Boxing is a sport more often associated with brute violence than with aesthetics. But photographer Howard Schatz has turned thuggish fighters into the subjects of extraordinary portraits showing the beautiful side of pugilism. The stunning pictures, collected in a new book, took six years to capture as Mr Schatz sought to investigate every aspect of the controversial sport.

Cecilio Santos, Super Featherweight

Andy Lee, Middleweight

Dimitry Kirilov, Super Flyweight

Craig McEwan, Middleweight

Don Mounton, Super Middleweight

Orlando Lora, Welterweight

Pavel Wolak, Middleweight

Octavio Narvaez, Light Middleweight

Fabian Luque, Welterweight

Terrell Nelson, Heavyweight

Tarek Rached, Middleweight

Jesse Feliciano, Light Middleweight
Howard Schatz

Cecilio Santos, Super Featherweight

Andy Lee, Middleweight

Dimitry Kirilov, Super Flyweight

Craig McEwan, Middleweight

Don Mounton, Super Middleweight

Orlando Lora, Welterweight

Pavel Wolak, Middleweight

Octavio Narvaez, Light Middleweight

Fabian Luque, Welterweight

Terrell Nelson, Heavyweight

Tarek Rached, Middleweight

Jesse Feliciano, Light Middleweight
Howard Schatz
24 Dec 2013 13:05:00,
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