The first time I ever shot boxing was also the first time the main-event, hometown favorite lost as a professional.
Fortunately for me, I got to test out vantage points and shoot several amateur and pro matches before Carney “Beeper” Bowman took the ring. The Valencia Ballroom — where high schools host their proms and older societies hold their formal events — seemed like a strange boxing venue, but I did my best to have fun with it.
© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Benjamin Carter is lifted by trainer Julio Alvarez after defeating opponent Leonard Langley in the 123-pound amateur bout in the Battle of York VI in the Valencia Ballroom on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. The Battle of York VI featured several amateur bouts and three professional bouts, ending with York’s Jesus Saucedo against Alberto Manukyan and West York’s Carney “Beeper” Bowman against Ramesis Gil, on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, at the Valencia Ballroom.
© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. York’s Jesus Saucedo takes in the hometown crowd as he walks to the ring before his bout against Alberto Manukyan, which he won, on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, at the Valencia Ballroom.
© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. A referee signals before the start of an amateur bout at the Battle of York VI in the Valencia Ballroom on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012.
© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. A ring girl walks the ring before the second round of an amateur bout in the Battle of York VI in the Valencia Ballroom on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012.
© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. The referee stops the action before Ramesis Gil delivers a blow to West York’s Carney Bowman’s back during the main-event bout in the Battle of York VI on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, in the Valencia Ballroom.
© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Trainer Julio Alvarez, right, puts a bottle of water on West York’s Carney Bowman’s head after Bowman lost by a split decision to Ramesis Gil in the final professional bout in the Battle of York VI on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, at the Valencia Ballroom.
Check out Jim’s article, which sums up and reports Bowman’s first professional loss much better than I ever could, and which includes a few other photos as well.
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