2016
Club opens June 6 at 400 Watertown Road. Family-owned from day one.
Our story
A family club since 2016.
Same address, same owners. Dates below come from local news and the gym’s public listings.
The gym
Blue Boy Boxing Club opened on June 6, 2016 at 400 Watertown Road in Thomaston — the address it still uses. There is no earlier Blue Boy location on record. Before the lease, Kareem Blue trained boxers while working as a physical trainer at the Litchfield Athletic Club.
In 2016, Kareem told the Town Times he wanted a place where all types of people could exercise and still get real boxing instruction. Nina Blue, co-owner, was part of that opening from the first month.
People think boxing is all about fighting. It is also confidence, focus, and strategy. That is how the gym has talked about the work from the beginning.
2020
Local coverage described a boxing gym off Route 6 with a ring, bags, and a mixed room of kids, adults, and Parkinson’s boxing fitness. The gym closed briefly for COVID-19 and reopened in May.
2026
Still a USA Boxing club. Boxers representing Blue Boy Boxing appeared in Western New England Golden Gloves competition.
Coaches
Who runs the room
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Kareem Blue
Founder, owner, head coach
Public listings and local news identify Kareem as the founder and head coach who opened the club and still runs the room.
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Nina Blue
Co-owner
Nina Blue has been co-owner since the gym opened in 2016. Connecticut USA Boxing lists Caroline Blue as the club contact. That listing is a separate name from Nina.