Come Out And Watch A Bunch Of Financial Services Hacks Get Voluntarily Punched In The Face - Dealbreaker

Come Out And Watch A Bunch Of Financial Services Hacks Get Voluntarily Punched In The Face

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Next Wednesday night is the annual Corporate Challenge Boxing tournament, and beyond the fact that the event is for charity, $45 (or $1,400 for a ring-side table) seems like a pretty reasonable fee to be at least mildly amused at the sight of your “colleagues” taking to the ring. The participants hail from Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital, RBC, and Chimera Securities, among other firms, have give themselves nicknames like "Plastic Paddy," "The Huntington Hammer," "Dragon Fist" and "Mister Softee," and have prior boxing experience as diverse as "several tournaments" to "My friend once punched me in the face on a weekend in Prauge." Let's meet them now.

Peter Williamson AKA The Huntington Hammer/Barclays Capital/27 years old, 5'11, 195 lbs:

David Doherty AKA Plastic Paddy/RBC/27 years old, 5'6, 142 lbs:

Scott Shuryn/Morgan Stanley/25 years old, 5'10, 205 lbs:

Greg Tran AKA Mister Softee AKA Dragonfist/Chimera Securities/31 years old, 5'10, 140 lbs:

Corporate Boxing Challenge [CBC]

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