Trainer Talks

Episode #55 - George Forman III - Pro Fighter to Fitness Entrepreneur

April 07, 2021 Jason Stella Season 2 Episode 55
Trainer Talks
Episode #55 - George Forman III - Pro Fighter to Fitness Entrepreneur
Show Notes

Join George "Monk" Forman III and Jason Stella discuss....

  1. His time going to military school and then wanting to go to the airforce academy to become a pilot.
  2. How he lost 100lbs training for amateur boxing.
  3. The rigorous and unconventional training his father put him through to get in shape to fight his first pro fight.
  4. His time training with his father and Angelo Dundee.
  5. What made him decide to stop fighting and became a fitness entrepreneur.
  6. How he realized the "Grit" he learned from his father helped him open a successful company called  Everybody Fights.
  7. The Do's and Don'ts of teaching and / or participating in a boxing fitness program.
  8. The Importance of mastering the fundamentals and various types of boxing, along with the mental and spiritual toughness it creates.
  9. How he scaled and where he believes the industry is going into the future.


More about George.....
A consumer products executive turned undefeated pro boxer, George retired early in 2012 to start EverybodyFights (EBF) boxing gym, with the first location being a 15,000 sqft mega boxing gym which George outfitted to suit an amateur & pro-fighter’s training camp.  In just six years EBF grew to $10MM/year in revenue, winning best luxury gym in Boston five years in a row. EBF, amassed a 160,000+ person community, 40,000+ active users across 15 locations, 6 franchises, 1200 classes/week, certified over 3000 trainers.

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