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TESS VALMORE
I was expecting maybe eleven or twelve fights this week. Instead we got this huge card, but after thinking about it, this is only half of the expected fights.
FREGE/ VALANCE If Frege thought the flight to the Land Of Oz was long, the flight back is going to be a lot longer, as she wonders why she bothered. Fought on the beach, she served as a body punching bag for Valance who worked her body over for five rounds. In the fifth, Valance decided to play a little chin music and Frege was finished and the referee stopped the fight
GARRET/ NICHOLS I thought this would be an easy fight for Nichols. It was anything but. This was a very good fight filled with two way action and rounds that were too close to call. Garret scored the only knockdown putting Nichols on the deck in the fifth. I think Nichols won on the strength of the sixth, seventh and last round. We often rant at judges for declaring draws. In this fight, they did their duty and called a winner in a very close fight.
O’KEEFE/ MOORE This was a sure win for Moore, right? It didn’t work out that way. O”Keefe, in only her second fight, got off to dominate start by constantly hurting Moore and taking the first three rounds. After Moore finally took the fourth, O’Keefe pretty much salted the fight away by taking the fifth and sixth. Moore needed a KO to win, and didn’t come close, even losing the ninth to O”Keefe. A good showing for O’Keefe and a disaster for Moore. Once considered a top up and coming welters, she has now lost eleven of her last thirteen fights. This kind of performance would have gotten her walking papers, if she had been a member of the KruZherZ
CRUZ/ KNIGHTLEY This fight with a European flair was an interesting fight but not a thriller. The first three rounds were close as Knightley showed her ability to move and had Cruz chasing her. In the fourth, Cruz landed a hard right off Knightley’s midsection, and Knightley was hurt, doubling up. Cruz moved in and after a barrage of kidney punches, Knightley went down for the count. A KO win for the “small, dark, Charlize Theron”
RIMES/ CAMPBELL As Celebrity Boxing will probably point out, Neve is one of my Front Street buddies and yes I was rooting for her, but this was some great fight, that me worried all the way. I couldn’t believe the first six rounds as Rimes was winning every round but one and was in a dominate position to win the fight. Suprisingly, Neve came back to take the last four rounds including flooring Rimes in the ninth. I thought that Neve might end the fight in the ninth and tenth, but the fight went to the judges who came back with a draw. The two elected to use the tie breaking format. Campbell took the eleventh but Rimes evened it up by taking the twelfth and was one round away from the win. In the thirteenth, Campbell landed to the chin and then a hook behind the right elbow and a couple more to the chin and Rimes went down and out.
KUNIS/ PORTMAN. Kunis has had a rather unimpressive career. Portman is a six time champion. Tonight, the roles looked reversed. True, Portman was cruising through the first four rounds. It looked like she was going to waltz to victory. In the fifth, a Kunis hook hurt Portman and a couple more put her down. She struggled to her feet but was easy picking for Kunis, who punched Portman senseless and the fight was stopped
WILDE/ DUNST I think this was a fight to get Wilde some rounds. It wasn’t much of a fight and Wilde didn’t get many rounds. Wilde did what she wanted to do. Dunst didn’t have much of a chance and in the third, the fight ended after Wilde landed a couple hooks to the chin and a final right to the head
PEREGRYM/ DURANCE This was a big fight in the lightweight ranks and promised to be a good one. It was, but it was surprisingly one sided. Peregrym got the start by decking Durance in the first. Durance then put Peregrym on the floor in the fourth. At that point, each had won two rounds. Then, unexpectedly Peregrym reeled off five straight rounds, having a seven to two lead going into the final round. Towards the end of the tenth, Durance stunned Peregrym with a left to the chin and battered her into the ropes but couldn’t put on the finishing touches, and Peregrym emerged with a lopsided win. A fine performance for Peregrym. Durance has now lost her last four fights. Before this losing streak started she had never lost more than two in a row.
DUSHKU/ McADAMS This was an important bantam fight and was surprisingly one sided through the first five rounds, as McAdams was the constant aggressor and built up a big lead. Dushku mounted a comeback in the sixth and took the seventh. At the beginning of the eighth, McAdams landed a left to the liver that had Dushku badly hurt. Dushku desperately punching, clipped McAdams with a left/right to the chin and another right that felled McAdams. She managed to get to her feet only to get buzz-sawed into oblivion and the referee stopped the fight. An important win for the “sheriff”
MICHALKA/ MUNN There is not much to say about this fight other than Munn’s performance, while victorious, was a disgrace. At the beginning second round, she tackled Michalka into the ropes and by the end of the round her punches were drifting low. In the third Munn managed to put Michalka down on one knee and then bulled her flat, trampled on her and stomped on her right arm. She should have been disqualified right then. Michalka managed to get to her feet and sag into the ropes where Munn then “crammed hooks” into her trunks. Must be the same ref who does Nolin’s fights. He didn’t see any of the low blows. Michalka eventually gave out and went down for the count. It’s a sad commentary, that this was called an “impressive stoppage”
HELFER/ MENOUNOS Once again Helfer proved she is a masterful boxer. Menounos bragged in pre-fight that she was going for Helfer’s body and that is exactly what she did and dropped Helfer in the first. Helfer then boxed her way into the lead at the end of four only to have that Menounos body attack even things up. Helfer took the sixth but Menounos body attack took the seventh and the eighth. Helfer then won the fight in the last two rounds by a nice job of boxing and wisely staying away from her opponent
