8 MAY 2006 LUCY LIU VS CARMEN ELECTRA
 

BOXING AFTER DARK

(Thanks to FightFan for this repost)

Posted by simguy on 5/8/2006, 8:16 am

(I'm on a plane in 4 hours - here's one for the road)

Before: Lucy and Carmen once brawled for pound-for-pound dominance - now they look to use one another just to get back in the hunt. Liu coming in a ship-shape 110 for the contracted flyweight bout, but Electra firming up at bantam - Carmen pays a fine to Lucy; Liu happy to accept the weight differential. "I just want to knock porky out," Liu shrugs, "I don't care how sloppy she is on the scales. I'm a little nostalgic actually - fighting Carmen brings back old memories of when we used to own the FCBA. I think Electra's definitely shot, but I'm feeling rejuvenated - I'm really looking forward to this." Carmen non-plussed at Liu's assessment - Electra angling towards a Pressly bout, looking to shine against an old nemesis. "Liu's a good tune up for Jaime," Carmen says at the podium. "Not that their styles are all that similar, but they're two of the quickest girls around and they fight at the same tempo. I'm the only one faster than they are, so it's tough to get good sparring - you pretty much have to fight one to get ready for the other." Liu in tawdry western motif buckskin bikini, slick low ponytail, mid-calf sheepskin UGG boxing boots, short loin cloth skirt back and front. Carmen in black bikini, electric blue strings, white aerobics shoes and socks, frosted hair. Small gloves, both vixens.

During R1: Oily little cobras prowl and feint 'round one another - supple, silky stuff. Both girls stepping from orthodox into southpaw stances at will, pointing either shoulder as they change foot-position, bending low at the waist, crouching, leaning out onto the back foot to change distance without losing position. Carmen gets the better of early manoeuverings, feinting Lucy out of position and shocking her a straight, pulverizing right on the mouth: Liu sent in a reeling backpedal, very strongly struck at the minute mark. Carmen grinning, hopping-to - she cleans up a snik-snak left/right on Lucy's taut middle as Liu's showing earmuff - then Electra bounds away to the right. Liu able to shake off the powershot - flat-footed stalking continues as both girls look to turn flanks, feint, lead with power hooks or right hands in a sinuous first.

R2: Electra continues to outclass Liu - creepstepping around, jabbing to the body, jumping in aggressive hooks, straight rights, even leaping left uppercut leads. Liu defensively sound, easing onto her back foot, turning her shoulders, then bending at the waist to slip shots - pivoting to either side with a scowl of concentration - just grazing contact as attacking Carmen can't find Asian flesh flush. Nothing back from Lucy - she's retreating for the most part, turning Carmen at the ropes and prowling back to midring. Electra brawny - throwing hard overhand rights as she steps forward with the left foot; lifting vicious left uppercuts while stepping forward with the right foot. During the break - Carmen's corner happy with territorial dominance, but they want a jab from Electra: "Set this girl up baby, give her some stick, THEN bring the heat!"

R3: Liu adjusting, getting her timing down - all about timing and footwork between these two. Lucy right hand under her chin, left at her gut - pocket boxing as she stands flat footed, twisting her torso to either side and bending at the waist - rolling and slipping Carmen's shots. Electra misses a right hand over top: Liu answers a short, reefing left thick in the ribs. Liu sways back from a gambling Electra Left uppercut, simultaneously cuffing a hook against Carmen's mouth, shunting her off balance. Lucy bending low in orthodox stance (left foot forward), comes up with a sudden right uppercut to split Electra's mitts, then turns the right hand over into a clouting cross to cheek, THEN hops back out of range with a knocking little jab against Carm's left temple. Liu takes back the class advantage - touching Electra up and leaving her sputtering in frustration at the bell.

R4: Both beauties getting it done - bewildering display of supple upperbody gyrations; prowling, stepping power-punching; mirror-image gliding, thrust and parry as girls cover every inch of ring. Neither vixen employing much of a jab - Liu just extending her left to Carm's face to screen and irritate: Electra pawing her left, or cuffing with it while hopping forward, looking to lean into go-home rights. Both girls ducking under the other's power, walking opposing waists into clinches, or simply pivoting around the aggressor in silky matadora style. Liu in a wide stance leans in and flutters a lead right up at Carmen, making her blink long enough to collect a tart left hook - Liu hopping forward into it, tucking her shoulder behind it and punching Carmen off balance with a solid chin check. That single shot the defining moment of the round, separating Lucy from Carmen on the cards.

R5: Electra feints Lucy, jumps in a lead hook to jaw, twisting her hips, tucking her shoulder behind it and clouting Liu off balance to open the round. More prowling stalking, Liu frowning, eyes flat and baleful - Carmen merry, pursing her lips as she rolls her fists, dips and crouches. Minute mark, Liu retreating to ropes, pointing her left shoulder at Carmen - she lures Electra in, rolling with Carmen's lead right, then answering back a gorgeous, hoisting right uppercut to the pit of Electra's stomach. Instant grimace from Electra: she's hurt. Liu quick-pivoting left off the ropes, turning Electra's right flank: Lucy with a swiping hook on the ear, then a short, chopping straight right to the right side of Carmen's jaw unhinges Electra's knees, staggering her face-first into the ropes. Electra woozy, rights herself with a daring wide left hook off the ropes: Liu ducks under it, jumps in a tucking hook square to Carmen's breasts, pancaking the blonde into the ropes with a body-press follow-through. Lucy quickly separating, crouching low, weaving to the left as Carm paws out a panicky right: Liu jumps in another hook, tucking her shoulder in behind, carrying her weight into Carm as fist crashes home to unprotected jaw. Liu pressing into Carm, then disengaging again and ELECTRA PEELS OFF THE ROPES. Electra KO'd by that lunging hook - wilts face-first to ropes, sprawling prettily at Lucy's feet as Liu breaks into a happy grin. KO5 in sinewy fashion - Lucy Liu.

After: Liu bangs out her second straight bantam - this one almost a mirror image of herself - Trainer Janet Jones beaming with pride, clapping her hands as she struts the ring while Lucy's doing interviews. "I wanted Salma Hayek for this fight, but whatever," Liu explains in postfight. "The point is, I'm back, I'm knocking girls loopy and I'm feeling better than I've felt in years. Carmen gave me looks, did what she does, and look at her now. There's no stopping me and when I get those flyweight belts back - I promise you a reign of freaking terror the likes of which the FCBA has never SEEN!"

Sim Guy

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