Does anyone here Box?

OK so I want to learn how to box. I'm using this website as a source to find a good gym...http://www.boxinghelp.com/ohio.html I found this place...http://www.columbusohioboxing.com/ I went to meet with the trainer yesterday. He has a lot of experience, and was a fighter himself. He worked in Buster Douglas's corner for a while. Anyway, he charges $25 per session. This seems a tad steep considering that it's not a 1 on 1 session. The session gives me gym access for 2 hours, and he said about an hour of that would be him working with me. If he could guarantee me an hour of 1 on 1 time, that's a hell of a deal-but I would certainly not be the only person there. Also, because of their hours, I would only be able to have 1.5 hours of gym time because of work. There is no general membership fee, so basically I'd be paying $25 any time I want to workout there. I'm interested to see if anyone here has experience with real boxing gyms.

Well the price is listed on the flyers at the gym, so it was not something he made up just for me-but you are right about it being expensive. What I'm looking for is a gym with a monthly fee, but has trainers there as well that could provide me with the occasional 1 on 1 time for an extra fee.

He wasn't trying to pull one over on me, his price is listed right on his website, as well as posted on the gym flyers. He's just ridiculously expensive compared to other gyms. http://columbusohioboxing.com/contact_us.html Here's another local place. http://www.ssboxing.com/classes.php They want $89 a month which is still on the expensive side. Another thing that worries me about that place is that none of their trainers qualifications are listed, which seems odd for a boxing gym website. It seems as though a lot of these gyms are run in a very unorganized manner, and that finding a good one is going to be a lot harder than I originally anticipated. I asked the lady on the phone if the classes were structured, and she said that they were, yet you can come anytime between 4-7- which leads me to believe she is either lying or had no idea what she was talking about. She said there can be about 20 people there from 5-6, and the gym looks incredibly small to handle that many people at once. If you can't find a gym with solid trainers, you're basically paying money to do workouts that you could do at home for much cheaper. A lot of these workouts involve push-ups, sit-ups, running, heavy bag etc. I have a speed bag, and you can buy a heavy bag and a stand for the price of a few months membership. I think since UFC become popular, these gyms have sprung up out of the woodwork and half these guys aren't qualified to teach people much of anything.