PBC Year in Photos: Sudden Impact

When a photographer captures a punch landing right at the moment of impact, it highlights both the beauty and the brutality of boxing.

Mario Barrios (left) vs Jose Arturo Esquivel Porras, July 18, El Paso, Texas
Omar Figueroa Jr. (left) vs Ricky Burns, May 9, Hidalgo, Texas
Danny Garcia (left) vs Lamont Peterson, April 11, Brooklyn, New York
Rances Barthelemy (left) vs Antonio DeMarco, July 21, Las Vegas
Keith Thurman (left) vs Luis Collazo, July 11, Tampa, Florida
Eleider Alvarez (left) vs Isidro Ranoni Prieto, August 15, Montreal
Carl Frampton (left) vs Alejandro Gonzalez Jr., July 18, El Paso, Texas
Edner Cherry (left) vs Luis Cruz, July 11, Tampa, Florida
Marco Huck (left) vs Krzysztof Glowacki, August 14, Newark, New Jersey
Anibal Resendez (right) vs Alberto Navarro, September 6, Corpus Christi, Texas
Deontay Wilder (right) vs Johann Duhaupas, September 26, Birmingham, Alabama
Omar Figueroa Jr. (left) vs Antonio DeMarco, December 12, San Antonio
Tony Harrison (right) vs Willie Nelson, July 11, Tampa, Florida
Samuel Figueroa (right) vs Fernando Paliza, September 18, Winter Park, Florida
Steve Lovett (right) vs Eric Watkins, May 9, Hidalgo, Texas
Tomoki Kameda (left) vs Jamie McDonnell, May 9, Hidalgo, Texas
Lee Selby (right) vs Fernando Montiel, October 14, Glendale, Arizona
Kamil Laszczyk (right) vs Oscauris Frias, August 14, Newark, New Jersey
Antonio Tarver (right) vs Steve Cunningham, August 14, Newark, New Jersey
Leo Santa Cruz (right) vs Abner Mares, August 29, Los Angeles

Throughout the inaugural year of Premier Boxing Champions, photographers Lucas Noonan and Suzanne Teresa captured many of the top moments both inside the ring and behind the scenes.

In the third of our series of photo galleries recapping some of our favorite shots from 2015, we offer up hits that happened in the blink of an eye but were caught by the lenses of our sharp-shooting photographers.

To access other photo galleries and our year-end honors, check out the Best of PBC 2015 series.