MAXIM LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE

Originally posted by Simguy on Saturday, 03-June-2000 09:23:40

Before: match up between two hard hitters—Landry with the more distinguished amateur career, but Swan utterly unimpressed with the bug brunette’s rep. Swanson very cocky during the stare down, smiling and maintaining eye contact—Kristy in light blue thin strap sports bra, blue boy cut stretch shorts; Ali in black push up, gold bikini bottoms, brown curly hair loose.

R1: Girls meet at center ring. LEAN into big right hands, and Swanson gets the early angle, kissing her fist off Ali’s chin to just beat the brunette to the early punches. Suddenly Landry reels back, stunned by the succession of hard right hand on her mouth, and Swanson steps with her. Kristy tackling Landry to the ropes sets up to bet her girl down, digging in behind the brunette’s elbows with two fisted body shots, then shouldering a limp Ali back to set up snapping hooks across the teeth. Landry just getting shelled, curvy legs propping her up against the ropes, hands low as she sags forward and back, taking punches, Swanson nails Landry a beautiful left hook at the bell that snaps the brunette’s head around and leaves her helpless—Landry requiring assistance to return to her corner as unscathed Swanson preens.

R2: Landry comes staggering out, clearly still unfocused, and Kristy opens the second by beating the brunette to the right hand again, reach in with the left to palm Ali’s shoulder then driving the right into the brunette’s teeth to pound her back to the ropes. Landry helpless against the blonde early, soaks it up,. taking hard lefts and rights to the gut and face as Swanson begins to let her hands go. Some cagey clinches from Landry bog Kristy down late, and the brunette is able to land some scrapping uppercuits inside to avoid the shutout.

R3; Ali with her head together uses a fade to draw Kristy’s big right hand, stepping back to make the blonde miss, then leaning in to catch Kristy out over her legs with sweet right hand counters. Swanson still intent on destruction walks into the traps as Landry gets her legs going, moving in and out on the blonde, pre-empting Kristy with the telephone pole jab on the lips. After a clean round of potshotting, Ali finishes with a flurry to Kristy’s jugs banging those babies with hard lefts and rights as the blonde sits outraged on the ropes. Slugging continues after the round as Landry is pulled off by the ref.

R4: Two way action round, with Swanson swarming Ali, forcing the big girl into retreat and getting the better of the brunette when Landry retreats. When Ali is able to come forward, or get her jab off first, Swanson is easy to hit, waiting her turn, Swanson finishing with a payback flurry to Ali’s chest, works her way to a late left hook on the chi after the bell, momentarily buckling Ali’s legs as the ref jumps in.

R5: Landry now getting upper hand, still pounding the jab up the middle and working everything off it. She hammers the cockiness off Swanson this round, leaning into jarring one-two that leaves Kristy wobbly butt, stumbling around the ring with hands at chest level. Landry has that stalker’s rhythm,. Walking Kristy down, plying her with the jab, then landing payoff crosses hard bon the face, Swanson looking a little vacant at the bell as Landry is shaking off the blonde’s combinations at this point.

R6: Landry very confident, takes the fight to Kristy, on her toes, hands up as the blonde slumps flat footed, hands at her chest. Jab bangs back Kristy’s face, freezing her momentarily and a booming right cross to the pit of the stomach sends Swanson to the mat with a gurgle. Kristy up at 8, but in real difficulty, and Ali wades in, Landry spending a minute on Kristy’s gut, getting off heavy lefts and rights, then bodying the blonde back, beating her along the ropes to the turnbuckle. Kristy soaking up leather, begins to droop and Landry pours it on, Final minute a vicious Ali Landry cool as she palms Kristy back with the left, then leans into clubbing right hands, pounding the sense out of the blonde’s expression, driving into those breasts and the blonde can’t take it. Swooning helplessly, Swanson offers no objection as the ref jumps in, cradling the helpless blonde as Ali leaps away. TKO6 Ali Landry.

After: Landry feels like a little kid with the win, gets the monkey off her back and answers critics who suggest she freezes in front of big blondes. Surviving Swanson’s early bombs, Landry shows heart and a champion’s composure—Maybe Kristy went for it much too early when she had Landry hurt, but give her credit for fighting to win.

Reposted by Archer 8/7/09.