Friday Night Fights (#5)

    

March 16, Friday Night Fights returned to Sports USA.

It was a fun evening of LIVE amateur boxing. A lot of these athletes find boxing to be a main form of exercise and the most functional fitness activities out there. There were some pretty heavy body shots that night as well.

When  you're in the ring with someone who is trying to attack you, you're pretty occupied with just throwing punches and defending. A lot of these young boxers did well to defend their titles.

Boxing is probably my second favorite sport to photograph next to football. It brings back memories to a great movie I watched numerous times as a kid, Rocky. A small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a round in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. 

Actors Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers in the final fight of Rocky

"Every Champion was once a contender
that refused to give up."
-Rocky Balboa

Congratulations to all the fighters that competed!