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17 May 2011 Alesha Dixon vs Grace Park

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BBU BOUT: LONDON

Posted by Knowlesey on 5/17/2011, 11:46 am

Alesha has come home from her US tour to take on the taller Grace, who is looking pleased to be in the UK, and keen to beat the girl who stopped Nicole Scherzinger, who is convinced she was stopped prematurely when she came over.

Alesha is usually full of trashtalk before her fights, but not this time, and she seems fairly apprehensive about the tall Californian, knowing the girl has a good punch.

Alesha is first into the ring, and she looks as gorgeous as ever in a yellow bikini, now looking confident as she parades around the ring, waiting for Grace. When Grace arrives, she's in a black bra and panties set which wows the fans, but wearing a frowning look on her face.

Round 1

She might look concerned, but it's Alesha starting the quicker of these two, finding Grace immediately to the body - clearly her tactics must be to weaken the actress, but Grace has plenty of experience of that type of assault, and is looking to keep her distance. As the round progresses, both girls show their foot speed, with Alesha seeming sharper each time she steps inside Grace's long reach.

Alesha takes a cagey first round.

Round 2

Still, neither girl seems willing to show her opponent too much, but Alesha is scoring points with her jabbing, now gaining in confidence as she finds Grace's face, her speed allowing her to land and retreat before the taller girl can retaliate. Grace's corner is screaming at her to get forward, but Alesha is boxing her well, and she's a little too quick to get caught by the tall girl's attempts to take her out with one or two big shots.

A second round to Alesha

Round 3

Again Alesha gains the initiative early, her eager jabbing of Grace's face keeping the American on the backfoot for the first half of the round, with Grace seeming content to weave around, looking for the opening she knows she will find once Dixon tires. There's no sign of that happening yet, though, with a clearly superfit and hyped Alesha still finding Grace's face with those jabs, as Park backpedals right to the ropes, and the Brit's eyes widen with anticipation as she gets some left and rights landing to the actress's body by the end of the round.

Alesha takes another round.

Round 4

Now Alesha's bodyhunting a little, lowering her guard as she looks to get Grace back to those ropes to punish her, and Grace obliges, easing backwards, letting the singer come on to her. Now, as Alesha looks to unload to Grace's taut belly, the actress fights back at last, ripping punches into the singer's face, really banging home the jabs, and Dixon's in big trouble, staggering backwards - big right hand - Dixon goes down, crashing to her back. dazed as she rises on 8. The referee waves the girls on, and now Grace gets Alesha on the ropes, hurting the Brit to the body as she guards her face to the close.

Big winning round for Grace Park

Round 5

Grace comes out quickly - she wants to finish this fight, and she clubs Alesha to the face early on, the singer's pretty features getting all messed around now as her face takes left and right hand punches in succession. Dixon just has to try to hold Park back, the power of those punches weakening her badly, and her knees buckle again when Grace thuds a lovely left hook into her jaw. The round ends with Alesha unable to move out of a neutral corner, while Grace whales away at her, but wasting effort with punches landing on gloves and arms.

Grace takes another round

Round 6

As before, Grace goes looking for Alesha early, and she's hurting the singer again with good head punches, stunning her with a nice right hook to the ear, which has the Brit staggering sideways to the ropes. Grace follows her in, landing again to the face, and there's blood smeared across Dixon's features now as those heavy shots split her lips up - Dixon's knees are buckling, and she's down again, a left to the ribs dropping the singer to the canvas for a 6 count. Once again, Alesha is forced to hold with Grace feverishly trying to prise the singer off, certain that she's just one punch from victory here.

Another good round won by Grace.

Round 7

Grace comes out sharply again, and she finds Alesha's face again with that left jab of hers, the Brit beginning to look a distant second best in this fight, bloodied around the mouth and nose, her cheeks puffy and looking sore. But Dixon's a fitter fighter than before, and she is withstanding the pressure exerted by Grace, even managing to land some of her own punches now as the taller girl tires, and as the round progresses, it's Dixon landing the shots, Park getting moved onto the ropes, and taking punishment to her body, and she's clinching Alesha at the bell.

Tight round, possibly taken by Alesha

Round 8

Alesha is tired, but Grace seems more so, and the Brit is beginning to hurt the tall American with those hooks to the body, doubling the girl over on the ropes, then cuffing her round the face - and Park doesn't like it! Grace Park fights back, swapping punches with Dixon, neither girl wanting to give ground as they hit each other's face, then Alesha gets Grace to the belly again, and she's down, Grace on her knees, having to take a count - and she looks uncomfortable when she resumes at 7. Now Grace has to cover up as Alesha tries to hurt her aching body again, but she hasn't the power or the time to do so.

Alesha gets that round back

Round 9

Both girls are slow to rise now, but it's Alesha who lands the first punches, bopping a couple of hooks into Grace's ribs, getting the bigger girl's guard to drop, then she punches her neatly to the face, straight jabs which are bruising the American's cheeks, making her lips swell too. Grace reels away from Alesha's latest onslaught, but she's unsteady on her feet, Dixon catches her with a cuffing right hook to the side of her head, and Grace goes down again, sprawled on her side. She's up at 5, insisting she tripped over her feet, but Alesha plunges into her anyway, looking for the body again, until Park rallies late in the round, belting Dixon's face with four unanswered hooks just before the bell.

Has to be Alesha's round.

Round 10

Grace Park was so confident before this fight, but she could lose this fight now, and she's the girl looking urgent when they resume, closing Alesha down quickly, thudding some good shots into that swollen face, and Dixon can't take it - she hits the floor, and struggles up 1t 8, really unsteady on her feet. Grace is sensing victory, and she hurts Alesha again, hitting the singer's face back and forth, the girl's eyes glazed as she takes a beating on the ropes, and a right hook to the jaw has Dixon sliding back to the canvas, rolling over to all fours and pushing herself upright again at 8, she cowers on the ropes, her gloves upside her head, as Grace bangs her to the body, but she can't finish her off.

Grace takes the final round, and parades the ring with her arms aloft.

The girls are called together to receive the result - it's a split decision - and it goes to Alesha Dixon!

Grace Park is furious, feeling sure she won this fight, and she's complaining about biased judges, accusing Alesha of all sorts of misdemeanours to gain favour, but maybe she should have not taken her foot off the gas when she had her girl beaten by the end of the sixth!