Would going to a boxing gym only once or twice a week be any good?

[donnydarkoIRL]

Sounds good to me; but is you're objective to develop boxing for sporting purposes or just to get healthy?

[Castleberry]

Sounds good to me; but is you're objective to develop boxing for sporting purposes or just to get healthy?

Pretty much for health and self-defense purposes (should the situation ever arise).

[boyla]

Think of it like playing a musical instrument, the more you practice the better you get.

You can do any training in the world, but it will not beat actually going to a gym, and having one-on-one coaching.

Twice a week would be fine, throw in some running, skipping and shadow boxing and footwork,footwork,footwork

Once a week you will still make plenty of progress.

If you went zero times a week how much better will you get, how much stronger, fitter, healthier.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Pretty much for health and self-defense purposes (should the situation ever arise).

Cool; well if I could offer some advice then, I'd use the boxing sessions for as much technique as possible and then break up the rest of the week between conditioning or strength exercises.
A lot of the time thats what I do. I use the boxing gym specifically to develop my boxing and then for fitness/strength (and vanity ) I have an entirely different program of training.