Coach Al Franco is the founder of Warzone Boxing Club and the owner of Coach Al Franco Boxing. After building Warzone since 1997, Coach Al is now retiring from daily operations at Warzone Boxing Club while remaining available as an advisor to his sons, Michael “Lil Warrior” Franco and Daniel “Twitch” Franco, as they continue leading the next generation of Warzone.

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Before Warzone became a full boxing club, Coach Al was already working with professional fighters and law enforcement officers. Many of those fighters and officers began asking him to train their family members, and that demand helped create the foundation for Warzone Boxing Club.

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Coach Al’s coaching career has always been built around real fighter development. Early in his career, he helped take a professional fighter from a 3–4 record to a 16–4 record, showing his ability to correct habits, build skill, and develop fighters at a serious level.

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As a father and coach, Coach Al was also the head coach for both of his sons, Michael “Lil Warrior” Franco and Daniel “Twitch” Franco. Both went on to become championship-level professional fighters. Michael won a version of the WBC title, while Daniel captured the IBF/USBA title.

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Today, Coach Al’s active coaching is focused through Coach Al Franco Boxing, where he works with elite amateur boxers, professional boxers, MMA fighters, and private clients who want real boxing instruction. His training is built around proper fundamentals, footwork, defense, conditioning, controlled pressure, ring IQ, and disciplined fighter development.

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Coach Al also offers personal boxing training, private coaching, and small men’s boxing classes in Newport Beach on Mondays and Wednesdays and Upland on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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Whether coaching an elite fighter, a private client, or a man looking for serious boxing training, Coach Al teaches the same way: build the fundamentals, correct bad habits, stay calm under pressure, and train like a fighter even if you never plan to compete.