Nadine Coyle vs Hannah Tointon
(Lioness Club vs Double A Boxing)
(7-18, 6 KO vs 1-7, 1 KO)
Results: BBU; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: Nadine Coyle celebrated her 33rd birthday yesterday and there's only one present she wants here tonight, a WIN over Hannah Tointon. Guest BBU TV announcer Christine Bleakley reports that Nadine's recent period of inactivity is a direct result of former bandmate Cheryl Cole's rise to the FCBA stardom and Nads simply "can't stand that Geordie bytch anymore". On the other hand we have Hannah Tointon who's been so lacklustre during her BBU spell that many experts wonder why she's retained her spot on the Double A roster for so long. She's got older sister Kara acting as personal coach ringside here in Dublin and Coyle's lenghty spell on the sidelines gives the siblings every reason to eye a stunning upset of Irish hopes next!

Nadine Coyle wears a black bikini set and green gloves. Long dark brown hair tied in a sleek ponytail. Hannah Tointon wears a light blue bikini set and white gloves. Long blonde hair in loose waves. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the flyweight division.

Rounds 1 & 2:
Both girls take a while to get going and even the rampant crowd response doesn't ignite many fireworks in the early stages. Nadine used to be widely dismissed as a genuine jobber at the start of her BBU career and she finds it little awkward to channel the favorite status which in turn allows Hannah to settle in with single punches however there's a clear lack of raw power available and both Kara Tointon and Mel B. are forced to adjust the tactics in order to break out the full potential out there in the ring. Coyle finally mounts a proper hookig combo early in the second to rattle the blonde around yet she fails to add to the aggressive display and gets countered over the top as Hannah barks in her otherwise half-hearted efforts to stick her foot in the Irish door. She eats a wild hook on the temple thereafter and slides back into mid-range; Coyle ups the work rate in response but cuts thin air and coach Mel B. sounds visibly dejected during the interval since there's so much rust around the Irish singer it's actually hard to watch thus far.

Round 3:
Tointon gambles on a point-blank range assault and riffles a cross on the singer's nose to finally inject some aggression into this snoozer but she regrets it down the stretch as Nadine outworks her come the second minute and begins to stack up the punches herself. A head-hunting series splits the blonde's guard and it's almost suicidal from Hannah to pursue the slugging war of attrition but she trips over her own feet and has to accept Coyle's terms during a feisty exchange that increases the partisan Irish support around the arena. Hannah cracks a good left hook on the brunette's nose but eats immediate overhand and sinks on her heels when Nads doubles straight up and connects with her chin. Ugh! That high guard isn't getting any better and Hannah yields real estate thereafter with the singer chasing her around in somewhat amusing fashion. Older sister Kara is furious and the Lioness camp seems to have broken the deadlock a bit here.

Round 4:
Nadine turns from the hip early and destroys that high guard with Hannah unable to live with the close range heat again. She swings several times from the back foot but gets bullied around the ring and sinks into spasms when Coyle pierces her solar plexus with a quick switch of targets. The Irish assault then camps down around the ribcage and stuns the blonde into more spasms while the work rate only increases in the proccess. Nads yells out in delight when she rattles the cumbersome foe back to the ropes and scythes her across the nose to dump her into a desperate earmuff come the final stretch. If only she displayed more core strenght here! Alas she settles into working the blonde over along the ropes and it's party time in the stands during the interval.

Round 5:
Tointon just won't slug it out herself and gets wrapped in another head-hunting misery with Coyle thumping her numerous times and lowering that leaky guard inch by inch. Hannah cries out when she gets belted on the liver area but she can't even lock a clinch here and gets spun backwards when the dark-haired singer nails her on the chin. Ugh! Hannah bellows out on the ropes and eats a brutal left hook on the nose one more time that cuts her up on the spot and results in a flurry of punches rocking the blonde hair around... Uh-oh!!! Hannah's yelps are getting louder and louder as she gets creamed into a standstill before Nads finds the uppercut on the jaw THAT FINALLY PUTS TOINTON DOWN ON HER KNEES!!! Mel B. punches the air in delight over in the Lioness corner and poor Hannah seems more concerned about that cut across her nasal ridge than anything else. She gets up at seven but remains glued to the spot and Coyle simply tears into her again raining punches all over the subdued girl!!! Hannah can't live with this assault whatsoever and leans across the turnbuckle to soak up more damage. Kara Tointon refuses to throw in the towel but the referee minds his own business and JUMPS IN to prevent a potential blood spillage here. Poor Hannah offered nothing back ever since the knockdown and she's on the verge of a tearful collapse as she runs out of the ring literally seconds after the fight is merficully stopped. Irish rust on display but it's TKO5 Nadine Coyle!!!

AFTER: This was a case of Hannah Tointon simply unable to do anything once Nadine found her groove but several other girls would have smoked the Ulster stunner well inside the opening couple of rounds according to Christine Bleakley. There was nothing to write home about that performance but credit goes to the Lioness brass for booking such a winnable match-up. The Cheryl Cole feud not withstanding, Nadine must improve on her boxing skills or else she won't receive many BBU-themed birthday presents in the future. She's got enough experience to do better than that!

Final result: Nadine Coyle def. Hannah Tointon TKO5.