Before: "Taylor's no joke," admits Jen in prefight. "Not after what she did to Cat - that performance really made a lot of us stand up and take notice. She's strong, she's athletic, she hits hard - there's no cheap way of handling this girl from what I can see. I'm going to go at her one round at a time, try to take more out of her than she does out of me, and we'll see what happens." Cole champing at the bit - going from one hall of famer to another in this fight. "Jennifer's the best of the old guard," Taylor says, returning the pleasantries. "She's still got plenty of ability, and we're very similar fighters, so her idea that we'll be banging away all night is probably right. I'm bursting with confidence right now and there's no other fighter I'd rather face - I can't wait to get it on!" Taylor in tan western style bikini; long braided pigtails; black gloves. Jen in graceful black bikini; slick ponytail; black gloves.

During R1: Thoughtful expressions, springy footwork early as girls take a look see. Jab from Cole; she steps right, dukes at temples. Jen steps left, jabs to body, slides back out of range, dukes at temples. They walk around scowling, feinting in at each other. They double up jabs, spooking the opponent back. Both keep the right hand nice and high while jabbing - very stiff, professional poke here. Jen just smarter about it - moving the jab up and down, stepping around it smoothly, parrying most of Cole's lefts. Tactical pace and style to Garner's liking - she manages Cole for first-round points.

R2: Cole coming in off the jab to bang Jennifer's body: right/left taking Garner in her ribs. Jenny stepping back, spitting defensive jabs, negotiating Taylor's pressure. Cole continuing to press - she eats a hard counter-right as Garner leans in, beats Taylor to the punch. JG left uppercut digs firm to Cole's sternum: Garner slide-pivoting to her right as Taylor's cramping, chopping another right in behind Cole's ear. Taylor's buzzed, but keeping it together, dukes up, turning to stay square, baring her teeth. Garner jabbing, stepping right, then pounding the body: older woman looking to wick a little vigour from her younger opponent's legs.

R3: HARD right hand drives Garner to ropes: Jen's concerned, dukes up high. Cole snarling - pigtails dancing as she leans in close, HAMMERING that hall of fame ribcage rights and lefts. Jennifer punched into ropes, but keeping her guard together: she digs back at Taylor a jagged left uppercut to body. Right/left back from Cole, shaking the Garner torso with bookend impacts to either flank; Garner with the nippy left uppercut scrapes Taylor's face. Taylor clubs a right up top; hooks Jennifer's stomach; pushes Jennifer into ropes to reset. Garner hurt, dukes at temples, crouching low as Taylor releases. That's the way of it - Cole slamming away brawny, bashing and clubbing at Jennifer's waist, ribs, head and shoulders: Garner rolling it well, clipping back left hooks and uppercuts, bringing her mitts back quick. Bruising shoulder to shoulder fare favours the kid.

R4: Another good first minute, Taylor Cole: she's got Jen covered up, butt in ropes, getting shelled. Taylor SLAMMING punches to Garner's ribs - great shellacking blasts shaking the torso: Garner's face pinched in pain as she sops 'em up. Second minute - Taylor chopping that hateful short right in over Garner's left hip: Jen suddenly drops a short right counter to chin - BUCKLING TAYLOR'S KNEES! Garner with another short, chopping right to Taylor's left ear - another hacking blow: Taylor slugged into the ropes as Garner reverses field. Jen pivoting to her right, hooking Taylor's body; bludgeoning down a right the back of Taylor's head as Cole's stooping forward and TAYLOR GOES DOWN! Cole stunned, on all fours - Ultimate corner screaming at ref to DQ Jen for the unintentional rabbit punch. TC rocked, takes her 8: Garner grimly in with the stiff jab and short, cudgelling body blasts - rights and lefts to Taylor's lungs as Cole slouches into ropes, dukes at temples. Bell: Garner really smoking, giving Taylor something to remember in the fourth.

R5: Cole shakes off the knockdown, backs Jen up with that vicious, stiff straight jab: Taylor's got Jen ropebound again. Cole a thing of vicious beauty working a girl on the ropes: muscular pushes to keep Garner pinned down; gorgeous, strapping hooks off the front (left) foot, taking Jen in her waist or fitting in thick behind the elbow. Cruelest punch in Cole's arsenal is that chopping hatchet-like right hacked in above Jen's left hip as Garner's stooping forward behind her mitts: thump of it carrying well out into the roaring audience. Garner being banged and bullied, not used to being pushed and worked over at the ropes, but she's slugging back hot in spots. Both women catching the other with walloping hooks to the body, bumping shoulders and rubbing noggins during the brief respites.

R6: Garner stepping in HER jab, spanking back Cole's face. Garner pivoting left, dragging the front (left) foot in a bucket - showing a little Claire Danes smooth balance as she punishes Taylor poke. Girls trade short, lusty right hands: Jen gets the better of it, clouting Taylor's face flush. Girls trade hooks shoulder to shoulder: Jen gets the better of it, beating Taylor's breasts and chin with thick-thumping leather. Cole backing up, getting turned midring and outpunched: Garner re-establishing her Alpha status through 6.

R7: Brutal, slam-banging toe-to-toe. Both girls easing counterclockwise, but staying in touch via the jab, then leaning in close to hammer away power shots. Thick, bashing lefts and rights beat at opposing biceps, chests, ribs. Both girls able to land short right crosses in close. Taylor gets her hacking right in above Jen's hip; Jen gets left uppercuts to Taylor's solar plexus, just shoving 'em in tight. Savage give and take and late the round, Taylor's legs give way: she falls in to clinch, frowning in shock, tieing Jen up to the bell.

R8: Taylor shakes off the hurt - Garner startled to see Cole surge forward on fresh legs. Ropes: Jennifer earmuffed up, lips parted as she tilts forward: Cole's drumming Garner's ribcage, biceps, temples. Savage hitting from Taylor - her teeth bared, she's just slamming the leather to Jen. Garner tilting forward, not punching back: Taylor slams another of those merciless hatchet-right hands in above the left hip, buckling Jen's knees. Taylor pushing Jen upright, muscling her, then pasting her: Garner's defences loosening at last - she's eating right hands. Jen stunned, slides to her right blinking, hits the foxfire turnbuckle as Cole steps-with. Tart jab bounces off Jen's eye; shattering right hand swivels her head - Garner's body wilts, hands up but weak. COLE POURS IN! Taylor unleashing - eyes feral, teeth bared: wide swat-hook/jarring right cross/muscular left uppercut. Jennifer falling apart, drooping, wilting, eyes glazing over. Right hand shocks Jen to chin - Taylor pushing Jenny to reset her, then hooking her tummy, chopping her another right behind the ear and JENNIFER GOES DOWN! Garner sprawling on her face, badly, badly battered - KO 8 Taylor Cole!

After: Cole jogging to her corner, leaping into her trainer's arms and blubbering happily: youngster's just beaten Cat Bell and Jennifer Garner back to back. "I'm on top of the world right now," Taylor blurts, wiping tears of joy off her eyelashes. "To beat Jennifer - to STOP her - it's crazy. Everything I've always dreamed of is coming true: I've hounded Jenny O'Dell back to the beach; I've battered Catherine Bell and Jennifer Garner. I think I'm ready to pick up where Jessica Biel left off and take this sport to the next level!"