About

The Beginning

Urban Pugilist was formed in the Spring of 2014 to provide coaching to young boxers. The focus of Urban Pugilist has slowly evolved into one in which the aim is to provide relevant training support and the curation of relevant boxing content that may support the growth of the boxing culture.

Our Mission

Our goal is to provide the boxing community with relevant content, dialog, and innovative thinking. We hope to evolve into a reusable source of meaningful and useful content.

Owner and Founder

Daryl began his boxing career at the United States Naval Academy where he boxed his freshman year in 1996 in the 132-lb weight class winning all of the matches except the very last match in the annual Brigade Championships. Daryl went on to fight his sophomore to senior years in the 147-lb weight class where he became a 3-time Brigade Boxing Champion and a 2-time National Collegiate Boxing runner up. Co-Captain of the United States Naval Academy Boxing Team his senior year, Daryl’s leadership was instrumental in leading the Boxing Team to many victories over other collegiate boxing programs, earning him the Emerson Smith Sportsmanship Award his senior year.