Before: Helen victorious in the first heat, doesn’t need any encouragement to go after the other young upstart in this tourney. Debby needing the win in here, the early favorite in the betting before coming up short in the first heat.

White triangle-cut top & loincloth bottoms for Helen, black gloves, hair wild and tumbling over breasts and back. Debby in black&white striped bikini, hair up in Dutch braid, white gloves.

R1: Helen snarling as she jams prodding left jabs into Debby's right ear, turning blonde off balance at the open. Ryan trudging forward, backing Flanagan up, resistance firms up as her back touches ropes--hot two-way punching erupts. Crowd roaring as Helen gradually backs Debby up toe-to-toe--merciless hup-hup punching downstairs as they lean forward and dig away at each other’s breadbaskets. Final minute, Flanagan's steady work holds sway, Ryan eventually backed all the way to far ropes where she covers up earmuff, Helen brawny, tossing rich uppercuts against Debby's overhanging guard at the bell.

R2: Debby digs in at the ropes, inviting Helen to play Fishel to her Spears. Ryan crouching, rolling, slipping and countering as Flanagan squares up and chugs away. Crowd pleasing trade—Helen digging at paunch and jug with chugging lefts and rights--then she covers up, leaning in on Debby as she swipes hooks off the ropes. Flanagan's own curvy paunch coming under increasing scrutiny, Ryan cuffing and hammering the beef downstairs, putting a pout on Helen's lips. Final minute sees Debby's heavy counter-punching back Flanagan off. Ryan slugging her way to midring, chesting up to the Brit after the bell
R3: Helen trudging forward, Debby walking her onto a straight left, then shifting weight to back foot to club her the right hand to temple. Ryan bounces off the ropes, Flanagan can only fall in and clinch, mouth open on the younger girl’s shoulder as she holds in tight for ref's break. Debby confidently to midring to reset, Helen forward, but not aggressive enough, starts to walk into potshots from a relaxed, focused blonde. Ryan turning Flanagan’s flank, forcing her to shift her feet. Debby's straight left scoring at will to Helen's face, then pulling the right hook across while pushing off the ball of her front foot. Final moments, Flanagan put wobbly butt from acculumation, backs off ashen-faced. Ryan turns big girl to body her opponent to ropes. Debby squared away, beats Helen unmercifully to body and breasts, showing two-gun ferocity she hasn't unleashed before this tourney. Flanagan with how-could-you tears standing in shocked paralysis at the bell; Ryan stomping angry-butt back to her corner.

R4: Helen making two adjustments, stubby jabs not landing against Debby’s front; but it's keeping her from getting off first, then leaning into hard, straight right hands off the shoulder--pounding up the middle to part Ryan's breasts or test her chin. Blonde taking the poke, backing up, Flanagan able to come forward consistently. Midway through Debby's back finally hits the ropes. Job of work for Helen, squirming in close, pushing and stamping at canvas to keep Ryan pinned down. Debby’s left arm draped around Helen’s shoulders, right hand pulling at brunette's left wrist, trying to keep Flanagan all bundled up. Right side of Helen's face smudging into the left side of Debby's, fighters writhing, pushing, Flanagan stuffing crude rights and lefts into Ryan's waist, ribs, back and hips. At the bell, Helen breaks into a big grin, jogs happily back to her corner.

R5: Debby frowning, trying to hurt Helen with the lead left up the middle, but getting poked just as many lead rights in return--fight scrambles to ropes by the minute mark, Flanagan on top. Both brawlers wriggling heads tucked in tight together, gasping with the effort of managing one another's bodies. Ryan riding the left arm around Helen's shoulders, holding her close, left hand either pulling down on Flangan’s right or jamming in short to cheek. Helen muscular in the clinch, stuffing her hands into Debby’s tummy and ribs, then pulling at Ryan's restraining arms, trying to square the blonde up at the ropes and press her into them. Squirmy stuff--neither girl getting great leverage or doing much damage--but Flanagan staying on Debby's chest, grinding out points through 5.

