NON-TITLE BOUT

Posted by Simguy Thursday, 15-Jul-1999, 08:56:53

Before: Kiana’s business manager reportedly nearly quit over Tom’s decision to take this fight—it’s exactly the kind of match up that has given Tom trouble in the past. Even though Kiana has forgotten more about boxing than Nolin will ever know, the raw bonded blonde brawler has the game to hurt Tom. Kiana in red short shorts, black jogbra vs Nolin in bikini, yellow bottoms, yellow top with black mesh high neck. Both make weight at 120, but Nolin comes in the bigger woman and no title is at stake.

During R1: Gena lee gets down to it right away, slamming a right elbow hard onto Kiana’s left eye and promptly punching the orb into a slit early in the round. Tom responds like a champ, coming at Nolin’s body with withering left hooks, catapulting the punches from a wide stance and getting everything she can into them, Gena fights with a bitchy Neely grimace from the halfway point on as Kiana nearly breaks her in half with blows to the stomach and waist. Round to Kiana, but that eye is a mess.

R2: Kiana moves inside on the bigger girl, controlling Gena with her gloves on the blonde’s shoulders, Kiana chops away inside Gena’s arms, shoving the blonde to the ropes and methodically working her over, constantly holding her in place with one hand or the other. Frustrated, Nolin responds with another elbow strike to the middle of the forehead on Kiana and Tom goes ballistic. On the ropes, both women fight desperately, and with seconds left in the round, Kiana scores a crashing right hand on the chin which momentarily stuns Nolin. Kiki shrugs off the blonde’s clinch, and bangs away with rights to the bell as Nolin can only stare dumbly in response.

R3: Gena has Kiana brawling now, and the big blonde takes advantage, backhanding a lazy jab from the hip, Nolin plows lanky right hands onto Kiana’s eye and chin, messing Tom up badly this round with clean connects. Kiana a little stumbly, looks to trade inside again, but Nolin gets her hands inside of Tom’s arms to repeatedly shove the brunette back. Nolin in the final minute stalks Kiana, who looks small and confused as she blinks painfully and looks to avoid more punishment.

R4: Kiana on her toes, circling left, goes to Nolin’s torso with straight punches early: jabs and crosses. Nolin following, begins to cringe as right hands spank loudly off her ribs. Kiana slowly finds the range and begins ripping that Hearns left hook to the rib cage, and by the midway point, Nolin s covering up, clearly hurt by the wrecking ball body blows. Kiana now circling freely, potshotting the big blonde, has Nolin’s elbows down, and chin exposed. In the final minute, Tom bangs a left hook off Nolin’s tawny tummy, then crashes a right cross off Gena’s chin and the blonde goes wobbly butt. Nolin stumbles dreamy eyed to one side, as Kiana surges in, Dropping the right hand in over Gena’s left shoulder, Kiana gets Nolin tumbling backwards, and another running right hand catches the blonde on the temple as she falls. Nolin in a heap in the corner, cant get off her back—KO4 Kiana Tom.

After: Tom dispatches the bully, using savage body shots to set up her patented right hand. Nolin’s fouls gave her a chance ion this fight, but Kiana too focused, too sharp, brought out the punk in the blonde, Risky fight, shows that Kiana’s still a fighting champ after all these years.

Reposted  by Archer 1/21/10.