BEFORE: "She's like a boy," Cindy jokes in prefight. "Have you seen her walk? Maybe we should have her tested, I mean: I'll fight any woman on earth, but even I've got my limits! So obviously, I've scored the KO over Amanda in the looks department: now I've just got to underscore that with a total undressing in the ring. The kid's got promise, but I still believe that I'm the very best fighter in the division, and Amanda's going to taste a level of quality she's never imagined before."

Righetti composed at the podium, refusing to be baited. "Cindy's a legend, and until I've beaten her, I'm not going to bad mouth her," Amanda says. "I'm disappointed that she's trying to psyche me, because it's trampy and cheap, and I'd always sort of thought she was too classy for that. Just goes to show you can't judge a book by it's cover."

Cindy in black bikini; black gloves. Amanda in leopard print bikini; black gloves; hair in long red battle braid down her back.

During R1: Cindy repulses Amanda's opening push: stiff jab in the body, followed by straight-arm left up top - Cindy rigid on delivery, not bringing the hand back between pokes. Right hand Cindy shaves chin; left hook thick to gut: Amanda covers up; Cindy clinches for break. Crawford operating behind the jab, stepping around in flat-footed stance: she's picking spots to dive in righty, clinching thereafter. Stop and go fighting: Amanda a little outfoxed, contained and controlled midring.

R2: Righetti getting her jab into the mix - punching Cindy's breasts, working the pecs. Righetti loping back in her stance, creating space on Crawford: Cindy unable to clinch at will. Rangy boxing prevails: women working from defensively sound, dukes-up stances - right hands at cheeks as left hands pump poke. Amanda a little busier, working upstairs and down on Cindy. Crawford counter-punch minded, look to bait a bit more, trying to catch Amanda big. Doesn't work: round to Righetti.

R3: Cindy ups tempo - stiff jabbing Amanda body/head, then kissing her righty: Righetti forced back in early action. Middle minute, Cindy's pressure brings out the slugger in Amanda - crowd roaring as sturdy women stand-and-deliver. Both fighters dipping and twisting side to side, hauling home robust, roundhouse rights and lefts: Crawford catches a heavy right upside her head, followed by a swinging left wide to chin and CINDY'S DOWN! Crawford punched to her buns: Amanda eyes-bright, batting her mitts on the strut past. Final minute: Cindy blinking, thighs a little shaky: she sets up at apron, looking to rope-a-dope as Righetti storms forward. Amanda smart - ignoring Crawford's elusive head - focusing instead on that luscious 40 something body: bouncing leather off beef to bell.

R4: Cindy staying in her own corner, being cute: she's bouncing between adjacent sets of ropes; dippin' and duckin', rollin' and slippin'. Cindy keeping hands up - bouncing gently off ropes, trying to poke Amanda sneaky, then cover-up-and-roll. Righetti cautious, but aggressive: hands at her chin, elbows in, she's pounding at Crawford's ribs, bouncing short, brutal licks off either flank. Righetti into Cindy's rack a bit: tightly-turned hooks humbling Crawford's jugs. Not much back from Cindy: cutey-pie counters aren't getting past Righetti's guard and good bobbing head movement.

R5: Cindy more aggressive - taking midring, jabbing Amanda stiff. Minute mark: Crawford with a short lead right/tidy left hook catches Amanda clean to chin...follow up swinging hook as Cindy steps in punches Righetti to her buns! Amanda up quickly, taking a clear-eyed 8: Cindy pouncing with a hard overhand right straight down into Righetti's midsection. Hook to gut sits Amanda in ropes; thudding right in above her left hip has her grimacing; left uppercut in the tits, doubled to her liver puts her right knee on canvas as Cindy steps back smouldering. Amanda mouthbreathing, stricken: Crawford proving heavy handed to the body. Rest of the way all brawny clean up for Crawford: she's knuckling Amanda upright against ropes, whack-batting her flanks and ribs robusto, then working in tight, short-arm lefts and rights to scrub jug and face. Bell: Cindy forcing hard eye contact, searching for quit.

R6,7: Amanda shows savvy: boxing smart, using her legs, controlling the puppet-mistress herself with surprising ring generalship. Rangy exchanges - women fencing jabs, keeping right hands high: when they edge in shoulder to shoulder, both thump it up downstairs. Righetti getting the better of close, competitive minutes: she's a little busier, a little more willing to stand in and get the extra body shot. Cindy forced out of her positions grudgingly: she's the one giving ground, getting walked down as Amanda stabilizes well after a bad fifth round.

R8: Cindy showcases that world-class jab, bloodying Amanda's nose, punishing her eyes this round. Righetti poked and steered around early: down the stretch, Crawford's leaning in, locating chin via booming right hands. Righetti's knees buckle late as Cindy dials in, drives Amanda to ropes. Cold-blooded pursuit - Cindy aggressively at her girl with whistling right crosses: Amanda desperately bobbing at the waist, trying to take the edge off Cindy's power at the bell.

R9: Cindy's right (back) heel up off canvas...she's steppin' left around her jab, lumping Righetti up. Choosy right hands for Cindy - fitting 'em straight to chin: any contact at all, Crawford's following up with the thick hook to Amanda's firm breadbasket. Righetti soundly outboxed, cut inside her lower lip: youngster busting up, but proving durable as Cindy dictates through 9.

R10: Amanda turns the tables: young legs finally asserting themselves as Crawford's exhausted. Cindy conserving energy - going to ropes, looking to walk Amanda in, tie her up. Ref's breaks separate girls - Amanda quickly back on top, pounding at Crawford's strong biceps, regal flanks. Cindy stooping forward behind her mitts, leaning back, reaching to clinch: she's mouthbreathing, grimacing from Amanda's thudding rib-work. Righetti stays atop her brunette, working hard before she's tied up: Amanda bangs out the tenth as beautiful Cindy's gassed. Comes back 1 point duke...Amanda Righetti!

AFTER: Cindy looking slapped, stunned as Amanda's hand is raised: all Crawford remembers is dropping the kid twice in the 5th. Righetti grinning, getting hugged and congratulated in her corner: real coming-of-age fight sees Amanda fight Cindy on Crawford's own terms and get the legendary brunette beat. "It's huge for me," Amanda admits in postfight. "Cindy's still so good, so strong - it's a real thrill to defeat her. I'm more than just a strong young girl looking to scrap: tonight I proved I'm a professional prize-fighter who can compete with any celebrity in the game - including a certain little Oscar winning blonde."