Posted by Simguy on 11/16/2002, 10:16 am/

Before: Gellar shaking off her advisors, eager to fight Alba despite moving up in weight, giving away significant advantages all across the board--plucky blonde could care less. “My fans want to see me in with Jennifer and they’re right: it’s a great fight! Jessica Alba? I thought it was Jennifer Alba--whatever. She’s tall--big whoop. She Won’t seem so threatening after I’ve taken a few rounds out of her midsection.” Alba also reading the internet heat for this fight, anxious to end the suspense. “it’s a mismatch as far as I’m concerned,” boasts Jessica, ‘but apparently, people want to see Gellar on her back--who am I to argue, I know she’s a classy little blonde, but there’s no way she’s bearing up under my punching. This one’s over at the weigh-in.”

Alba in red bikini, low ponytail, Gellar in black bikini, low ponytail.

During R1: Jessica posing immediate problems. Alba spearing Sarah with that long jab, cutting of the ring, hounding blonde to corners. Brunette slashing over the top with sweeping rights, then twisting to try the lanky left uppercut--Sarah bending at the torso, blocking effectively, but she’s unable to get off under pressure. Gellar staying low, slipping Jessica’s right hand, blonde able to spin off ropes, retreat in good order, but Jessica the clear aggressor through one.

R2: Sarah turns southpaw, starts to get things done. Gellar flicking the right jab, stamping in a straight left hand to the chest, then pulling a lathering right hook across Jessica’s ribs--blonde able to poke and go keeping her lanky foe off balance, Alba still having no luck connecting on downward arcing rights--she’s jabbing well, but doesn’t like the attention Gellar’s paying to her midsection.

R3: Tactical first two minutes--Alba trying to keep her distance, use her jab, fighting tall--Sarah crouching, switching southpaw to orthodox, getting in under Alba’s punches and licking mitt off rib to good effect. Not a lot of contact, but down the stretch--Sarah darts in, gets stacked up by Jessica’s jab, and finally meets that slinging right hand flush on the teeth. Gellar’s trim legs give way as she flounders momentarily--Alba on with sweeping finishing blows. Sarah weaving and reeling crazily to evade most of them. Jess wit some good moments late, palming Gellar to the ropes, getting good lanky leverage on digging body shots--bouncing lefts and rights off belly and ribs to leave Gellar gasping at the bell.

R4: Another close, tricky round, with Gellar boxing smart, showing lots of upper body movement, getting to Alba’s ribcage, but the difference in power is decisive, Sarah just can’t afford to get tagged, not staying in long enough to do any real damage. Alba stalking, loading up and missing with her power shots, but coming forward, carrying the fight, applying steady pressure to wear down Gellar’s slick defense.

R5: Sarah shows her class Gellar attempting, gambling more and it pays off. Alba biting on feints, covering up elbows in, gloves at her face and standing there as Gellar reefs to gut left/right, Sarah pivoting sharply right, keeping her flicking, chipping right jab on Alba, feinting her, then sliding in again to belt that belly. Alba squaring up, then blocking--she’s getting torn up in her hips and midriff as Gellar puts in consistent work. At the bell, Jessica flushed, looking shopworn--her corner reads her the riot act: “Why are you playing patty cake with this girl? Stop boxing her and beat this b###h up!” Or words to that effect.

R6: Alba responds, marching on Gellar with her guard up, walking through the jab, leaning close to shrug alternating left/right uppercuts into the blonde--banging pressure produces instant results. Sarah can’t hold her ground as Alba presses up with her guard and brunette punches are bouncing off golden flesh with vicious spanking cracks. Gellar turning defensive, bending low at the waist--greedy Alba ignores. The head to swat that lower back, taking a page out of Britney’s book--Sarah mincing away punished. At the midway point, Jessica’s punching is finally breaking Sarah down--Gellar getting picked up in the body by digging uppercuts, then the chin--Sarah faltering hurt to the ropes, no longer elusive. Big bruising final minute for Alba--she’s getting her hips into lashing strokes left and right, ripping her fists off Gellar’s stubborn belly meat, bouncing leather off jaw, Jessica always following through with a tight snapping motion back to her chest, Gellar non-responsive, leaning forward off the ropes dazed, soaking up punches AND THE REF STEPS IN! Sarah Michelle blinking in stupor--Jessica bounding away the TKO6 victor.

After: Alba crooning in post fight, :I told you it would be all me! Once I gave my head a shake and realize she couldn’t hang with me, I just opened up and blew her away. Mmm--MMM! That 6th round is going into my personal highlight reel library--the PUNCHING I did on her!” Gellar sullen, beaten shabby by Jessica’s lanky power shots--good little girl couldn’t get it done against the good bigger tonight.

Reposted by Archer 12/19/10.