BEFORE: No love lost between the two singers as Cheryl Cole takes a huge exception to Lady Gaga being labelled as the Queen of the Music industry: "Not when I'm STILL around!". The Geordie outburst is met with little sympathy from the New Yorker who claims her tonight's opponent is a mere "local performer with a big ego that couldn't even make Nicole Scherzinger sweat" - obviously referring to the brunette's ill-timed US X Factor tenure.

Playing the X Factor card is the easiest way to enrage Cole these days - since she's quit the British jury panel for the second time as well. Sky Sports' Charlie Webster is thankful there's no mention of Chezza's private life as she's on course for her second divorce and the reporter wonders how much side effect will all these mind games have on the former Girls Aloud member. This is actually a bold question since Cole has only lost once since jumping ship from BBU and that was against the current flyweight champion Lucy Hale in the official eliminator. The same can't be said about Gaga who dropped two fights this year already and her last one was a whitewash at the hands of bantamweight bound Rita Ora. However which venue is better suited to break this lousy streak than Madison Square Garden, a place Gaga can proudly call home.

Cheryl Cole wears a leopard print bikini top, orange knickers and black gloves. Long dark brown hair tied in a half-up ponytail. Lady Gaga wears a black basque top, matching knickers and blue gloves. Platinum blonde hair tied in a high ponytail. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the flyweight division.

Round 1:

Huge roar from the crowd as Gaga storms into an early jabbing tirade but Chezza's been used to this kind of tempo on both sides of the Atlantic and she does exceptionally well to block off the heat before smacking a left cross on the fellow singer's nose to reel her back. Gaga barks in anger and looks for another feisty swing but she gets staggered with a Geordie leather rush in mid range as Cole romps her to the gut thereafter and backs into the ropes which dwindles the crowd's noise level a little. Hectic pounding along the ropes dominates the final minute and Cheryl's strikes are indeed the more punishing ones as she stacks the blonde up in the corner and leaves her scowling when a nasty hook pierces the navel right at the bell.

Round 2:

Gaga looks annoyed during the break and talks to herself repeatedly but she quickly resumes the aggressive pounce and splits the brunette's mitts with another jabbing fury that finally pays off and snaps Cheryl's head back. The Geordie singer tries to respond with an overhand swing but bounces off the top of the New Yorker's head before a belting hook on the ribcage slumps her against Gaga's shoulder. Time for some midriff juggernaut and the local favorite shows some core strenght as she thumps Cole's soft tissue and bends her into another awkward position before flying in with a bursting uppercut on the jaw that dumps the Brit onto the ropes amid another noise injection from the MSG audience. Gaga traps her foe on the ropes thereafter and rallies back to draw level on the cards with more bruising attacks on the midsection, Cole felt that in numbers and looks a little panicked at the bell.

Round 3:

Confidence is everything as Gaga leaps into another jabbing fury that catches the older singer on the back foot and has the platinum blonde thumping her between the mitts wholesale inside the opening minute. Even the MSG crowd is stunned by the rapid fire treatment their favorite gives the English guest and Cole bellows out behind a high guard but simply can't shake off the heat and allows Gaga to pound her in to the corner where more strikes dissect the midsection. Chezza begins to moan under all this pressure and her response is minimal which only fuels the New Yorker's aggression. Another belting hook on the ribcage and a follow up harpoon on the navel sink Cheryl on soft knees in the dying seconds but the crowd errupts in extra joy when Gaga blasts her foe across the mouth right at the bell and sends the gumshield flying out into the front seats! Cheryl is RATTLED big time and slumps on her stool lacking awareness in her eyes which forces Lioness coach Claudia Schiffer into emergency mode from now on!

Round 4:

Most of the MSG crowd reckoned Cole was going down in the middle of that Lady Gaga frenzy and the clock saved the Geordie pride in more ways than one... "I'll roast you now, bytch!!!", the blonde herself is pumped to destroy Chezza and adds verbal abuse to her playbook as rips into the soft gut to resume her favorite target on the night. The British singer can barely withstand this repeated barrage and reverts into blatant clinching but loses the power struggle and drops on the ropes when the blonde clips her chin a couple of times to gain the valuable separation. Massive left hooks dismantles the brunette's high guard thereafter and a clubbing right finds the nose TO SEND COLE CRASHING DOWN ON HER KNEES with a loud spasm of pain to boot. Gaga is over the moon and lashes out more verbal abuse at the fallen rival - Sky Sports is caught off guard by the ammount of foul language but while the ref has his hands full of the rampant New Yorker, it actually gives the Brit a much needed extra time to recover. In fact, Cheryl is back on her feet at three but that was more like a thirteen count according to the booth. Gaga looks stunned her rival is ready to resume the fight but suddenly it only gets worse as she gets tangled in a lenghty wrestling stalemate along the ropes with Chezza doing nothing else to survive through the pain. Even the ref doesn't break the Geordie's determination to clinch the American and instead of a looming knock out, the crowd must accept the clock ticking down and handing the European guest another opportunity - very much against the odds!

