Overthrow

Overthrow—a fitting name, given that the Youth International Party was founded in the same Bowery building in the ’60s—is a multilevel boxing studio held down by a team of world-class fighters like trainer Alicia Napoleon, a World Boxing Council champ. Novices should start with the nonimpact Boxing Burnout class for shadowboxing, bag work, basic punches and one hell of a cardio exercise. From there, the class Ring Work teaches technique—footwork, proper jabs and rolling—and when you’re primed, pumped and ready, your coach matches you up with partners for Thursday’s full-contact sparring sessions. If you make it through all that, gear up for Overthrow’s Friday-evening Boxing and Booze Burnouts—you’ll have earned it.