Major honours
Opened by Bobby Gleason in the Bronx in 1937, this is America's longest continuously operating boxing gym. It moved through Manhattan before relocating to Brooklyn in the 1980s, and the gym states that 136 world champions have passed through its doors. A line from Virgil hanging over the ring, inviting those who chase the honor of victory, became the gym's emblem. Jake LaMotta built himself here in the 1940s, and Muhammad Ali, Roberto Duran and Mike Tyson all trained there ahead of New York fights, as did Robert De Niro preparing for a film role. Gleason's was never just a professional space either — among major gyms, it opened early to women boxers and has hosted amateur tournaments, doubling as a hub for New York's grassroots boxing scene.
Record comparison
Bars are scaled to the strongest team in this list.
Club legends
Rivalry
Gleason's rival was never a single gym but New York's own boxing landscape. As the last major hub left standing after Stillman's Gym disappeared, it has survived by fighting rising rents through Brooklyn's gentrification.