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27 August 2011 Keisha Buchanan vs Liz McClarnon

Page history last edited by Vassago 10 years, 3 months ago

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BBU: Lioness Club Event: "Double Trouble"

Site: KO Club North London, UK

 

Posted by Vassago on 8/27/2011, 10:22 am

 

 

The second fight of Double Trouble Inaugural features another Lioness Club rookie, Keisha Buchanan from Westminster, London going up against Liverpool's Liz McClarnon (0-3). The crowd is fully behind Keisha in this one as the extra rivalry between London and Liverpool is on the cards here. The fight is scheduled for six rounds in the bantamweight division.

 

Keisha Buchanan wearing a black one-piece swimsuit and red gloves. Liz McClarnon wearing a white one-piece swimsuit and red gloves.

Liz McClarnon enters the ring first where Lioness Club media chief Kate Garraway awaits her:
- Liz, you've lost all three fights so far. Do you think you can stop this bad streak against Keisha Buchanan?
- I think I will. I accepted this invitation to come here to London but the crowd will be surprised when I beat one of their girls. Keisha doesn't know what she's up to.
- Thanks Liz and have a good fight! (The crowd is booing in the arena looking for the Merseyside blonde to hit the canvas quickly).

Keisha Buchanan enters the ring and Kate Garraway is now with her too:
- Keisha, a lot of expectations on your shoulders, Can you deliver the promise and win on your BBU debut?
- You bet I can! I'm going to send that blonde tramp back to Liverpool on a stretcher! Just watch me pound her out of her senses! (The crowd goes ballistic after that comment, they know Keisha is confident and can romp over Liz McClarnon in no time). Meanwhile Liz looks pretty angry in her corner and it's clear she didn't like being called a tramp by the fellow singer. This could be some vicious fight ahead!

Round 1:
Both girls waste little time and go at each other immediately after the bell. Crowd is up on their feet seconds into the round. Keisha throws a barrage of jabs, but Liz bravely covers them all before launching a right hook that barely misses Keisha's head. Liz has shown little courage in her previous three fights but you have to feel, this is more then a battle for own pride here. Both women clinch at the center of the ring before Liz pushes her rival away and lands a solid jab on Keisha jaw. The Londoner's head clearly jumped back and the blonde is going for a follow up. She pushes Keisha into the corner and lands solid punches on her stomach. Keisha is moaning behind her guard as Liz delivers more punches to her midsection. Finally Keisha clinches and forced the referee to separate the fighters. After the break, Liz goes after her opponent again, but misses an uppercut and allows Keisha to deliver a strong combination that pushes the blonde away. Thirty seconds before the bell, Keisha hassles Liz into a corner and stuns her with a couple of strong jabs right under her elbows. Liz is clinching now and trying to survive but one more punch lands on her stomach and she's clearly grimassing in pain. The bell finally sounds and both girls have shown a good spell of pressure. Very even first round.

Round 2:
Cheered on by the London crowd, Keisha attacks Liz right after the bell, but the Merseyside blonde covers her guard well. A swinging hook misses Liz's head by a mere inch and the crowd is roaring, that was almost the haymaker they all wanted to see. Keisha traps Liz in the corner, but a barrage of punches fail to cause any damage. Liz tries to respond, but her punches are also ineffective, Keisha covers the guard well. Both women are not attacking so much as in the first round, but for every Liz's punch, Keisha throws a couple back. Within the final twenty seconds of the round one of Buchanan's hooks finally lands on McClarnon's left eye and Liz blonde locks fly far back behind her. Keisha tries to follow it up but a quick combnation proves to be fruitless, as Liz survives along teh ropes for the bell. Round in favor of Keisha Buchanan.

Round 3:
Liz McClarnon's left eye is begining to swell, as Keisha notices it and targets it with few more jabs. Liz covers that well and responds with a wild swing that catches Keisha in the ribs. It stops her attack for a moment and now the blonde moves forward pushing her opponent along the ropes. Lots of quick jabs land on Buchanan's stomach as she's unable to keep a low guard. Then Liz breaks Keisha's guard wide open with a fancy uppercut and one big punch lands straight on her face. Keisha ducks low and tries to move away, but Liz keeps her with distance and peppers her head with a couple of hooks. Keisha catches them both and falls on the ropes in disarray. The crowd has toned down it;s support upon this situation and Liz tries to land more punches, but Keisha jumps back from the ropes and Liz isn't quick enough to punish her. Two women stare at each other for the remainder of this round with only some single jabs keeping them concentrated. Not even the London faithful believe Keisha won this round.