McCARTHY/ TORV Was there a fight on this card with more riding on it than this one? Front Street vs McCarthy. Bad feelings. Vows to destroy. Armageddon. The Wiz had brilliantly lured McCarthy into this fight and it was up to Torv to win it. There was no question, but that McCarthy won the prefight. The actual fight was a little different. McCarthy was fighting a bigger opponent, the result of either her arrogance or her stupidity. Anyway, McCarthy was doing surprisingly well, showing great movement and aggression and having the lead through seven. She was on her way to winning the eighth when in the last minute Torv landed a bolo right to McCarthy’s chin and Jenny was lolling in the ropes. Torv blasted her with a couple more rights and the referee stopped the fight. Is this the end of McCarthy? Will she fight Nolin on St Patty’s Day? Will she have some kind of revenge against The Wiz? We will see
RICCI/ WITHERSPOON. Two fighters with terrible records. Which one is the worst? This fight would prove it. Well it didn’t take long. Ricci got off to a good start putting Witherspoon down in the first, but after that it was all Witherspoon. Witherspoon actually looked good the rest of the fight, but then you have to consider the opposition. In the fourth a little jugmugging and a couple shots to the chin and Ricci was history
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WILLIAMS/ PANETTIERE An important flyweight bout. Winner could get a title shot. It promised to be a good one, and it was. Panettiere leaped out to a big lead taking the first three rounds. After that, it was back and forth the rest of the bout. One winning a round and the other the next. It was a hard aggressive fight, with Williams landing a low blow in the sixth and Panettiere an after the bell punch in the ninth. Both took considerable punishment, but in the end it was Panettiere who got the duke
CHABERT/ SONG Chabert, the former champion looked anything but in this fight. We had Song as the underdog, but she moved better and outfought Chabert. As in some of the previous fights, Song got off to a three round lead. She then took the sixth, floored Chabert in the seventh and posted a shutout in the tenth and got the decision
SWAN/ GLAU A huge upset. A bantam with a 50/50 record TKOing a fighter who by her own admission is the best of the lightweights. There is nothing Swan loves more than Swan Swan took the first two rounds as she was supposed to do. In the third, it was a game of pitch and catch. Glau pitched and Swan caught. In fact, Swan caught so well that the referee stopped the fight. This was Swan’s first fight at Front Street, and the worst upset Front Street has ever suffered. I have to give The Wiz a lot of credit. He didn’t blame a too quick stoppage call for Swans loss but gave credit to Glau for fighting a great fight.
LIVELY/ LaRUE Was this an embarrassment for Lively? LaRue is 21 years older and almost three inches shorter, yet she gave her young opponent a real lesson. Lively did box a little more than she has in previous fights, but it didn’t stop LaRue from gaining a commanding lead at the end of five. Lively did a little better in the last half of the fight, but still lost a wide decision
PERABO/ de PABLO A late addition, but it turned out to be a reasonably good fight. Perabo doesn’t have much experience, but she has a lot more than de Pablo who was in her second fight. The two swapped rounds. One winning a round then the other. At the end of six, Perabo had a slight lead because of a fifth round knockdown. Perabo put it all together in the seventh working on both de Pablo’s body and chin until de Pablo went down. She got up, but the referee had seen enough and awarded Perabo a TKO. Actually, I have to admit I was sorry to see de Pablo lose
BJORLIN/ LAW Law getting all the press lately. The next great welter. Well not yet, as Bjorlin showed her. This was a classic welter brawl. Lots of grinding and hard hitting. Legs buckled and faces busted up. Bjorlin had a slight lead going into the final round and had put Law on the canvas in the third. In the tenth, Law legs were wobbly and Bjorlin poured it on until Law went down. Law bravely climbed the ropes to get to her feet. Sometimes being brave isn’t the best thing to be. She was nothing but a punching bag for Bjorlin and could have been seriously hurt it the ref had not stopped the fight
BEIL/ COLE This was a fight that Biel needed to win in order to keep her spot as one of the top five or six lightweights and she didn’t get it. This was a great fight between two top fighters. Biel went down twice in the first and again in the seventh. Cole was down the fourth and tenth. It was the tenth round knockdown that cost Cole the win in regulation time. They went into overtime but Biel had nothing left and Cole took both the eleventh and twelfth to get the win. This was Biel’s fourth straight loss. Maybe she needs to drop down the food chain to get her act and confidence back.
GREENE/ FISHEL Another extra inning bout. I think this was the first PPV to ever have two extra round fights and this was the third. Quite a fight it was, in a card filled with great fights. The first five rounds belonged to Greene. The last five were Dani’s. It went into extra rounds. Greene got eleven. Fishel came oh so close to winning it the twelfth, when she floored Greene but she beat the count. The next two rounds and the victory went to Greene. Too bad one had to lose
WAGNER/ BARTON There were a lot of great fights on this card and then there was this one which was not a fight. It was an execution. Whatever made Barton think she could stand with Jill is beside me. Jill is tough. It took Wagner less than six minutes to clean Barton’s clock You think Barton’s corner should have gotten a clue in the first round but they let their lamb go to the slaughter that ended in a second round KO Pointy I will be in touch regarding Jill. OK Celebrity Boxing, make what you will of that
PINK/ KEYES This fight went as expected. We really didn’t expect Keyes to do much against Pink and she didn’t. Pink took five of the six rounds before pounding Keyes into a stoppage
PARK/ MAGGIE OK, Will somebody tell me who Maggie Q is. I really don’t know. It doesn’t matter because I had predicted Grace to win. Maggie Q was competitive, but that is about all we can say about the fight. Park didn’t pitch a shutout but she did take eight rounds to get the very wide decision
JOHANNSON/ MILLER The first title fight of the PPV and it was another good fight while it lasted. I was for Miller when the fight started, but quickly changed to Johannson after Miller started pulling hair and punching trunks. I don’t like dirty fighters. Johannson used her left hand with devastating results in the second and third rounds. She use the left to smack Miller’s jaw and pound her body until Miller was helpless and out on her feet. Johannson walks away with the belts by a TKO3 |
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