Mark Ruddick 2019-10-21 Mark Ruddick 2019-10-21

2nd Lawrence Boom Memorial Boxing Show

On Oct 19th we honoured Lawrence Boom with a boxing show at Boomerz x Warriors Boxing in London, ON. The second annual event was a great night of fights and the place was completely packed.

- Mark Ruddick Photography - My images are an exploration of the human body under muscle stress — understanding the body’s strength, flexibility, and power. Creating these images has given me a better understanding of the human form which has transitioned into my commercial fitness work.

I am a London, Ontario photographer who specializes in fitness, bodybuilding and fight photography.

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Mark Ruddick 2018-11-14 Mark Ruddick 2018-11-14

Lawrence Boom Memorial Boxing Show

On November 3rd we honoured Lawrence Boom with a boxing show at Boomerz x Warriors Boxing in London, ON. In addition to the boxing we raised over $2,000 for ChildCan. It was a great night of fights and the place was completely packed.

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Lawrence Boom

I met Lawrence in the summer of 2014 and he welcomed me into his gym as he did everyone. In the years that followed I would visit him at the gym and we'd sit and talk about boxing and whatever else was happening at the time. I always enjoyed just being around him. I took a lot of pictures of Lawrence at events, including at his wedding on Sunday.

One way you can measure a man is by the loyalty of his friends. Lawrence's friends would lie down in traffic for him.

He's only been gone a day and I already miss him a lot...

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Mark Ruddick 2017-06-14 Mark Ruddick 2017-06-14

Boxing Training Session with Kara - Old School

The first time I photographed anything to do with boxing was 3 years ago when Kara invited me to shoot her training session. The photo session took place at Boomerz Boxing Club a beautiful old school boxing gym located in downtown London. With the exposed brick, wood floors and old time posters I knew this had to be photographed in black and white. Kara's striking coach is Gord Riddell who's worked with some of the top fighters in London. (and yes his fist is legitimately the size of her face)

It was really great to look back on this shoot that started me off in boxing and allowed me to meet some many great people, like Lawrence Boom. I have to get back out to Boomerz to photograph another training session soon.

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

Mark Ruddick 2016-09-07 Mark Ruddick 2016-09-07

My First Boxing Show

September 7, 2014 - Boomerz Boxing Club puts on a Charity Boxing match for or Leukemia and Lymphoma research. It is a Charity close to the Heart of Lawrence Boom. This was my first boxing show ever for photography. I was welcomed be a lot of great people and it was interesting to go back through and see how many of the people from this event I've got to know. I enjoy the amateur boxing and I hope to keep shooting it for fun, even though the light is always challenging.

Here are a few of my favourites from that day.