Round 4:
Keisha tries to respond after a negative previous round, but Liz clinches her as both women get tangled up along the ropes. It's very untidy boxing right now with chaotic jabs counted on both sides. Referee separated both fighters, but soon afterwards they are locked with each other again, Liz leaning on the smaller opponent and trying to land a hook to Keisha's head with the local favorite punching Liz's stomach in response. It's a real struggle for superiority in this round and none of the girls are able to get it in the end. Fatigue starts to creep in and the clinching continues until the bell signals the end of this round. It's hardly anyone's to take and the contest is still wide open.

Round 5:
A patient approach from both women at the start of this round. Liz's eye is looking much better now as the cutmen have worked on it and Keisha was unable to tore it wide open in the previous two rounds. Finally Keisha comes forward and pummels the blonde's stomach but misses an half-uppercut combination and Liz responds with a straight jab in the face that creates a cut on Keisha's lip. The ref glances at it, but allows the fight to continue. Liz spots she's rattled the local favorite now and pushes her rival into a corner where she delivers several punches to her ribs, Buchanan's guard however stays in tact. Keisha is trying to clinch her way out of trouble, but Liz leans on her and tries to split her lip again. Twenty seconds from the bell, she succeeds and it's all about survival in this round for Keisha. Liz grits her teeth and ignores the fatigue as she lands more punches on her ailing rival. The bell sounds and it's not looking good for Lioness Club.

Round 6:
It's almost all or nothing for Keisha Buchanan now. Her lip has been worked on and she's ready to go after Liz in the final round. A quick combination starts the round well for her, but Liz ducks away and starts to dance around the visibly upset opponent. Keisha closes the distance and lands a couple of solid hooks on the blonde's head which meets with a very loud response from the crowd and triggers a wild flurry of punches from both sides. One by one, each women gets hit in the head and stomach, but despite both being soft on their knees, they are still standing. Finally with forty seconds remaining, one of McClarnon's hooks catches Keisha in the stomach and there's only a loud groan to respond as Buchanan lands on her knees. The crowd gets almost silenced and watches in despair as referee counts to eight before Keisha gets up on her feet. She looks clearly out of sorts, but referee allows her to continue. Liz is suggesting that the fight should have been stopped, but that's not happenning. Keisha is a wounded victim but Liz doesn't have anything left in her lungs as well. Both women stare at each other and wait for the bell after which Keisha slumps on her knees at the center of the ring, while Liz bends against the ropes and breaths heavily. Neither of them have any strenght left to celebrate their potential success and the crowd is willing on the judges to give this fight to Keisha Buchanan.

After six rounds of boxing we go to the scorecards:
Judge Steve Backley (England) scores the bout 59-56
Judge Andy Murray (Scotland) scores the bout 58-57
Judge James Hook (Wales) scores the bout 57-56

..all in favor of Merseyside's own LIZ McCLARNON who improves her record to 1-3.

The crowd is furious with the outcome, they all think that despite that knock-down in the sixth round, Keisha did enough to at least secure the draw. However as it turned out, that proved to be the nail in Buchanan's coffin of her chances to avoid a defeat. Keisha cannot believe she lost and has to be consoled off the ring while Liz McClarnon is smiling and waving her fists to a very negative crowd reactions and Kate Garraway is with her there:
- That was a tough one, Liz but not only you won, but also made the crowd upset. How do you feel now?
- It's a great feeling you know, Keisha had a strong start but she needs to learn more. I've learned my lessons when I lost three previous fights and trained really hard for this one, so it's a particulary good feeling to pound your rival like I did tonight. She called me a tramp, but now she's crying back in the locker room and I'm very happy. Once the crowd calms down they will realize that I was the better fighter on the night!

Final score: Liz McClarnon def. Keisha Buchanan UD6.

 

 

 

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