BOXING AFTER DARK (MAIN EVENT)

REEBOK BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE

Originally posted by Simguy on 1/24/2002, 6:59 am.

Before: Notorious blonde assassin Kelly Hu back in the dance, and not wearing the challenger’s mantle gracefully: “Daniel’s the champion—Kelly Hu’s the challenger?” Kelly ponders in prefight. “That’s not right. Things are broken and I’m here to fix them. I’m a blonde’s worst nightmare and I doubt Brittany’s been getting much sleep lately.”

Daniel looking at Hu as a necessary evil: “Look, in this division, you duck Dani Fishel and people question your heart. You duck Kelly Hu and people question your skills. When history looks back and sees that I spanked both of them in their primes, Brittany Daniel’s going to be remembered as a dominant bantam champ, pure and simple, The thing is,” grins Brittany, “I punch really, really hard. Kelly? Not so much.”

Hu in red bra style bikini, slick ponytail, Daniel in black bra style bikini.

During R1: Kelly goes with her closed up stance. Left hand low, left shoulder pointed at Brit, right hand palm out around the mouth, but Daniel’s been watching tape and goes right to work. BD jabbing to get Kelly exposed that left side, then spanking the right hand hard off the vulnerable kidney—Hu giving ground with a grimace winds up on the ropes at the end of the first minute. Savage beat down follows—Daniel squaring up and going at Kelly Hu with murderous intentions. Oh, the jug mugging as Daniel goes to Kelly’s tits with pancaking fury, stunning the challenger and leaving her destitute. Shattering combinations splatter against Kelly’s skull, devastating body-shot right hands bounce against Hu’s taut ab wall—Kelly rolling and covering up on instinct, takes perhaps the worst beating of her career in these moments. In the final moments, a badly battered Kelly Hu spills to all fours sobbing in disbelief—Daniel struts away with a meanspirited smirk with gloves SMOKING from impact. Big 10-8 Brittany D.

R2: Kelly busted up facially, hurting inside—she takes to her bicycle and gives away the round as Daniel walks her down with mixed results. Takes two to tango—Brittany can’t do any more damage as Hu roams wide, rallies herself this round.

R3: Shutout Kelly Hu. Brittany a little brazen, walking in, forgetting to jab or feint her way forward—Hu able to slide back, pick the blonde up, turn her with cute sidesteps to stay off the ropes. Kelly sharpshooting to the blonde’s breasts on occasion, jumping in a sneaky lead right hand, then pivoting to the side—Daniel can’t match handspeed when it comes to this sort of thing.

R4,5: Rip-roaring two way action—crowd loving the classy give and take as the girls take turns glossing each other up with bursting combinations. Daniel doing well when she can start in Kelly’s body, bashing away to the rib cage and finishing up on the chin. Hu doing well when she can get Brittany reaching or leaning in, countering with cuffing hooks off the hip, or leading with the sudden, jumping right from the shoulder. Brittany takes the 4^th, Kelly takes the 5^th, both by razor thin margins.

R6: Kelly’s got Brittany busting up a little bit, has the blonde flinching and covering just a bit more—it’s enough to allow the Asian space for an extra punch, an easy escape to either side—champ giving away the initiative this round. Kelly lashing with her low left hand, clapping ear on Brittany with the hook or flicking at the blonde’s eyes with the backhand jab. Lead right hands, continue to startle blonde breasts or bash blonde mouth—Daniel reacting late—still having trouble with the Asian’s blinding handspeed. Hu’s accurate punching forcing Brittany into retreat this round and in the final minute, a pounding lead right up the middle snaps back Brittany’s head and has her lolling forward just a little bit at the bell.

R7: Kelly patiently breaking her girl down—Brittany working in spots, but now unable to come off the body rapidly enough to catch Kelly’s chin—Hu’s shoulder rolls, snaky upperbody movement and slidestepping feet enough to minimize the blonde’s offense. Kelly cute with her hands, catching Brittany’s jab in her right palm, immediately cuffing Daniel on the ear with the whippy hook until the blonde stops throwing the rangefinder. Final moments, Kelly unleashes hell: a flurry to the groin, roaming up into the breadbasket, slashing across the breasts and cashing in on the teeth drapes a devastated Brittany Daniel wide eyed against the ropes at the bell. Daniel just staring in awe as Hu stalks away—blonde just torn up by the feverish blast at the end.

R8: Kelly on with a series of potshotting lead right hands—closed stance screens the blows—Daniel’s not picking up the shots and Kelly’s stamping her fist in Brittany’s pretty face, pivoting sharply left as she steers Brittany with a guiding hook to step up the next right hand. Daniel wobbly butt at the end of the first minute, head rocking back dangerously from punches now, but legs heroically refusing to give. Hu settles into a more safety-first mode after the torrid opening, lifting the jab off her hip, sliding away, walking around the blonde. Brittany able to come forward, finishes the round the aggressor as she walks Hu down and forces the fight at the bell.

R9: Hammer and tongs back and forth trade—Hu standing her ground to see what Brittany has left, blonde taking advantage to land lustily to the Asian’s dusky midriff and aching breasts. Daniel with her gloves up, dipping her shoulders to rip up into Kelly’s body, bending side to side for maximum leverage—Kelly leaning away, trying to walk Brittany into punishment as both girls later away very effectively this round. Round to Kelly by a hair’s breadth.

R10: All Brittany Daniel—champ gets a late second wind, catches Hu in her corner and dishes out a methodical bell to bell beating this round, Kelly with her right hand at her left cheek, left hand across her body, leans into the ropes, gets low to the shoulder butt Brittany’s belly—pure defensive wizardry from Hu as she looks to take the edge off. Daniel still punching after the bell—desperate to finish strong in a very close fight. Comes back a narrow UD10 for the winner and NEW bantam champ—Kelly Hu!

After: A puffy, ashen faced Brittany Daniel stands in shock as Hu cops the title—slightly hobbled Kelly lifts the belt, winches as she smiles, and prances gingerly around the ring in celebration. Hard, hard title bout really shatters Daniel’s self image—she visualized Hu melting under bombardment, giving it up in the later rounds and it just didn’t happen. Kelly regains the belt and remains a stubborn force in the division.