Myleene Klass vs Mandy Capristo
(Frankie's Foxes vs Lioness Club)
(2-11, 2 KO vs 4-6, 4 KO)
Results: BBU; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: It's perhaps unfair to dismiss Myleene Klass as BBU's most popular punchbag but that's exactly what Mandy Capristo thinks of her tonight's opponent. The German singer comes off a valuable victory over Vanessa White and has set her sights on wrecking further havoc among The Saturdays' flyweight roster but neither Mollie King nor Frankie Bridge have agreed to travel to Mannheim on short notice so Frankie Foxes' Klass stepped in to fill the void. The partisan crowd expects nothing but a rapid fire success from their home town hero and Mandy does the best impression of a future divisional champion when she arrives in the ring wearing a special princess tiara on top of her head. Myleene's the only one who doesn't get carried away by the introduciton and vows to take this tiara back home to UK once she knocks Capristo out!

Myleene Klass wears a red basque top with white trim and white gloves. Long dark brown hair tied in a sleek ponytail. Mandy Capristo wears a golden basque top with black trim and red gloves. Long dark blonde hair straight, pulled back behind the ears. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the flyweight division.

Round 1:
Myleene's woeful punching resistance has been exposed several times already and Mandy wastes no time in connecting with the Brit's flesh upstairs. BBU TV's Anna Woolhouse claims that Myleene serves as a private sex slave for stable owner Frankie Cocozza more than anything else and it's downright worrying to see her leak so many punches so early tonight. She blocks most of Mandy's efforts with her face but unloads a nice counter hook that catches the German clean on the nose which halts the initial barrage. Mandy moves much quicker on her feet and adjusts her footing but Klass has read all the bad press about her before and launches a shocking attack that allows her to pound the blonde to the ropes and even snap her head a couple of times. Mandy lands another quick hook on the jaw to perform her own run-stopping block but the round ends with both women wrestling along the ropes which makes Lioness coach Mel B. visibly angry at the bell.

Round 2:
Mandy seeks another hooking route to stun the British veteran early but this time Myleene shows some proper defense and actually leaps at the local favorite with a jabbing rally that forces the singer back. Both girls weave on their feet in close range but only deliver the single-handed approach and one must wonder if Capristo risks another ultra-aggressive push now that she's been unable to wreck the brunette's confidence. It's all Klass during the second minute as she uses her slightly superior reach to swing around the singer's head and is somewhat unfortunate that she can't land a signature shot to underline her improved ring attire tonight. Mandy weathers the otherwise ineffective storm before mounting a late comeback but she also finds nothing but the brunette's guard and gets clinched along the ropes for another low-key climax. This is hardly the walk in the park the Mannheim audience expected from their starlet!

Round 3:
Mel B. keeps her temper down ahead of the third but another misjudged jabbing approach from Capristo finally blows her gasket seconds from the bell and it only gets worse as Myleene stays on top of the close range tussle when she splits the blonde's mitts and snaps her head back during a quick swarming display. Mandy winces in pain but fails to land a proper counter-punching effort and has to yield real estate, thankfully she buys herself a mid-distance respite due to the Norfolk babe's inferior agility. However the fight goes very much against the Lioness script and only Mandy's faith that she's indeed the better woman of the two prevents Mel B. from hitting the panic button. The Mannheim blonde spends the final minute trying to tease the singer-turned-model into a suicidal attack but Klass has seen more BBU action than half of the flyweight division around and she prefers to sit on her momentum - even if the advantage she's build is very slight at this stage of the fight.

Round 4:
Capristo has endured a nasty losing skid before beating Vanessa White back in April so perhaps that explains her conservative approach against a very beatable opponent tonight - especially that Myleene has shown signs of boxing life here. The fourth round is a cagey tactical affair with both women refusing to follow that familiar and crowd-pleasing flyweight bashing style; Mandy can be excused of seeking a new offensive plan and Myleene is perhaps relieved there's finally someone who doesn't go all nuclear on her in the ring! Whatever the case, the blonde should really be ploughing through the brunette's vulnerable guard and she doesn't do that on purpose - Lioness owner Mr. V will summon coach Mel B. to his Barnet office first thing on Monday morning if this lukewarm approach continues any longer according to Anna Woolhouse!

Round 5:
The crowd inside the SAP Arena in Mannheim looks and sounds equally dejected to witness such a conservative performance from the girl who forced a doctor stoppage during her last bout. However Mandy finally releases the hand break in the fifth again and swings straight up the middle to shatter Myleene's guard during the initial contact. As savvy as the Nofrolk babe was beforehand, she just doesn't have the speed to match a girl twelve years her junior and gets stuffed in the corner when Mandy buries a right hand deep into her solar plexus. Ugh! Klass disappears behind that familiar earmuff but still gets picked off in close range and Mandy has neutralized the counter-response on the spot when she just kicked into a higher gear - a plan that has rarely failed against the Frankie's Foxes stunner. It's back to a miserable defense for Myleene who hangs on until the bell but yelps her pains out and nurses a deep cut under the left eye now.

Round 6:
Myleene tries to bide her time in mid-range but she's no match across the boards and the German quickly enforces the phone booth rules to connect with the brunette's face again. Klass swings several shots over the top, almost hoping to catch the singer with a lucky shot but it's she who gets DRILLED with a brutal hook on the nasal ridge and spins back to the ropes with a loud gasp... she gets stuck on her heels and just can't escape the looming assault - Capristo blasts her across the swollen mouth and delivers an uppercut combo that slumps the Brit's chin and renders the owner into a dummy mode in the corner... another wild swing finds the right ear AND FLOORS KLASS WITH A LOUD THUMP!!!! Ugh! The Norfolk babe went down like a sack of potatoes and doesn't find the strenght to battle back into survival anymore. We've seen it all before and it's KO6 Mandy Capristo!!!

AFTER: It was a great finish to an otherwise very sloppy performance from the former Monrose lead singer. Perhaps Mandy expected her opponent to crumble under the opening barrage inside the first minute already but Myleene has shown enough boxing esteem to avoid being labelled as Frankie Cocozza's playmate bunny - until the final outcome told a familiar story. It's like expecting the Cleveland Browns to rise from the AFC North cellar in wake of another #1 overall pick. Some things simply stay the same and Myleene's lacklustre record is one of those things in BBU competition. However that doesn't justify Mandy Capristo's mediocre performance and her status as Germany's top flyweight fighter needs to be addressed directly sooner rather than later. Both Sandy Moelling and Lioness stablemate Jeanette Biedermann must be hardly impressed to see their compatriot struggle so much to knock one of the most hittable flyweights around out!

Final result: Mandy Capristo def. Myleene Klass KO6.