Before: Sarah Carter's fought 'em both - she rates the contestants in a BLONDE! Magazine article previewing the fight (one of several blonde 'experts' tapped to provide opinions on a variety of upcoming bouts). "The problem for Krissy is Hilarie's height," Carter explains. "Burton was able to stand back and paste Kristin last time and I don't see that changing because Kreuk doesn't have the power to be aggressive with Hilarie. Krissy's the better boxer technically, but it won't matter - she's physically one of the weakest fighters in the FCBA - maybe even weaker than Portman - she just can't compensate for Burton's range. One thing in Kreuk's favour is that she's very pretty, and I noticed that when Hilarie fought me, she was really shy and intimidated before hand - because I'm so much hotter than she is. Burton's kind of a drab, ho-hum blonde, you know what I mean? Kreuk MAY be able to get inside her head a bit, but again - she's probably not pretty ENOUGH to rattle Hilarie the way I did. So my prediction? Hilarie batters Kristin. Again." Burton in crisp white sports bra; black hoy cut trunks; white gloves; white boxing shoes to midcalf; blonde curls. Kreuk in Maple Leaf motif sports bra; solid red boy cut trunks; red/white boxing shoes to midcalf with red tassles; red gloves with white knuckle bars; hair top knotted back off her face, spilling straight down her back.

During R1: Krissy rebuffed early - Kreuk trying to storm the gates, get to Hilarie's chest - Burton simply standing tall, jabbing the smaller girl off, chasing poke with slinging right hands off the hip. Hilarie's hands low and loose - she's lifting and fitting the jab onto Kristin's face rather than really snapping it out there, but it's doing the trick. Hilly also lifting the right off the hip in a semi-sidearm, rising track - pushy punch nevertheless with plenty of gangly leverage on it - Kreuk can't rush past it. Midway through - Burton pivoting left around a series of jabs - she quick-steps in, slap-hooks Krissy's right cheek, leans in and cleans up a right cross: KREUK'S SHOOK! Krissy stomping in fence post hole as Hilarie brightens - blonde back straight as she lashes heavy right and left lariat roundhouses against her foe's slender ribcage. Kreuk wounded at roped, bares her teeth and slugs her little heart out: Burton forced to back off as Krissy's furious swishing denies blonde a finishing attempt.

R2: Similar stuff - kreuk trying to be the aggressor, get inside Hilarie's jab and outwork the blonde - but it's not happening. Burton nice and tall, very relaxed - tracking Kreuk with the jab, then leaning in on front foot with a variety of right hand looks. There's the pushy, rising right off the hip which isn't efficient, but it's hard to see. There's the more traditional slinging right - slight sidearm looping of it as Hilarie swings for Krissy's head. And there's a nice straight right off the shoulder, angling down onto Kristin's face - it's this punch which hurts Kreuk late. Krissy stumbling around damaged again in the dying moments - Burton pouncing in wide stance - backhanding a long left and sweeping the right across Krissy's back, then coming back up underneath with a gorgeous left uppie off the front foot: KREUK GOES DOWN! Tremendous rangy shellack buffetts Kristin to all fours - face bleak and discouraged at the bell.

R3: Grim reality setting in for Kreuk - she's trying so HARD to work her way inside, but Hilarie's got all the answers. Heartbacking rebukes repeatedly issued by Burton's jab - Hilarie maintaining her distance, pre-empting Krissy, tracking her, keeping her off balance with cattle-prod jolts. Kreuk scowling, beautiful face lumping up nicely - all she can do while eating stick to elude those perilous, gangly rights. Final minute, Hilarie able to track Kreuk down with right hands and hurt her again: Kreuk forward behind her mitts, knees giving way as Hilly pops hips-right, lifts a sumptuous, thudding left uppercut into her foe's creamy midriff at the bell. Krissy all banged up, wincing and puffy on her stool: Burton virtually untouched, taking on water all bright-eyed and upbeat - she's waxing her doe-eyed foe through 3.

R4: Give Krissy credit - she's been drilled and hurt, but not once has she stopped trying to find her distance. Bit of success at last as Krissy backs away, luring Burton forward, deliberately coaxing the right hand out of Hilarie to get her leaning in/giving up height. Kreuk able to roll-and-counter, catching Hilly a tidy little right hand on the cheek - as Burton's straightening up to get away - Kreuk's able to hop-to and clout her foe's face a tic-toc left/right from the hips. Kreuk showing good pounce, finally collapsing distance on Hilarie: Burton pointing left shoulder at Kris, right hand stacked atop left at her body as she bends at the waist, plants her feet to push on Kreuk inside. Krissy able to crowd in, cram busy right hands into the lower back/buttock off her foe - ref barking warnings as things get sloppy inside. Burton very rough with that left shoulder, bumping Krissy in her teeth, then trying to slide out - Kreuk hopping-with, staying on the bigger girl with pesky scounging, flailing action. Not a lot of damage done, but Kreuk effectively hounding Burton, batting and lathering at her from close in - Krissy finally on the board after paying a steep toll to get inside.

R5: Burton getting a little lazy - not respecting Krissy inside - tall blonde putting her left shoulder on Kris, or leaning in temple-to-temple to scrub and bump with Kreuk at close quarters. Krissy busy - shoeshining Hilarie's tummy, cramming leather in above her hips, beating right hands against blonde back. Burton leaning in to push Kreuk off, dipping her shoulders to nip short little left/right uppercuts, staying on her foe's face. Good stuff - Burton obviously stronger, steadily pushing her way forward, but giving up all her height: Kreuk able to work for points, just moving her hands and touching Hilarie stem to stern.

Kreuk/Burton conc

Posted by simguy on 3/17/2007, 7:19 am