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Today, we relive the intensity which was the Fight 4 The Cause charity boxing classic, starring my Zone brother from another mother, Jeremy Baker.
Canon EOS 70D · Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM
28 mm · 1/500 s · f/3.5 · ISO 3200
Above is Jer making his entrance after his video was shown. I shot, edited, and co-directed it:
The match had all the hallmarks of an oldey-timey boxing match, complete with ring announcer . . .
Canon EOS 70D · Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8
70 mm · 1/500 s · f/3.5 · ISO 1600
. . . intensity . . .
Canon EOS 70D · Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8
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. . . like, crazy intensity . . .
Canon EOS 70D · Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM
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. . . and blood. Oh, the blood. I’m not showing you the half of it.
Canon EOS 70D · Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8
70 mm · 1/500 s · f/2.8 · ISO 1600
There were also some utter knockouts.
Canon EOS 70D · Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM
35 mm · 1/500 s · f/3.5 · ISO 3200
But, after every match, there was complete respect and camaraderie between opponents.
Canon EOS 70D · Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM
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Besides Jeremy, the match we were there to watch was of this lady, Laura Thomlinson. She’s a nurse, an artist, and an asskicker.
Canon EOS 70D · Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8
70 mm · 1/200 s · f/2.8 · ISO 1600
Strobist: Canon 430EX II, 1/2 power, on camera, pointed up, ceiling bounced
She landed her blows, and took her lumps but, in the end, the judges ruled for her opponent after a split decision.
Canon EOS 70D · Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM
35 mm · 1/500 s · f/3.5 · ISO 3200
Jeremy’s opponent came out swinging and got a few good shots in on Jeremy.
However, as the boxing lingo goes, he “gassed out” (boxing jargon for running out of gas by not having trained with enough cardio-intensive workouts in the weeks and months leading up to the bout) shortly into the first round, and Jeremy moved in.
Canon EOS 70D · Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM
26 mm · 1/500 s · f/3.5 · ISO 3200
Transforming his fists into metaphorical hammers, Jeremy landed a couple of fast blows on his opponent . . .
Canon EOS 70D · Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM
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. . . and bounced him to the mats before the first round was over.
Canon EOS 70D · Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM
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And, at that point, it was over. Jer’s opponent conceded, and the match was called in Jeremy’s favour by TKO (which always looks more impressive than “technical knockout”).
Canon EOS 70D · Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM
18 mm · 1/500 s · f/3.5 · ISO 3200
Nobody was happier about the abrupt end to the fight than Coral, Jeremy’s wife (who delivered the biggest laugh-garnering line of the night in Jeremy’s video).
Canon EOS 70D · Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM
18 mm · 1/180 s · f/3.5 · ISO 3200
Way to go, Jeremy!
Canon EOS 70D · Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM
18 mm · 1/180 s · f/3.5 · ISO 3200
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