Posted by Simguy on 10/12/02, 10:23 am.

Before: Shannon dumped by garner as Jennifer looks to fry bigger fish, Elizabeth looking to re-acuaint the lightweight division with her unorthodox brawling, takes on a promising newcomer in a welcome-to-the-FCBA bout. Scott a hot young WB prospect, with plenty of hype to live up to. “Anyone remember Nikki Cox?” quips one old scribe, “WB prospects always look good. They’ve got the best sparring, best facilities in the nation and these kids can all fight, but we don’t know what’s under the hood with someone like Ashley. Elizabeth always asks the hard questions—we’ll see what sort of answers Scott has for her.” Shannon in bra style bikini, red bottoms, white stars on navy background top—Ashley in navy, faux leopard print bandeau tankini top, pale blue bikini bottoms.

During R1: Scott loose, limber, blunting Elizabeth rushes with nifty little pivots, spinning off the brunette with left hand at her side. Shannon also with arelaxed stance, bouncing, trying to lick a big shot upside her girl’s head with little success. Not much contact until late: Scott touching Shannon with her jab, measuring her, suddenly bends into a tight right hand off the chin, bending in and down—Shannon’s right sails over the top as her legs give way. Elizabeth staggering hurt to the ropes at the bell—caught clean by an accurate Scott counter.

R2: Shannon slinging away early—Scott showing mature defensive skill as she rolls side to side, bending at the waist, using her legs to get to either side and circle away from trouble,. As Elizabeth grows frustrated, Scott takes over—that patient, long jab, insolent swatting hooks and sharp whistling right crosses. Once again, Shannon gets caught swinging late—right hand banks off her chin, legs give a little shimmy Ashley ducks low and escapes receipt. Smug smile from Ashley as she takes in the sight of a groggy Elizabeth staggering to her corner—Scott getting to Shannon with precision power through 2.

R3: Elizabeth never one to get discouraged—she keeps lashing away, wrapping around with punches, then flailing back with the opposite hand. Scott pivoting and rolling, but misjudging distance early: She bends away from a swinging Shannon right, but catches a looping left flush off the her face. Ashley clattering back upon impact—she’s woozy, but alert as she sets up at the ropes. Elizabeth strutting in to finish, nice slinging strokes left and right wash over the kid—Scott bending forward, making Shannon miss over the top, rolling with blows to absorb the impact. Good effort from Scott to minimize damage while she gets her faculties together—Elizabeth fuming with frustration despite posting a big shutout.

R4: Scott supple and rangy as she slips punches in the first minute, Elizabeth getting wider, throwing herself off balance as she juts can’t make contact. Midway through, Scott takes advantage, She’ll duck under the Elizabeth wide right, lick back hard with the hook to the body. Scott’ll rock back onto her right ffoot to let the hook whistle past, then she’ll lean on in with a straighter, clean right hand on the chops. Booming shots adding up on Elizabeth—form’s degrading, knees buckling, Midway through Shannon misses a series of swinging blows—Scott sexy as she turns her shoulders, bends at the waist then licks a walk-away hook across Shannon’s eyebrow. ELIZABETH HURT! Shannon stepping away with a forlorn look, hands at her stomach—Ashley cold as she comes in low, slices a long right hand across the mouth to turn Shannon’s head, then twists her body into a lashing hook and SHANNON GOES DOWN! Elizabeth bulldozed to her back—Ashley stepping over the broken woman with a grin, then hopping to a neutral corner Elizabeth counted out—KO4 Ashley Scott in spectacular fashion!

After: Scott living up to the hype, punching with Shannon fearlessly, but also incorporating supple, smart defense to disarm the feared slugger. Shannon woozy and in shock coming around—she got undressed tonight and knows it. “The name of the game is Jennifer Garner,” says a composed Scott in postfight, “I’ll keep beating fighters she ducks, keep embarrassing her on the front pages and she’ll come to me. Right now, there’s no reason to make that fight, but once I’ve cleaned up the division, it’ll come down to Garner and me eventually, They’ve got be worried: they had the competition scoped, everything all lined up and then BAM—someone like me shows up. Sorry Jenny.”

Reposted by Archer 9/1/09.