Nice. I like the little details you put in too, like the tooth flying out.

8:09 PM joonasjoonas said...

really cool. I find boxing a really good sport to draw. Great flow in these!

6:26 AM Januel Mercado said...

Wow! Such beautiful gestures yet such manly content! Two birds with one stone! Vince Gorman said...

wow, great drawings! Nice and looseAre these from memory, after the fight, during the fight? freeze framing the TV coverage?

10:05 AM Dave Pimentel said...

thanks peeps!
these sketches where done while the fight was happening. That's why they're so ruff and loose.

11:00 AM mark said...

these are cool! :D

8:34 PM Martin W. said...

I just went thru your blog and Im really amazed at the inspiration and the wonderful drawing youre sharing. I also have the stanchfield notes and this blog is like an extension to them :) Great work!

11:12 AM joshua wysocki said...

great poses and actions
very fluid!

9:58 AM Leo Matsuda said...

amazing sketches as usual Dave! The punch in the third drawing is so strong I can feel it in my jaw. OUCH!

2:31 PM a-again said...

So much movement and feeling comes out out of these sketches. They're just great Josh Lieberman said...

Hey Dave
Thanks for posting these! Hope everything is going good.

10:58 PM P. Alvarado said...

Nice freaking Gestures!!!

9:24 PM Amin said...

gretting from france
posing trés dynamique j'adore

8:10 AM Thank you everyone. You are all generous! Justin Hunt said...

Beautiful drawings!

2:05 AM ludyfied said...

Don't know what medium you're using, but these are powerful images. So alive and full of energy. I feel the pain.

12:30 PM Kristian said...

hi dave,
These are extremely well balanced and forceful sketches. I have also tried my 'hand' at drawing boxing. Except mine don't come close to these examples. well done!
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