Conversations with Jessica Evans

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jessica Evans

Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
I always tell people that my story is painful to purpose. It originally started as a painful one as when I was 19 years old I was in an extremely toxic relationship. It was verbally, emotionally, and one time physically abusive. At the demise of that relationship, I decided I wanted to learn how to fight so I could protect myself. I jumped in fully, and 6 months later fought in the World’s Ringside tournament in Kansas City, MO in 2012, immediately afterward I switched to Muay Thai and competed in that for two fights before moving away to Australia. In Australia, I was learning production but on the side, I would compete in amateur Muay Thai, I had completely fallen in love with the sport and it unveiled that I enjoyed teaching others as well.
In 2017 I ended up moving to LA for production work, it took me a while to find my footing and get involved in a gym or find a good routine but I finally walked into a fitness boutique gym that was known in KC and it all started to unfold again. I now work for an online fitness platform called FightCamp, think the “Peloton of Boxing” where the workouts are on demand and you can learn proper boxing and kickboxing from the comfort of your own home. I also travel and teach workshops, to fitness gyms, law enforcement, and women. I love what I do and I am so grateful that my journey has led me this way.

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
The first struggle is how I even got into fighting, to begin with- but I am so grateful to see the other side and for it to unlock a side of me that I didn’t know existed. Another struggle was moving countries, even though Australia is so similar to America, it showed me how to view the world differently and taught me a lot about my upbringing and why I thought some of the things that I did. I had to break down a lot of cultural beliefs and take in ones that were different than mine. The next struggle was one of the hardest struggles I have ever faced, in 2019 my little brother passed away. It was the first time that I felt I lost hope. Shortly after the pandemic hit my husband and I both lost our jobs. I remember sitting there and thinking, “Why do we do what we do just for it to turn around and die”. I knew whatever I decided next I was going to be intentional about what I did and truly love it because I didn’t want to waste my life. Shortly after that, I auditioned for FightCamp. A year and a half into the job I had just gotten done teaching and noticed I felt funny, I told my manager my symptoms and she took me to the doctor- I was immediately admitted to the ER, and I was having a stroke. All of my testing came back clear but with additional testing, we discovered I had a PFO- a small flap opening in the heart. It was one of the scariest moments in my life and a week later I had heart surgery. It’s now been almost two years since that moment and I feel healthy and motivated. The human body is powerful and the mind even more, if we can use our hard times as lessons and to fuel us into our future.

As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I am most known for being a coach for an online fitness platform called FightCamp, it’s an ON DEMAND fitness platform with real fighters who teach people how to box and kickbox. Our mission statement is “to ignite the fighter within” which I love because boxing has so many parallels with real life and the human struggle. I love being able to teach people from the comfort of their own homes and fight alongside them.
I am also known as the “boxing girl” on social media. I started to document my training a couple of years ago and I have come to realize that people thoroughly enjoy it.

Is there something surprising that you feel even people who know you might not know about?
That I am a super deep and quirky individual. Maybe some people do know this but maybe not to the same extent. I am a Midwest girl, who values new coffee shops, horse riding, Korean dramas, Harry Potter, and a good book. I think when we see someone and what they do we can forget the real human side of a person. So I would say that I am someone that even though I look tough and the sport I do is an extreme one, I am a softy and I truly value a good deep conversation at a coffee shop.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://joinfightcamp.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessevansfit/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessevansfit/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@jessevansfit
• Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@jessevansfit?lang=en