Kell's Irish boxing match

I had a blast shooting an amateur boxing match between USA and Ireland during the March St Patrick's Day festivities at Kell's Irish in downtown Portland. Six boxers on each team, three 2-minute rounds per bout, a bikini-clad lady in too-high heels walking the ring between rounds, with rowdy Portlanders dressed in green all around, double-fisting Guinness and Jameson, ready to throw punches themselves. I had no idea the rules of amateur boxing or how the judges actually scored the match, and was disappointed that each bout ended without a knock-out or obvious winner. The US team won, but I have NO idea how: I even googled "scoring" after the event, and the ten billion rules just made my brain bleed. Nonetheless, it was an evening of eye candy for the photographer!


© Anni Tracy, shot with the Minolta Autocord TLR with cross-processed Fujicolor 800Z film.