Bare-Knuckle - The Gloves are Off - Grand Format

My life as a retired amateur boxer with a passion for analog black and white photography, brought me there. For two years, as a photographer, I traveled regularly to Bolton, one of the hardest boxing underworlds England has to offer. The Bare Fist Boxing Association's events are a tough place without gloves, where honor and respect stand tall. Here I was with my camera by the ring, capturing the pain, flying banded fists, bleeding cuts and swollen faces.
For millenniums, this discipline has been practiced in various ways, but for over a hundred years it was banned from common sight. Deemed illegal, the fights found refuge in barns, depots, hidden backyards and many more dark places, yet they never stopped. Now tolerated again in England, bare-knuckle boxing is making a strong comeback, changing the perception of the English Boxing world.