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"FacebookPinterest\n\nWe recently had the opportunity, thanks to the Ace Hotel and their collaboration with Wings + Horns, and Beams, to check out the gritty glory of Gleason\u2019s Gym in Brooklyn, where they were filming their campaign to promote the collection. The talent for the shoot were Scott Schatzer and Henry Atkins, two local dudes who are currently training for New York\u2019s most illustrious amateur boxing crown, the Golden Gloves Tournament. In between photographer Matt Black and filmmaker Matt McClain getting the footage they needed to nail the project down from their ends, we asked the boys what it would take for a normal hack to jump in the ring.\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\nThe GQ Eye: You look like a completely average dude, how did you get into boxing?\n\nHenry Atkins: This damn sport has got a grip on me [laughs] and it won\u2019t let go. I\u2019m 30 years old, and this is probably my last run at this tournament. I started up three years ago, and have gotten into contention [for the Golden Gloves] in the past, but was sidelined with a series of concussions four days prior to the fight. I want to give it a proper go this time.\n\nGQ: What\u2019s your training regimen like?\n\nAtkins: Four or five days per week, I\u2019m also a bartender at the Ace [laughs] this keeps me on my best behavior.\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\nGQ: Seems a little sadomasochistic, this whole process...\n\nScott Schatzer: It\u2019s the most humbling experience man; you leave everything at the door each day. I\u2019m an ex-drummer, and I wanted to find the one thing that, if I went for it, and came up short, I\u2019d have no one to blame, but myself. If your band mates show up late, and we screw up a song, or this one guy\u2019s drunk, that\u2019s an excuse as to why we haven\u2019t succeeded; this is all on me. [Laughs] really, I was out to find the craziest, toughest personal challenge I could.\n\nGQ: Why the Golden Gloves?\n\nSchatzer: I\u2019ve been studying and going to fights since I started boxing last year, and wherever you go, at any level, the Golden Gloves is so respected and revered. They\u2019ll read it off on a guy\u2019s r&amp;amp;#xC3;&amp;amp;#xA9;sum&amp;amp;#xC3;&amp;amp;#xA9; like an Olympic Gold Medal or pro championship.\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\nGQ: Could a guy like me, with the proper training, become a bor too?\n\nSchatzer: I was honestly just a normal 30-year-old dude. I drank, was more than the occasional smoker. It wasn\u2019t like I was this fit dude who said I\u2019m going to go box instead of running marathons. I was coming from the couch..."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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