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December 10th, 2007

The Devil is in the details

Posted by: David Viggers
Tags: Reuters Photographers

The devil is, of course, in the details. Sadly for Phil Noble this isn’t the WBC welterweight world title fight, it is a Commonwealth light heavyweight bout. It isn’t Floyd Mayweather of the U.S. it is Michael Gbenga of Ghana. He isn’t hitting Ricky Hatton of Britain, he is hitting Dean Francis and it isn’t Las Vegas, Nevada it’s Bolton, northern England. He didn’t win and it wasn’t even the top bout of the night.  

Apart from that it is an absolute gem of a boxing picture, right on the money, beautifully lit and with a lovely clean background. 

 Punch

Right picture, right night, wrong fight!

3 comments so far

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- Posted by fotowarung.bazuki.com » Blog Archive » The Devil is in the details

Funny… G

- Posted by Diana Ngila

nice one phil…yup, twas a gem of a frame alright -
one for next years awards!

- Posted by toby melville

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