BEFORE: Fight is part of the Australian Open festivities: several Aussie celebrities engaged in crowd-pleasing activities during the fortnight of sports-flavoured partying. Bit of a coming out for Tisdale: she's toned herself up; holds a promising win over American comp, and is looking to ramp it up on Mila. Kunis plucky as ever, and excited about her new bikini (Britt Ekland's suit from Man With a Golden Gun) purchased at auction. "It's a 007 suit," Kunis beams, "and it's the one Britt Ekland wore, so it's special. The 'Savage Swede' was my favourite Bond girl, and probably the best fighter ever in my size category, so I'm thrilled to be representing in her togs!" Outdoor Melbourne bout...warm night on the Opera House plaza...bleachers bookend a standard ring. Tisdale in her pink/purple hued bikini (see below); beige Ugg boxing boots; small white punching mittens. Mila in the Ekland suit (below. editor's note: if one of you wizards finds a better picture, feel free to post. It's a service to our younger readers who may never have the time to sit through the original Bond films, and don't know what they're missing.) sheepskin boxing moccasins (beaded/tassled) small white puncher's mittens.

The Tisdale suit: http://www.hollywoodtuna.com/photo.php?id=ashley_tisdale_bikini_cabo_3&title=Ashley%20Tisdale%20Pictures&loc=3

Kunis' 007 vintage togs (scroll down): http://www.spike.com/blog/bikini-poll-of-week/70494

During R1: Frisky stuff - girls closing, lathering...Tisdale backs away rebuked, beaten to several punches in clapping exchange. Mila hopping-to, pawing double jabs to stay in touch, then laying on limber-limbed rights. Tisdale confused - arms outstretched as she's backing away, trying to find room to think: Kunis constantly pressing, getting off. Mila cuffing and slapping in bunches; Tisdale stepping back, walking Kunis into good sticky single shot right uppercuts to body or left hooks to chin. Tizzy's form is stiffer, better, but Kunis' bubbly aggression has blonde backing up, taking punches pretty consistently.

R2: Midring - Tisdale stabilizes her front, taming Mila with a crisp, stiff, educated jab. Blonde girl thoughtful, lips pressed tight as she pumps stick, pivots left around planted left (front) heel: she's pounding at Mila's mouth; scraping atop Mila's skull as Kunis bobs. Mila frustrated as Tisdale's able to plant weight on left (front) leg and get off sticky: blonde girl extending on straight punches; controlling tempo with jabs; raking brunette stinging right crosses. Textbook stuff: Ashley looking polished, touching Mila up bell to bell for a shutout.

R3: Furious bat-and-lather exchanging early - Mila's friskiness outworking Ashley's technique. Tisdale's instinct is to straighten and elongate: not always possible as Kunis flutters her way inside, then lathers. Mila piling up hits: right hands wide to blonde ribs/tummy; scouring hooks across young blonde tits, stubborn blonde chin; chopping rights to frowning blonde brow. Tisdale backing up, trying to find distance: Mila able to jump-in her punches, adding some power to the frenzy of slaps and cuffs. Crowd shouting each time Tisdale gets her head turned aside, or seems to wobble back from Kunis: combination of energy and odd good clout has Ashley unraveling through 3.

R4: Tisdale scowling, attempting to close Mila's eyes via a good crisp jab: Kunis bobbing/weaving as she pushes forward, getting her face scrubbed early. Overhand right at the minute mark answers: Tisdale clouted, rocked...slender blonde legs give a shimmy and Ashley's in retreat again. Mila jumping into her attack: she's like a box of puppies, just overwhelming The Tiz with enthusiasm. Swinging hook off the hop take Ashley to teeth: she flounders to ropes, eyes stricken. Mila swarms the rib cage hup-hup-hup - punching left/right uppercuts double time up into Ashley's lungs. Breathless clinching from Tisdale - slim tummy to tummy writhing as Kunis stomps on the spot, keeping Ash pinned. Good stuff - Kunis wriggling free of clinches, keeping her head down and pum-pum-pumping the tummy via busy lefts and rights. Tisdale cranky, grimacing, her buttocks jumping up into ropes...she's trying to find the left uppercut that'll get Mila off her. Bell: Mila pushing up off Ashley and shouting "WOO!" - darkening Tisdale's mood considerably. Blaming her loose hair during the break, Ashley demands to be ponytailed up. Kunis reads it, issues orders for her long, loose brown locks to be ponytailed back as well.

R5: Tisdale jabbing/hook at Mila's breasts - eating joyful overhand rights in the bargain as Mila pours forward. Kunis just a busy little digger - looping rights and jumping-in lefts against Ashley's stiff jab...then when they're close, Mila's just moving her hands rapidamente. Tisdale chipped, scuffed, clipped, scrubbed in the exchanges: she's just not as free with her hands inside - always looking to fight set piece battles at distance. Tizzy's left uppercut IS finding a home under Mila's chin - startling brunette on occasion...but Kunis always pressing through, answering every single shot with a flurry. Bell: Mila's lathering Tisdale's ribs at the ropes; blonde girl showing face-in-gloves, sponging up steady PIK! PAK! PEK!

R6: Tisdale's eyes: haggard, bleak - she's really wearing down. Mila's eyes: dancing, bright - she's scuffed, but knows she's getting the better of it. Mila at Ashley enthusiastically, trading an overhand right for Ashley's jab - both girls landing. Ashley backs up for room: Mila hops-with, swinging palm-down hook from her hip, punching Tizzy to mouth and BLONDE GIRL DOWN! Ashley blown back to her buns...sitting up frazzled, shocked: she's up for a rickety 8. Mila on with perky aggression: slender legs vibing as she stands wide and lets 'em fly. Ashley swarmed - shutting her eyes, gritting her teeth, turning her head to the right as she pushes out left hands, trying to fend Mila off. Left hook punches left side of Ashley's head, startling her; right hand drives in over Ashley's left shoulder, jolting her. Tizzy sitting in ropes, hands pushing at Mila's body: Kunis leaning against the push, chest out as she's flailing punches, small mitts bouncing off blonde head and shoulders. Pelting rain of brunette leather too much...Tisdale cuffed and buffetted, wilting to hands and knees under a torrent of disappointed boos. Ashley blubbering, trembling: she SO wants to get up in front of her home town crowd but it's NO GO! KO6 Mila Kunis!

After: Kunis yelping - jumping around in hysterics as Tisdale gives up the ten count on her knees...what a moment for for a long-suffering brunette pixie. Heartbreak for Ashley...handpicked opponent lathers her into stupor: Tisdale the better boxer technically, simply unable to fight her fight against brunette blizzard. "I was too pesky for her!" Kunis bleats happily. "She just wanted a showcase, not a fight, and I wasn't playin' that! Plus, I think my suit definitely intimidated her. I know it made me feel like I could punch through anybody! I love Australia!" Waves, air-kisses...Mila hamming it up for the Aussies, winning hearts and minds abroad with her plucky showing.