Posted by Simguy on 8/16/2002, 6:12 am

Before: Knowles looking to crack the Top 10, very confident against sturdy gatekeeper Krakowski. Jane a master at taking what she’s given—she’ll give up strength below the waist, but she’s forgotten more about fighting on the inside than Beyonce’s had time to learn. Knowles in green retro bikini top, gold loop between the breasts, yellow bikini bottoms, low ponytail, Krakowski in orange sports bra red bikini bottoms.

During R1: Krakowski backing off immediately to set up at the ropes. Cute angles, lots of shoulder, Jane rubbing up in Beyonce, leaning into the strands, right hand at her chin, left across her bod, Knowles planting and slugging, but it’s very predictable—Krakowski’s relaxed, composed defense blunts and slips most of the contact—meanwhile sharp, chopping  blonde strokes are finding caramel belly, breasts and jaw. Tic tac toe counterpunching from Krakowski—she gets all the clean touches—Knowles expending a lot of energy being an ineffective aggressor.

R2: Krakowski to the ropes—Beyonce plowing right back in, wants to see if Jane can do it bell to bell again. Knowles rougher, more pushing, pulling and palming of Jane to keep her off balance, punches in the hips and waist just patiently wearing away at the blonde’s torso. Krakowski still playing rope a dope, rolling with punches, fitting her counters in nsweet—but she’s too selective, spends too much time on the defensive this round. Knowles sweaty, grinning as she outworks the veteran.

R3: Brilliant counter punching clinic by Jane—she’s dug in at the ropes, pushing Beyonce off with the left shoulder, picking her up with sneaky little right uppercuts, swatting lithe hooks inside Knowles’ beefier swings. Midway through—Jane PLACES a nice left hook in behind the elbow of Beyonce—Knowles shook up, whiffs her own punch as Jane gets a withering touch. Beyonce winded the rest of the round—Jane lays on the ropes, pulls her girls in tight and goes to work out of the wrap. Nice holding, hitting and mauling from Krakowski as Beyonce is beaten wobbly butt at the bel1.

R4: Knowles just stopping in, setting up and trying to beat Jane down with sheer

pressure. Krakowski with that relaxed little body lean, supple rolling inside, manages to smuggle home that digging little shiv hook behind the arm, but Knowles shakes it off.; Savage beating being dished out after the first minute—Beyonce just bobbing up and down, crossing her arms to press up on Jane, then slathering in with clouting lefts and rights, Krakowski shutting down late, purely defensive—youngster’s constant attack starting to show results.

R5: Jane goes on the offensive—desperate bid to retake the initiative. Krakowski chopping and hacking with tight lefts and rights, just turning her torso side to side to lever in short shots—Knowles backs up under fire. Jane steps it up midring, continually fitting that hook in on Beyonce’s floating right, chopping the right hand to the cheek, finishing up with the hook on the jaw. Jane rock-stepping out to make Beyonce miss, then leaning back in to connect with something tight—Knowles covering up, standing straight, bewildered, but gathering herself to land hellish leather to Krakowski’s breadbasket in return. Krakowski takes the round—and the lead—into the second half—but Knowles is hollering taunts, showing no signs of submission at the bell.

R6: Girls taking turns trying to stack each other up with shoulder, step in and hook—butting, ramming exchanges bang back and forth and KRAKOWSKI GOES DOWN! Hook on the chops drops her to her butt—Jane wide-eyed in shock as Knowles struts up. Krakowski takes 8, sags against the ropes to counter, but Beyonce’s not having it. Beyonce BASHING away—rights and lefts, crossing her arms to butt-up, pulling Jane’s hands down, plugging her stomach, jamming her jaw, connecting with forearms. Krakowski wilting, still covering and moving her head, but she’s taking solid, constant  punishment this round.

R7: Krakowski seated on the ropes, now being handily outfought. Beyonce leaning her body on, smiling, pushing off and clubbing away, then bodying up to smother the receipts. Jane sleepy, sluggish—still countering in spots, stinging Beyonce in the face and body, but not wanting to risk the kind of offense it would take to back the singer up. Knowles stands right in Jane’s kitchen, hammers out another round at the ropes.

R8: Krakowski fights her way off the ropes with a sudden burst—right uppercuts, sharp left hooks backing Beyonce to mid ring. Knowles on her heels a very limited fighter—right hand up at her left temple, left across her body, just waiting for her turn. Krakowski moving her hands, batting Beyonce with combinations, then stepping to the side—it’s the right recipe. Knowles unhurt, but largely ineffective this round as she turns and blocks.

R9: Knowles crosses her arms, bends at the waist as Jane bangs away with a pretty burst of short punches, helping herself at the end to Beyonce’s waist when Knowles explodes out of her crouch with a shattering hook—smashing Jane’s head aside and dropping Krakowski to her back! SHATTERING knockdown—Krakowski all stiff and shaky as she rolls to her hip to get up. Sleepy 8, Jane—then all Beyonce. Knowles DRIVING her girl to the ropes, palming a shoulder with one hand, viciously beating in the free fist to the bodkin, alternating, then propping her girl up—it’s carnage! Krakowski defenceless, hurt, not reacting and the beating goes on and on and on. Jane finally to all fours, mouth open in stupid hurt—ref bodies Beyonce back and the veteran’s had enough. Jane gives it up on her haunches, hugging herself in pain and disappointment, KO9 Beyonce Knowles.

After: Jane gets a lot done against Knowles, but he kid’s too strong, too furious to be turned away. Knowles butter churning, singing “I want my baby’s blonde, baby’s blonde RIBS” so on and so forth—Krakowski digging the celebration. “My body WAY too bootylicious for that skank!” Coos Beyonce charitably in post fight, “I beat her like I was her momma, then heaped on like I was her big sis and she just stole something from me. That’s how I do girls in this division. One by one, baby, they ALL goin’ down!”

Reposted by Archer 10/2/09.