Gleason's Boxing Gym
Michael trained at Brooklyn's Gleason's Gym which has been the New York base for some of boxing's greatest fighters, including: Sonny Liston, Ali, and Mike Tyson. The gym is full of equipment including 4 rings where Michael sparred. Hector Roca (Hilary Swank's trainer for Million Dollar Baby) operates there also. Discipline plays a major role in a fighter's training and Gleason's Gym Rules are no exception!
While in New York Michael also went to Juan Laporte's Gym and then on to Joe Frazier's Gym in Philadelphia.