Before: There's no justice in showbiz. Nia is a better singer than Britney Spears. A better dancer. A better actress. And coming up, Peeps had the same snubby-nosed cutes as Britney, but the brunette is completely overshadowed in this promotion by the blazing glare of Spears' daunting celebrity. Boxing insiders know this is a dangerous fight for the young champion, but Nia doesn't even make the cover of the programme. Peeps with tremendous skills and tenacity, Spears with the younger legs and bigger one shot power - pundits like Britney early, Nia late. Peeples in sky blue cotton two piece with thin shoulder straps, top knot ponytail with pale blue scrunchy - Britney in pink leather tube top, pink bikini bottoms.

During R1: Tense first with both women creeping and slinking around one another, looking for bombs early. Spears with her hands low, Nia with her hands at her cheeks, chin tucked. Peeps patient, tapping Britney with the jab, feinting like she's coming in, then backing out to get Spears moving forward. Britney squeezing the odd lead right from her thigh in between Nia's mitts, then falling off to the side as the brunette pivots crisply to square up. Down the stretch, Peeps with some sharp tummy touches spanks out the points.

R2: Nia stepping up the pace, starts to punish Britney with the jab, doubling up and catching the blonde by surprise as Spears leans away with her hands down. Peeps moving to her left, sinks in a straight right hand to the gut, twists into a digging double hook behind the elbow and Britney stiffens up hurt. Peeps pressing in the final minute and it's a mistake, Britney able to walk the brunette onto those dangerous uppercuts from the knees, but it's Spears going back to her corner shopworn - she's letting Nia get to her body too often for her corner's liking.

R3: Britney loping outside, potshotting at Nia, then jumping away, but Peeples refuses to unravel. Nia stays behind that tight high guard, picks off most of Spears shots, continues to touch the blonde with a spiking jab, and by the midway point, Peeps can ram the body proper. Dipping side to side, ripping up into Britney's waist with compact blows, Nia has Britney cringing, sagging into the ropes. Good final minute of bossy shove and slug from Nia - she's just bullying the young champion at this point, sending her home confused and whipped after another bruising round.

R4: Britney answers the critics this round, toughening up after 3 heats of the Nia show. Spears with the bouncy, powerful legs, starts to hammer her way into Peeples, jumping in with lead rights, jumping to the right to clap the wide left home, bounding away as Peeples absorbs the shock. Peeps adjusting her guard, holding her right under her chin to protect against the uppercut - she's taking Britney's power, but she's not answering back - Spears hammers out her first points of the evening.

R5: Shrill sound of Britney's fans fills the arena as Spears takes over the bout. Nia crouching forward, still protecting herself, but the blonde wunderkind is finding her groove. Slashing in and out attacks - Spears able to launch herself with sudden force, driving her fists into Nia's body or between the brunette's gloves with single shot haymakers, Peeples unable to get off. Midway through, Britney swatting with a wide left to the ear, stuns Nia with a jolting short right from the hip, drilling the punch onto Peeple's mouth and sending her stumbling back into the ropes. Britney advancing her hands held high in triumph, then settles down to put a shoeshining flurry onto her stupified foe. This stuff's all window dressing - Peeples bobs her way out of danger, but she's hurt this round and Britney tells her HOW hurt after the bell.

R6: Nia out harsh-eyed, hunting Britney down and going right after the blonde's nubile waist with ferocious slugging. Spears battered up against the ropes, goes from mild concern to panic as Nia kicks it into overdrive. Startling moment as it dawns on one woman that the other woman is going for it, right then and there - Peeples pulling out all the stops in a wild bid to win it. Spears with fear in her eyes, desperately bending up and down at the waist, trying to roll with punches, but Peeples keeps pouring it on! Suddenly, a hook flashes out of nowhere to skid across Britney's jaw, dimming the lights - Spears goes defenceless and Nia puts a right hand, left hook on the swelling face as Britney starts to topple. Nia propping Britney back for a seat on the ropes, then letting her hands go - digging into the golden brown goodness of Britney's belly, clouting that too-cute face side to side - it is a horrible, horrible beat down and THE REF STEPS IN! Referee calls a halt to the slaughter and a delirious Nia Peeples leaps for joy! TKO6 Nia Peeples.

After: Shock as the largely boxing-ignorant audience struggles to comprehend what for them seems to be a massive upset. Spears beaten beyond recognition is helped from the ring as Nia rides the shoulders of her cornermen to celebrate a successful, and audacious title bid. Risk paid off - abandoning the fly titles to challenge a dangerous, but very young bantam champion - Nia Peeples is on top of the world with this win.