A Tinder Date Inspired D.C.'s Newest Black Owned Boxing Studio

BOOMBOX owners Angela Jennings and Reggie Smith

ESSENCE Magazine - December 18, 2019

Who would have thought a Tinder date would turn into business bliss for Angela Jennings and Reggie Smith? What seems like a script out of a movie, is the backstory for Washington D.C.’s newest (and Black owned) boxing gym — BOOMBOX Boxing Club.

Even though their swipe right didn’t turn into a love match, their flame continued to burn because they both “shared a love for fitness” says co-founder Smith.

He continues, “Whenever she’d come in New York or I’d come home to D.C. we’d work out together. That went on for a couple of years, and then finally one day we were sitting around talking about “what we wanted to do when we grow up.” And we decided we wanted to open up a fitness facility.”

Read the entire Essence article, here.