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Boxing at the Powerade Centre with Lee Baxter Promotions

I got the opportunity to shoot Lee Baxter Promotions' last show in Brampton at the Powerade Centre. It was some of the most beautiful light I've ever shot boxing in. A good night of fights with lots of action.

Bout #1 - Bradley Wilcox vs Miguel Angel Cobarrubias

Bout #2 - Nick Fantauzzi vs Tyler O'Donnell

Bout #3 - Jessie Wilcox vs. Juan Carlos Chavira

Bout #4 - Kane Heron vs. Cesar Chavez

Bout #5 - Mladen Milias vs. Hector Aguilar

Bout #6 - Christian M'Billi vs Genaro Quiroga

Bout #7 - Samuel Vagas vs. Ali Funeka - WBA NABA Welterweight Title Fight

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DO Boxing Show - Behind the Scenes at our Promo Shoot

I had my good friend Dameon Okposio come into studio to update his head shots.

Dameon created a behind the scenes video of the shoot for his YouTube show: DO Boxing Show.

You can always use a good head shot for business. Dameon does a lot of seminars and speaking engagements so the pictures really support him. In addition Dameon writes for and publishes Below the Belt Magazine. We did some basic portrait work with Dameon in his unique shirts and then went on the head shots.

A short video from the DO Boxing show where I am working with Host Dameon Okposio on some promotional work.
I might have got the best shot of the day after the shoot at dinner.

I might have got the best shot of the day after the shoot at dinner.

It's always important to have fun on set.

It's always important to have fun on set.

- Mark Ruddick Photography is a full service London, Ontario photographer who specializes in fitness, boxing and mma photography

- Dameon Okposio runs Below the Belt Magazine, the Ontario Boxing Hall of Fame, has promoted fights, managed boxers and runs several community programs.

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Ontario Boxing Hall of Fame Inductions - 2017

I was back for my second year at the Ontario Boxing Hall of Fame induction ceremony. A great day of events put on my Dameon Okposio. It was an emotional ceremony with more than one recipient in tears by the end of their speeches. A lot of deserving boxers and builders were inducted.

Inducted that night were

1. Nicky Furlano
2. Donny Lalonde
3. Troy Ross
4. Allen Tremblay
5. Colin Fraser
6. Raymond Smillie*
7. Clyde Gray
8. Domenic Filane

I did the event photography for the evening as well as the Ontario Boxing Hall of Fame plaque design.

- Mark Ruddick Photography is a full service London, Ontario photographer who specializes in fitness, boxing and mma photography

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SHAW BOXING - Pro Boxing in Toronto

The Shaw Boxing event is a fund raising event held every year to benefit the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake. This year on April the 4th is a great night of fights. I've personally know 5 of the 6 boxers on the card and have previously photographed 4 of them.

The Shaw Boxing event is a fund raising event held every year to benefit the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake. This year on April the 4th is a great night of fights. I've personally know 5 of the 6 boxers on the card and have previously photographed 4 of them.

There are some real good fights on this card, especially the main event. I photographed both of those fighters multiple times. I'm hoping Higson / Young becomes a by-word for great Canadian boxing. I'm covering the event for Below the Belt Magazine.

Kevin Higson - NABA Champion

Ryan Young - NCC Canadian Champion

Tim Cronin

Dylan Rushton

- Mark Ruddick Photography is a full service London, Ontario photographer who specializes in fitness, boxing and mma photography

- The Shaw Festival produces and presents the work of George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) and playwrights writing anywhere in the world during, or about, the era of Shaw’s lifetime.  In the Spirit of George Bernard Shaw, the Shaw Festival provokes the mind and stirs the soul through a theatre experience so compelling that, year after year, ever broadening groups of artists, audiences and supporters are drawn to our work in Niagara-on-the-Lake and beyond. The Shaw produces 10 to 12 plays each season, with approximately 800 performances in our four theatres, to audiences totaling about 300,000 people.

- The Shaw Boxing event provides a unique opportunity to interact with clients and network with colleagues in the business community, during the reception and throughout the evening. Hosted at the venerable Fairmont Royal York, guests enjoy first class hospitality throughout the evening including a gourmet dinner, wine, after-dinner spirits, and refreshments during the boxing matches. The three bouts are professionally sanctioned fights, providing the chance to enjoy high-quality sporting action close to their table. The guest list includes 700+ CEOs and senior executives from the ranks of Canada’s leading companies including audit, tax & advisory, major banks, law, investment, private equity, and real estate.

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