Boxing: Jenny Gomez vs Arlene Samaniego (Amateur)

I shot a boxing card at the Chumash Casino Resort on Friday night. It was produced by Gary Shaw Productions and the two main events were televised by ShoBox: The New Generation. As a warm up for the crowd and a major learning experience for the amateurs, Gary Shaw Productions in conjunction with Willie Flores, who runs the Santa Maria, California, PAL Boxing Program and Santa Maria Boxing, arranged two amateur exhibitions. The first was between two very impressive young women. I have a tiny bit of information about Jenny (blue trunks) as I have a relationship with Willie, her coach. She is the mother of five (5) and works as a school bus driver. So, with no further interruptions: boxing!

#1 Both women threw very heavy punches.

Dwight, give the cricket away son... stick wth this ruffians sport.... you are sooo good at it.. I love the threads you have posted from this night. There are some cracker shots here.... Good stuff mate....

nice shots, esp 3, 4 and 8. love the bird's eye view.

Just got a note back from editor of the Valley Living section of our local paper (Valley refers to the Santa Ynez Valley, over the hill from Santa Barbara city) to whom I suggested a feature on Jenny. She asked how her kids deal with discipline, "How could you ever disobey a mom that hits other people for exercise!?" When I see her again I will have to ask!

DwightMcCann wrote in post #2352473
Just got a note back from editor of the Valley Living section of our local paper (Valley refers to the Santa Ynez Valley, over the hill from Santa Barbara city) to whom I suggested a feature on Jenny. She asked how her kids deal with discipline, "How could you ever disobey a mom that hits other people for exercise!?" When I see her again I will have to ask!

a very whole hearted effort of the two ladies to deliver a good presentation of the sport of boxing.

I think a thoroughly coached sports regimen should be in order for many kids...nothing wrong with that...That will be a real cool feature on Jenny...Would love to get a link to it some day...

johnstoy wrote in post #2358809
a very whole hearted effort of the two ladies to deliver a good presentation of the sport of boxing.

Absolutely, John ... these two punched harder and worked harder than the last two women professional boxers I shot who would land about fives punches apiece in the first 15 seconds of each round. The amateurs only do three short 1 minute rounds, but they are power packed ... on my website I have a gallery of the two amateur guys ... they started each round punching from the bell and didn't stop until the next bell! I am holding off doing a thread here until I have their names.

DwightMcCann wrote in post #2359561
Absolutely, John ... these two punched harder and worked harder than the last two women professional boxers I shot who would land about fives punches apiece in the first 15 seconds of each round. The amateurs only do three short 1 minute rounds, but they are power packed ... on my website I have a gallery of the two amateur guys ... they started each round punching from the bell and didn't stop until the next bell! I am holding off doing a thread here until I have their names.

It reminds me of the Olympic trials and the few minutes each boxer has to show their stuff...

The lighter weight classes are fierce and super fast...

Looking forward to that particular posting...

Thanks, again, John. I need to call Willie for those names. You can see the gallery on my website along with more images than I have been able to display here for some of the bouts.

DwightMcCann wrote in post #2362762
Thanks, again, John. I need to call Willie for those names. You can see the gallery on my website along with more images than I have been able to display here for some of the bouts.

Marcela Toledo, reporter for El Tiempo who first introduced me to Willie Flores, just sent me this link to the article she wrote about Jenny Gomez.

Sorry to bother you all again, but I just found this article about Willie Flores that Marcela wrote a while back: http://www.periodicoel​tiempo.com …periodicoeltiem​po&he=.com

I would like to know if its possible to get copies of the photos?

Arlene

arlene805 wrote in post #3173778
I would like to know if its possible to get copies of the photos?

Arlene

Are you the Arlene in the images? If so, absolutely as you surely worked for them. If not, could you explain your interest?

Nice pics and timing. #6 is really nice and sharp!

Btw, that ref is one of the worst I've seen. I've seen him do a few MMA shows. He's not popular with the crowd.

Kagemaru wrote in post #3174363
Nice pics and timing. #6 is really nice and sharp!

Btw, that ref is one of the worst I've seen. I've seen him do a few MMA shows. He's not popular with the crowd.

Thank you ... I get well paid to shoot these fights!

That's the only time I have seen that Ref at the Chumash Casino Resort.

Great job of working with the light truss in #1 Dwayne. Nice series.