The New Harvard Trend? Getting Punched in the Face.
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- The Harvard Boxing Club typically avoids face punches during regular training, but fight night featured real, intense boxing matches with jabs, hooks, and uppercuts.
- Boxers prepared for their bouts in various ways, including meditating, jumping rope, and shadowboxing in front of mirrors to focus and warm up.
- Ryan Jiang, a 19-year-old Harvard freshman studying applied mathematics, nervously reviewed footage of his opponent to strategize for the fight, noting the opponent’s strong right hand.
- Jiang experienced significant pre-fight anxiety, while his opponent, Colin Brazas from Babson College, warmed up vigorously by hitting a heavy bag.
