Before: Connelly coming off a rollercoaster life and death struggle with sleek Bridgette Wilson, gets back in with the similarly configured Bridget Fonda - team Fonda retaining Wilson's sparring services to take full advantage of the opportunity. "I've never prepared so hard for a fight in my life," says Fonda, "I feel like I know Jenny better than she knows herself and I'm definitely upset minded." Connelly the much better known commodity - Fonda with a good blood line but little else to recommend her, enters the deep discount underdog. Jen in pink bra and panties, bouncy ponytail, Bridget in plain blue bra and panties.

During R1: Connelly dominant. Counter right hand over a lazy Fonda jab has the blonde stepping funky early - brunette workmanlike as she bangs the ribcage and hammers her girl to ropes. One sided pummelling - JC keeping close, compact, snatching at Fonda's ribs with either mitt, occasionally curling in a tight right uppercut to work that brittle face. Shutout Jen.

R2: Virtually identical action. Fonda looking to establish the jab - Connelly knows it's coming, snaps the quick right hand over top, shocks the chin and blonde comes undone at the knees. Spanking blows to shoulders and ribs beat Fonda ropeside - Connelly setting up brawny, pressing in with her head and guard, pushing up and getting off with steady, abrupt rhythm. Another bruising hamhanded beat down professionally administered - Connelly fresh and businesslike en route to her corner, nodding as her trainer speaks, eyes attentive.

R3: Fonda in retreat, but steadying - Connelly staying composed, just looking to get work done. Bridget keeps her back off the ropes, still trying to prime the jab, keeping her hands up better, giving Jenny a little lateral movement. Connelly still in charge, stabbing her own stick to the chest, swinging right to the body, hook to the chops in spots, but not sustained action.

R4: Jenny trying to work in off her jab, but Fonda doing an eerie Wilson impersonation takes a little fade step back, rocks in with a pulverizing counter right hand to beat Jenny's to the mark and CONNELLY GOES DOWN! Jen staggered to her hands and knees in total shock - timing and placement doing the trick. Connelly up at 8, but windblown and Fonda gets on her. Bridget spearing the jab now, totally committed to the punch, putting a sharp right hand between Jen's eyes and mopping up with a scuffing hook on the temple. Fonda careful to extend on punches, bouncing them off Jen's forehead and face, stepping back whenever Connelly looks to crouch forward. Final moments blistering action as toned, tight limbed girls trade whacking blows across pink ribcages and sturdy chins. Fonda on the board, showing heart after a strong Connelly start.

R5: Bridget's got more. Very confident now, she's getting out with the stick, keeping Connelly at the end of her punches, dropping in the right hand, slapping the hook as Jenny backs up. Midway through more dicey moments for Connelly as Fonda steps back in good order, cocks and times that hesitation right, putting Connelly wobbly butt as the brunette covers up. Vicious lathering hooks across brunette breadbasket - Connelly groaning forward - Fonda baring teeth with exertion. Jenny avoids the shutout with sheer guts, finally closing, banging away to body with sharp, crisp combinations - Fonda forced to clinch at the bell.

R6: Back and forth, both girls doing good work, but distance seems to be exactly right for Fonda. Bridget getting off first, touching Jen the jab and reaming her the right hand - Fonda really bouncing her fists off Jenny's skull, making Connelly pay for real estate. Jenny's got her own jab pumping, shattering it to breastplate and face, chopping in a nice right hand, but having trouble finishing up the hook. Wilson shouting for clockwise movement from Fonda to get away from Connelly's left.

R7: Crackling exchanges, center of the ring - Fonda moving to her left, straight right hands and raking, wiry hooks. Jenny with gloves at her cheeks, showing better head movement, bobbing and weaving as she cuts down the ring - both girls having shattering moments at the other's expense. Fonda separates late as she drops the right foot back off the jab, picks Connelly up with the right uppercut as Jen moves in and clinches her tight for a break. Jen busting up, hurt - she stumbles back under a volley of spitting jabs and Fonda finishes up with a slashing flurry at the bell.

R8: Jenny's face lumping up badly, but she's hardening up - time for payback. Doubling up the jab, Jenny able to close without taking, pounding the right hand hard between Fonda's breasts and nailing her on the backpedal with the hook. Fonda's back against the ropes for the first time since the early going - this is where Connelly's most effective. Bludgeoning, systematic punishment - Connelly keeping her head on Fonda's chest, working her taut midriff, shoving her back and testing the chin with lathering hooks. Fonda glassy eyed after a bruising shutout, but she's showing no signs of punk - just going 8 seems to be lifting her up.

R9: Connelly using her feet, fades Fonda's advance and walks the blonde into her own medicine - razor right hand counter flush on the jaw over top blonde stick and BRIDGET GOES DOWN! Fonda on all fours, shaky limbed - she barely beats the count as Connelly marches in. Crowd moaning as Connelly cracks a right hand loud to the ribcage, sets her hips and cranks hook to the other side - Fonda shouting in pain, reaching for Connelly's neck and pulling her in for a break. Bridgy desperately hurt - just clinching and holding - Connelly being pushed back by the ref, but she hungrilly climbs back in over a series of demoralizing assaults. Blonde finishing up shabby, mouth open, eyes distant - Connelly pumped!

R10: JEN WITH A MONSTER RIGHT HAND! Fonda posing for the shot, too hurt to get out of the way - she's jerked a quarter turn right and stumbles sideways to the ropes. Connelly surging forward, getting back on that body with hellacious strokes as Bridget covers up high and starts to cramp up. Furious beating unleashed then FONDA LANDS THE RIGHT! Chopping shot out of the high guard fits perfectly between Connelly's wide hammerblows and JEN TAKES A KNEE! Connelly faltering forward to the ropes - Fonda staggering away, mouthbreathing - both girls ragged as Jen takes 8. HAMMER AND TONGS DOWN THE STRETCH! Fonda tearing into Connelly with lashing, long limbed abandon, hooks and right hands, hooks and right hands - Connelly tilting back into the ropes and standing shabby against the storm. Bell sounds, Fonda's still pounding, ref getting involved - what a finish! Comes back narrowest of one point dukes: BRIDGET FONDA!

After: Wilson gets sweet revenge, hugging Fonda up into the air and celebrating a long cool blonde triumph. Jenny badly battered, hands on hips, shaking her head - probably the biggest upset of her career and an early upset entrant for 2003. Wilson getting a lot of credit for engineering this seismic event, but Fonda shocking all boxing with her unexpected durability, bean pole leverage and will to win.