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Barry's Boxing Center
702-368-BOXN
Fax 702-735-5095
2664 S. Highland
Las Vegas, NV 89109
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| Patrick and
Dawn Barry |
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 The
Owners of
BARRY'S BOXING
CENTER.
As the saying goes, behind every "Good Man" stands a
"Great Woman", so it is with Barry's Boxing Center.
Pat Barry was a professional boxer out of New York
City. He came to Las Vegas to pursue his career.
Dawn Schnell was an independent young woman also
from New York, in pursuit of furthering her academic
achievements when she came to Las Vegas in 1973.
Pat met Dawn and they became friends. When Dawn saw
Pat was having managerial problems she stepped
forward and assisted him. In 1977 Dawn became a
pioneer in professional boxing when she became one
of the first female professional boxing managers.
In 1978 Pat and Dawn again teamed up, this time in a
life long commitment to one another and were married
at St. Bridget's Catholic Church.
Realizing that he loved boxing more than boxing
loved him, Pat decided to pursue another strong
interest he had and that was in law enforcement. Pat
joined the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
just two weeks after their wedding.
Dawn and Pat received a beautiful gift from GOD, In
January 1980 and named her after her mother. Shortly
after the birth of their daughter, Dawn tested and
joined the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
and was once again breaking new ground for women,
this time in law enforcement.
Dawn and Pat wanted to remain active in the sport of
boxing so they opened up Barry's Boxing Center. The
purpose of their gym is to help the youth of the
community.
Dawn retired from LVMPD after 23 1/2 years and now
runs Barry's Boxing full time; the enrollment has
multiplied many times over. Last year Barry's Boxing
Center had over four hundred and twenty registered
members. Pat Barry is still active with LVMPD as a
juvenile detective and has been for over 25 years,
but when he is not working he too may be found at
the gym.
Dawn jr. currently a senior at UNLV studying to be
social worker. When she was a little card girl for
amateur boxing she met a little boxer with whom she
fell in love; eventually they grew up and married.
Like mother like daughter! Both Dawns are still
involved as officials in amateur boxing, and are
running Barry's Boxing Center.
Oh yes! That little Boxer Dawn jr. teamed up with
was Augie "Kid Vegas" Sanchez. To date he is the
most decorated Amateur Boxer in Nevada's History.
The list of opponents Augie has beaten, reads like a
who's who in the Boxing World; besides winning
numerous national titles Augie won the Olympic
Trials in 1996 and fought twice for the World Title.
Augie now leads our coach's staff at Barry's Boxing
full-time and personally trains all of our elite
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