78 young boys were photographed by Nicolai Howalt before and after their first competitive boxing matches. The before and after photographs profoundly reveal the physical and emotional effects of these experiences upon the boys who appears sweaty and bruised. As a teenager, the photographer Nicolai Howalt (b. 1970) was an amateur boxer, and through this series (which was first published in Boxers, 2003) he explores questions around masculinity and adulthood.