06/11/2026
After spending the last few months filming MMA, this weekend was my first time filming a boxing event. At first glance, combat sports are combat sports, but from behind the camera, they're very different.
In MMA, I'm constantly watching for everything. Striking, takedowns, submissions, scrambles against the cage, elbows, kicks. The action can move from one side of the cage to the other in seconds.
Boxing felt different.
Every exchange mattered, every movement felt deliberate. Instead of watching for ten different possibilities, I found myself focused on footwork, angles, timing, and the small openings fighters create before they throw.
Then there was the challenge of the ring itself...
I've gotten used to shooting directly against a cage where it almost disappears from the frame. Boxing ropes are a different story. Every angle becomes a puzzle to solve, trying to frame the action while working through ropes, corners, officials, and constantly shifting positions.
Different sport, different challenges.
Same thing that keeps pulling me into it, the people, stories, and problem solving that comes with trying to make something great out of it!
Had someone comment that I was just as locked in as the fighters in the ring, and I take that as a huge compliment!! We are both focused, determined and doing what we love to do!