Round 5:

Gaga has everything under control here and goes for the kill, she has Cole sagging on her heels before a thunder strike from the Geordie singer splits the blonde's mitts and sucks the air out of the MSG!!! Left hook from Chezza and a right blast on the nose wobble the New Yorker back and even Lioness coach Claudia Schiffer is a little puzzled... Gaga shakes off the initial shock and plans immediate response but WALKS into another clubbing shot on the nose that makes her gurgle in pain as Cheryl connects with her rack and pours more close range assault. She screams out in her efforts to halt the blonde's dominance and it's clear that Gaga never saw this coming. The local favorite trips over her own feet and bounces off the ropes but dekes the wrong way as Cole stuffs her up with another hook on the mouth before adding a steady jabbing rush on the breadbasket. A quick headbutt whips the upset blonde on top of the ropes but she fails to tame the Geordie power supply and Cole blasts her with a late combo on the boobs one more time to show signs of life after a hitherto extremely difficult night. Gaga is FURIOUS at the bell and argues with the ref over the otherwise accidental headbutt.

Round 6:

Frontal attack from the blonde but she trades the successful body assault for the one-punch head hunting gear and Cole's too experienced not to drag her into a wasteful display of wrath in the opening minute before looping precise response from the back foot. It's obvious that the Manhattan woman has lost her nerve as she wants to take Cheryl's head off but this is not the way she secured outright dominance earlier on and Cole thrives on counterpunching herself back into contention. She splits Gaga's mitts repeatedly and opens a small wound on the nasal ridge while soaking up only single strikes on the cheeks as the blonde begins to struggle physically now as well. A couple of clinching stalemates indicate that the younger singer needs to catch her breath back after a gruesome injection of strenght however Cole shakes her off by piercing the exposed ribcage and clips the nose with another painful uppercut. Gaga sinks on her knees and doesn't show much agility in the final minute which leads into Cole teeing up with a point-blank range jabbing that backs the blonde into the ropes and leaves the MSG audience scratching their heads at the bell.

Round 7:

Gaga simply looks tired out there and there are signs she would like to protect her undisputed lead on the cards. After all, the judges simply must favor the blonde in her own New York backyard! Even Charlie Webster has no doubts about that one... but did Chezza get that message? Apparently not as she romps to the gut and bumps the fellow singer with a jug-bursting hook that shatters the guard a little too easily for comfort. Gaga throws a loopin cross from the back foot but it's high and wide... her left arm drops by the waist and Cole pounces on the hole AS SHE BLASTS HER FOE ON THE EAR and half-spins the girl to the side... Gaga gurgles in more pain and desperately tries to avoid bouncing into the ropes however her gloves are slow to react and Chezza WHACKS HER ON THE NOSE from point-blank range which shuts her eyes and wobbles her into a monster uppercut on the jaw... Ugh! The Manhattan's finest is rendered into a training dummy AND DROPS FACE DOWN at the brunette's feet.... cue in a complete silence in the Garden!!! "Get up! Get up! Get up!" some anguished screams kick off the recovery cheers BUT it's a heavy knockdown that might have fractured the blonde's nose here. Even the slowest of counts can't save her pride and the losing streak continues in the most heart-breaking of fashions... KO7 Cheryl Cole in another UK comeback fashion! Have you ever?

AFTER: Disater for the Big Apple fanbase as Lady Gaga is chopped down for keeps after building a mammoth lead on the cards through four rounds! Any Jets-like meltdown in the post-Namath era challenges this epic fumble and there's no holding back the wrath in the stands anymore especially when the Geordie singer grabs the mic and shouts at both the crowd and the fallen blonde: "Who's your Queen now?!!"

Well, Chezza's not winning any followers in New York tonight and her somewhat cocky question prompts instant HAVOC in the audience. Beer cans, mobile phones and cigarette lighters are being thrown onto the ring - even with Gaga still face down on the canvas - to roll back the time machine to July 1996 when Riddick Bowe vs Andrew Golota sparked similar riot scenes.

Claudia Schiffer is the first one to pull the plug on the Geordie bragging as she pulls Chezza to the corner: "You'll tell them all about that Queen stuff on Good Morning America tomorrow! Now, let's get the heck out of here... Ouch! They're throwing bananas at us now..."

Cheryl looks around the arena and realizes this is serious as no one's left the Garden so annoyed since Reggie Miller teased Spike Lee into a complete meltdown but her ultra successful crossover career remains a fact even if New York doesn't approve that one little bit: "See ya all soon! Tell that bytch Lindsay Lohan I'll kick her butt too! Stupid people..."

Sky Sports coverage cuts to the British entourage as they head back to the locker room and most of the audience is indeed so annoyed hardly anyone pays attention to Lady Gaga's well-being. The proud singer has finally battled the face plant KO disaster and sits down on her heels staring at the canvas in utmost shock, breathing very hard through her bloodied nose. It will take days for her to understand how exactly she lost this fight. This is a riddle worthy of front page news all around the East Coast.

Final result: Cheryl Cole def. Lady Gaga KO7.