Meet Eddie Arrazola of Lobos Boxing Club

Today we’d like to introduce you to Eddie Arrazola.

Hi Eddie, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
I started martial arts when I was five years old. Through the years I kept adding new disciplines but boxing always fascinated me. I grew up watching fights with my family. My mom’s side was Mexican and Julio Cesar Chavez was champion at the time. My grandfather would throw huge parties for all of his fights. Later Oscars de La Jolla beat him and took the mantal. he was the first Latino-American athlete that I could relate to. he was the Golden Boy. It was the first time I felt represented in sports. It made me love boxing. When I was learning boxing, I was also learning to coach. What I realized watching all these fights was that the most interesting part for me was the 1 min between rounds. Coaching. the trainer was the star of the show for me. It was like watching master chess players go head to head with live chess pieces. I became obsessed. Eddie Futch, Harry Wiley, Angelo Dundee, Freddie Roach, Emanuel Stewart, and the list goes on. I studied them all. I started coaching in 2009. At the time Boxing wasn’t very mainstream and getting people to try it out was very challenging. Everyone was very intimidated and thought that you had to be a fighter to train.

My goal was to change that. I apprenticed under Martin Snow from Trinity Boxing NYC. I helped open up both LA locations and learned as much as I could. I saw the great benefits of boxing as it applied to the real world. all fight sports in reality weren’t about fighting. It was problem-solving. Every problem (opponent) was something that could be solved. and remaining calm and solving the problem instead of “fighting” is the best way to proceed. I got the best results with my youth program “The Wolf Pack”, these young boys and girls were from all walks of life. watching them all come together with the sport showed me that a boxing ring was the one true place where everyone has an opportunity to be equal. As long as you can fight nothing else mattered. Color, sex, or anything else. You are just a fighter in the gym. with almost ten years of coaching, I decided it was time to create my own community. So I Started Lobos Boxing Club. the goal was to create a place in LA for like-minded hard workers that wanted to learn REAL boxing, the boxing the changed my life and so many others. I based the gyms philosophy largely on Stoicism. Amor Fati- “Love your fate.” what a great mentality for a gym.

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Six months into opening Lobos Covid happened. My commitment to my philosophy was tested at the highest level. It was time to “solve problems”. Notice for feeling sorry for myself. First time running a gym on my own and we get a global pandemic. But the team came together and we made it through. Now our community is stronger than ever and growing every day. Lots of gyms now are also realizing how beneficial teaching real boxing can be. But I believe our system is the best in town. Our community is like nothing I could have ever hoped for. Everyone shows up for one another.

Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
We are a boxing club that specializes in teaching real techniques to all levels. We teach boxing, Muy Thai and Jiu-jitsu. We have an anti-bullying boxing youth program called the Wolf Pack. With 15 years of results, Some of our coaches are former Wolf Pack members themselves. We are proud that we are a family gym. We are completely original. No corporate franchise or gimmicks. If you want a safe friendly environment to learn real boxing and Muy Thai, this is your gym. We have classes, private lessons, and a kid’s program and a sparring class where you can safely start actually boxing.

Can you tell us more about what you were like growing up?
I was a really shy kid. I couldn’t even order my own food. My mom put me in the arts and my dad got me into martial arts. Both terrified me. But I learned to embrace both sides of myself. The masculine and feminine. At the time, I didn’t realize how important that was. I was always doing both arts and sports simultaneously.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.lobosboxingclub.com
• Instagram: @lobosboxingclub
• Youtube: @lobosboxingclub
• Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/lobos-boxing-club-west-hollywood?utm_source=ishare