Hi,
I guess it depends on what you mean by "Boxing". If you mean moving around, hitting some pads, hitting some bags, skipping, conditioning etc then most normal gyms or martial arts studios offer that.
If you are talking about going to a serious Boxing gym and actually learning the art of Boxing, then thats different. My concern there is your open admission that you don't want to compete. Thats totally fine by the way, but if you walk into any serious Boxing gym and say that, they are unlikely to give you any focus or attention. Boxing gyms survive as a business based on the reputation of the fighters they produce, amateur and professional. Therefore the coaches will invest their time in people who want to represent the gym and win titles. In my experience, the guys who just want to train recreationally just get left around the egdes, hitting some bags on their own.
If a high intensity combative workout is what you are after, my personal advice is join a gym that runs a good MMA workout, or a Kickboxing club. These places will be full of people like yourself who are there to train for the fitness and conditioning. Any serious Boxing Gym will be full of people who are there to compete, and the amount you gain from that environment may be very limited.
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