R6: Debby steps in with a robust underslung right hand to the pit of Helen's stomach - likes it so well she doubles it up to rack to back her up. Flanagan sponging, jabbed on the nose as she's backpedaling, then chin-chopped, she totters to ropes. Helen snarling, answering to Debby’s rack with a pair of clawing right hooks while tilting to the left. Ryan with a tuff knuckle-shove in the shoulders resets Flanagan all bobble-headed in the ropes. Debby squares up, hammering out revenge on Helen's rack with bludgeoning, brute force. Flanagan trying to tie up, getting jostled and battered all jugs a-jumpin' as Ryan cleans up. Debby working hard, teeth bared, elbows in: she's planted strong, pushing in and then bumping off for punching room. After one of these cycles, Debby’s right hand swats down Helen’s left; left hand stamps straight and stubby to exposed left side of Flanagan’s jaw and HELEN GOES DOWN! Flanagan just stumbling to her knees - Ryan hopping backwards to give her room - American all smiles. Big Brit panting, shabby on all fours - bravely beats the count. Debby brazen coming out of the corner: "HOW D'YA LIKE THAT? HUH? HOW D'YA LIKE THAT!" Helen blinking back tears in stupor, doesn't seem to be enjoying it much.

R7: MUCH slower pace - both girls looking shopworn, steppin' heavily counterclockwise. Debby pawing out of the jab, leaning in the straight left, turning into the biting right hook to rack. Helen not answering much, just walking her down. Flanagan employs a right hook against Ryan's left to some effect. Helen wincing after a while as Debby's commitment pays off thick, plunging left hands plowed to Brit's rack do most of the hurting: both fighters mouthbreathing at the bell.

R8: Sloppiness entering into the equation - both girls showing signs of fatigue - stumbling to ropes in mutual embrace: Debby wrestles her way on top, using her head to bump and position Helen. Bumping combos to tummy, then working up torso to thump that rack, Flanagan groaning, jugs a-jumping under Ryan's thudding insistence. HARD lead left hand squirts in, surprising Debby, knocking her face straight back: she never sees the follow up right hook to her left eye. Ryan startled, stumbling to her right: Flanagan gets behind the younger fighter, stampedes her face-first to ropes. Hugging Debby from behind, Helen lifts a pair of nudging right knees into the American’s hammies and buttocks - ref immediately in to pull the girls apart. Flanagan pouncing quickly after the break - almost hitting ON the break, scoring with a big left hand to shock Ryan's head back over top rope. Debby bounces off the cables, stumbling forward and PITCHES TO HER KNEES! Blonde girl beats the count, but this fight turns into a battle of the corner crews as they struggle to put the most pieces of their wrecked fighters together!

R9: Hurting girls gritting their teeth, wading into each other with hands down around their waists till just before shock, object seems to be to push the opposing guard aside, then belt away whichever hand’s free. Groaning melee staggers across the ring; tumbles along ropes - girls baring teeth, eyes squinting almost shut. Out of the chaos, lashing right hand cuts across Debby's tummy...she shouts in pain, sitting sown onto ropes, torso stooping forward, face tilted up in anguish. Helen reloading by pushing her hands on Ryan's shoulders while propping the right foot back then DIGGING the big left uppercut to sternum! Debby's mouthpiece shoots off her teeth as she doubles forward, spinning along the ropes, giving up her back. HELEN GOES TO TOWN! No mercy assault crashes back and forth across Ryan's kidneys as Flanagan flagrantly fouls her way to glory! Hammering fists thumping off Ryan’s back as ref is trying to get between them and DOWN GOES DEBBY! Ryan sobbing on her knees, reaching for Flanagan's legs to tie up; being pulled forward onto her elbows as Helen steps back. Debby rising to all fours; falling onto right side, the left hand clutching at her back. Ref shouting the count over her, but Ryan's just too hurt, blubbing over and over "My back, ref...pounded my back..." KO9 Helen Flanagan in controversial fashion.

After: Helen drops to her buns after the ref lets her arm go, arms wrapped around her ribs, breathe coming in short, rapid gasps. Neither fighter can make it out under her own power. Fight of the Year candidate here, but what does either have left? CAN either of them go on to the third heat?