Jenna Wang (C’19)
Benevolent Boxing The Penn Boxing Club members spend their time conditioning, sparring and competing, learning how to, well, beat each other up. Yet they also form a community that’s diverse and adoring, making them one of the most unexpected groups on Penn’s campus. By Emily Schwartz. Styled by Emily Cieslak, Natalia Rommen, Davery Joso, Paolo Nasr, Charlene Ngige, Zuqi Fu, Lucinda Mileto, Serena Liu, Emma Harris, Jaewoo Kang, Alexandra Pisacane, Ania Swider. Makeup by Madison Kahn, Emily Yao, Sydney Schwartz, Via Lim. Photographed by Teresa Xie and Skylar Scafidi on site at Title Boxing Club, Philadelphia.
“Kill him!” These were the last words Skyler Palatnick (C’20) heard before the bell sounded that signaled the start of the first boxing competition of his college career. The thenfreshman was standing in the ring at a gym in North Philadelphia, what he would refer to as “enemy territory,” and he heard one of his opponent’s fans shout the words. Palatnick himself had a few fans in the room—his mom and dad who had come down to Philly from Long Island for the occasion, his brother who had ventured off Penn’s campus to watch him fight, his childhood boxing coach and several of his teammates from Penn. There were about eight. He was grateful for their presence, but The Untamed Issue
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