Photography by Chelsea Gray, Saturday November 7th 2009
On Saturday night I headed out to support local amateur boxer Jeremy Rubin fight against his opponent at the “Super Gala Boxe Olympique” in Montreal. Now, shooting sports is a tough job, I might add (and especially when it’s your friend in the ring deflecting punches to the face!), so my poor heart was beating frantically as I photographed the match. Once the fight was over, I jumped onto the side of the ring to grab a few more pictures up close when suddenly Jer beckoned his girlfriend Jessica to the ring for a “picture”. To everyone’s surprise, he got down on bended knee, exhausted and sweaty, and proposed to her amid uproarious applause from the crowd. Everyone was going bananas, the proposal was perfect, and Jessica screamed out “YES!!!” as Jer was hoisted into the air like a champ.
