New boxing studio opens

NITO BOXING OPENED on California Avenue this January — its first studio outside of Hawaii — with a goal to improve boxing in the area.

Mark Fragio and formal professional boxer Carlos Nito Tangaro co-fouded the studio, hoping to make boxing more available to people and at a higher quality.

“We can do better for boxing and we could do better for the people,” Fragios said.

by ALMA BENDAVID

STARTING A STUDIO — Nito Boxing cofounder Mark Fragios stands in front of his newly finished boxing arena. “It started with really humble beginnings, … three [punching] bags and a lot of problems,” Fragios said. Photo: Alma Bendavid

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