Originally posted by Simguy on 7/15/2002, 12:29 pm.

Before: Carpenter looking hippy and obviously slower at lightweight, but she’s one of the most experienced girls Jennifer’s fought and carries meat on her punches—it’s a good stay busy fight for the “woman who would be champion” as some scribe has labeled Garner. Jen in high ponytail, red and white horizontal striped top to a high neck, red high cut aerobics bottoms, white shoes—Carpenter in navy sports bra, pale blue bikini bottoms, white shoes.

During R1: Tactical first as Garner feels Carpenter out with the jab—Jen all angular, right at her cheek, leaning forward with her jab, rotating clockwise. Carpenter shuffling, looking to to counter, right hand at her chin, left across her bely—doing a good job of parrying Jen’s exploratory stick.

R2: Jen opening up a little, trying to stab the right hand in, but midway through, Carpenter with a little shoulder roll to slip Garner’s cross, dips to her right, comes back with a clouting right hand on the teeth and puts Garner wobbly butt! Carpenter knuckling up on the girl’s shoulders to get her baby-stepping backwards, then scores a juicy left hook to the belly/right hand to the face to drive Garner ropeside. Jen taking it well, shaken up, but still thinking—she feints, leads right and spins off the ropes to safety. Garner takes to her toes the rest of the way, forfeiting the round to get her legs back.

R3: Carpenter pressing the action, having good moments as she jabs to the chest, sweeps to the left side with a round right hand and comes out of the crouch witgh a popping hook. All Charisma most of the way, Jen sliding back, pivoting to either side in an effort to shake the blonde. Down the stretch, Garner shoots the jab over CC’s right shoulder, blocks the blonde’s cross, and jams up the middle with a tight right uppercut and CARPENTER IS DOWN! just like that, pinpoint compact shot on the tip of the chin drops a suddenly woozy Carpenter to one knee—CC soaking it up, takes a swaying 8 and doesn’t look at all like the blonde who started the round.

R4: Garner consolidating, she’s lost a fair number of minutes thus far, now she just boxes Charisma, breaking her down from the outside. CC turning, lumping up under Jen’s accurate, straight punching, Charisma bending side to side and moving her head, but Garner’s tracking her well, discouraging her with handspeed.

R5: All Jen Garner as she steps up the pace. Classic, orthodox boxing, Jen just stepping Charisma  down with the jab, timing Carpenter’s defensive party, then sliding in the right hand to the jaw over and over again. Carpenter wilting around the ring, unable to punch backing up and down the stretch, a sizzling right hand on the mouth unhinges Carpenter’s legs. Blonde boogalooing to the ropes, draping her right arm over the top strand for support as Garner steps up and LATHERS away unopposed. Ref lets it go the bell as Carpenter is heartlessly shredded—Garner stepping back with cold expression as CC reels, cut out on her feet, but defiant.

R6: Shutout Jen Garner. Carpenter shopworn, not seeing punches, reacting late—Garner’s just stepping around her potshotting that pretty face into prime rib.

R7: Carpenter getting a second win, suckering Jen with a “I’m So Hurt” look, then punching with the brunette to score some hard right hands to the midsection. Jen getting a little flat footed, trying to win the points back, and Carpenter starts timing the brunette toe to toe, landing sharp hooks, spanking rights to head and body to outslug Garner at the bell.

R8: Shutout Garner. Jen’s jab and legs winning this fight, right cross and capping hook just the icing in the cake. Left side of Carpenter’s face all punished and swollen—she’s sullen, taking a beating, shuffling forward but clearly having trouble keeping pace with the wiry brunette at this point.

R9: One of the ugliest rounds of the year as Jennifer Garner goes about taking Charisma Carpenter apart. Jen doubling up the jab, pounds home a whistling early right cross, puts the hook on top and sends Carpenter stammering into the ropes. Beating flows from there—a stupefied Charisma is staggering to her left, propped up by the strands as a relentless Jenny G steps with and keeps it on her. Down the stretch, Carpenter’s just getting ragdolled, cringing forward off the ropes from stern body shots, head jolting upwards as Jenny clips her face. Carpenter sprawls not once, but twice to the canvas, twitching and pathetic but somehow rising to finish the round. Ref asking Carpenter if she’d like to quit—no shame in it at this point—but CC wants to go the route.

R10: Jen hangs back—gave it everything she had last round and looking a little arm weary for the finale. Carpenter too banged up to press the issue, she creaks forward, turns sluggishly as the brunette circles, pecks way at bruised flesh up top with the jab to the bell. Come back UD10 by wide decision Jennifer Garner.

After: Garner battering Carpenter, Jen just too fast and hard at lightweight. Charisma sullen on her stool, dazed as trainer fixes her up, fans at ringside teary eyed—hard to watch an FCBA stalwart get her tail booted like this. Garner superior in every respect, maybe sacrificing a little on the power side to get accuracy hard to argue with the results—systematic slaughter on a fine veteran shows hoe focused Garner is in the ring.

Reposted by Archer 4/24/09.