Unboxed Fight Club: Where Every Fighter Belongs
Do you need a little good news in your life today?
Here goes!
Did you know that DSAmd proudly partners with Unboxed Boxing and Fitness in Timonium, Baltimore County for an exciting weekly program? "Unboxed Fight Club" is a boxing fitness program designed to serve the underserved in our community. It’s a place Where Every Fighter Belongs.
This program is free for participants and brings fitness, fun, and friendship to people with Down syndrome and other intellectual and developmental disabilities, and their families. The weekly class is a welcoming, empowering fitness experience for fighters in our community, with a focus on strength, confidence, and connection.
One support person for a participant noted:
“Fight Club is a great program for multiple reasons!
It helps develop a new skill, provides therapeutic benefit (practice with crossing midline), and is a great social activity to connect with others!”
More good news: The adult class on Fridays is FULL and has operated with a waitlist since the program officially refreshed at the beginning of this year!
Thank you, Unboxed co-founder Coach Troy, for your dedication to our Down syndrome community, from contacting DSAmd first about the program idea, to being a longtime trainer for Coach Nick (who happens to be an adult with DS) and others. We appreciate you!
Thank you, Troy, J.D., Nick, and the Unboxed community for always believing that people with Down syndrome are capable of doing hard things!
Limited spots are available in Fight Club.
With additional sponsorship support from our community, we can expand to serve more participants.
$210 supports a boxer for 12 weeks of classes: Sponsor a Fighter Here.
Together, YOU have raised $4,700 in 2026 to support this tremendous program.
Our goal this year is to raise $16,000 — we are ~31% to goal!
Thank You, Fight Club Sponsors!*
Bradford Saul
Caitlin Herman
Conner Reed
Darlen Campbell
Elizabeth Healey
Ellen Bernardo
E-Psychiatriq LLC
Esti Livingston
Ivonia Slade
Jamie Dembeck
Jesse Finfera
Judith Carroll
Kimberly Hinegardner
Lynne DiBastiani
Martha Robinson
Samantha Pierce
Sara Randrup
Sherrie Ball
So Eun Moon
Susan Lang
Unboxed is a small group training studio where your individual fitness and wellness goals are assessed by one of our fitness and health coaches. The combination of small group classes, personal training options and nutrition counseling is tailored to each individual. Each client will have a coach that is passionate and invested in their success and will assist and guide clients to their desired goals. Classes are offered in a variety of areas such as fitness boxing, functional training, cardio, resistance training and yoga. The Unboxed mission is to provide our clients with an individualized fitness and wellness plan while coaching each client to realize and reach their full potential.
Learn more at: https://unboxedstrength.com/ and @unboxed_strength on Instagram.
The Down Syndrome Association of Maryland (DSAmd) is subsidizing and coordinating boxing classes in two different counties, hosting classes four days each week around Central Maryland.
Would you like a boxing class in your area? We’d love that. Reach out with your ideas! info@DSAmd.org / 410-321-5434 call or text
Check out a boxing class, see the schedule, or join the waitlist by visiting our Events page: DSAmd.org/Events
*as of June 2026
