thousands of mornings he's shown up before sunrise — to wrap his own hands and then yours. To watch your first jab and remember it. To coach you not just to throw a punch, but to become the kind of person who keeps showing up.
When you train at Soviet Boxing Club, you train under a coach who has lived this sport — and dedicated his life to passing it on.
"Discipline is the shortest path to power."
— Coach Shanavas
"Strength built right outlasts every shortcut."
— Coach Gijo Jose Mathew
Co-Founder & Coach
Meet Gijo.
Co-Founder · Strength & Boxing Coach · Founder, Kingsman Fitness Club
Gijo Jose Mathew is the co-founder of Soviet Boxing Club and a professional gym coach with years of experience building serious strength, conditioning, and boxing programs for members of every level.
He also owns and runs Kingsman Fitness Club — an official partner of Soviet Boxing Club. Together, the two clubs share programming, coaching standards, and a single obsession: real, measurable progress in the gym and in the ring.
Train under Gijo and you get a coach who treats your strength work, your conditioning, and your boxing as one connected system — built to make you harder to break, on every front.
What We Stand For
Four values. Every session.
Technique first
We drill the right way until it's the only way. Bad reps make bad fighters.
Discipline daily
Show up. Wrap your hands. Do the work. Repeat. Everything else is noise.
Earn the respect
We respect every member — from first-week newcomers to ring-tested fighters.
Build the person
A better boxer is a better human. Confidence, calm, control — in and out of the ring.
Come see for yourself
The gym opens at 5:30. Your excuses don't.
Visit the gym, meet the coaches, throw a few rounds. No pressure. No pitch.