Posted by simguy on 12/31/2008, 4:52 pm.

Before: Sarah Wayne Callies a pretty, lightly built brunette brought in for Ashley Scott's grand relaunch: Scotty anxious to get the party started. "This is the year I make my move," beams beautiful blonde in prefight. "I'm gonna separate myself from De La Garza; get Helfer beat; take down Theron; win me some belts. All I've ever needed is activity, so I'm committed to staying busy in '09." Callies shrugging off the snub implicit in Scott's address: "I didn't see my name on Ashley's list," Callies grins. "Whatever. It's my debut fight and I don't want to start my FCBA career with a loss, so Ashley better bring it. She's good, but I don't see anything special about her, and I'm not intimidated by her. I'll just go right at her and see if she can handle it." Scott in hot pink bra and panties; long tangly blonde hair in messy ponytail with bangs framing face; white gloves. Callies in evergreen bikini; yellow gloves; long brown hair in ponytail with bangs framing face.

During R1: Callies chin tucked, elbows in, fists at cheekbones - she steps in her left foot for a strong plant, working hooks and left uppercuts. Scott accepting trade, leaning into lanky right cross leads - coming back lashing hooks: spirited stuff to open. Scott hooked hard in melee - then rattled a chin-checking left uppercut: Callies economical, keeping right hand at her cheek as she scores firm touches. Scott backs off, eats spanking jab off face as Sarah steps-with: Callies showing good pursuit instincts, chasing Ashley to ropes. Fight drifts to corner; Scott bouncing off adjacent ropes with sneaky, slick right hands and clawing hooks. Callies in the pocket, keeping elbows in, pumping, swatting and swiping left hand techniques, touching Ashley's tummy, ribs and chin in exchange. Bell: Ashley furious, chesting up, getting into Callies' grill; Sarah smouldering, holding Ashley's blazing glare and letting Scott talk.

R2: Sarah Wayne again surprising Scott as lanky fighters elect to trade. Callies with the tight elbows-in guard - dipping on her hips, working left hooks and uppercuts in very short, clipping arcs to body and head. Scott looser, lankier with her shots - lashing and twisting into sleek haymakers as the girls trade licks. Callies getting the better of first minute slugging via digging left uppercuts just beneath Ashley's right breast: blonde wincing, looking confused in receipt. Hurting now, Scott tries to leg out: Callies stays in touch via the jab - knocking at Ashley's beautiful face, stepping-to, then resuming dip-n'-dig left hooks and uppercuts. Good head movement for Callies - she's right in front of Ashley, slipping under long blonde haymakers, then getting up into her with left hands. Midway through, it's all too much: hook in Ashley's body sets up curling left uppercut to chin; she augurs into canvas knees first, panting on all fours. Final minute clean up thick and thumping: Callies working Ashley over on ropes; blonde covering up face in gloves, taking a true roasting through 2.

R3,4: Ashley up on her toes, circling left round her jab: she goes back to basics, boxing to regain control. Callies not as leggy, not as swift or coordinated: she stays covered up, stalking after Ashley, bobbing and weaving out on end of Scott's poke. Beautiful, masterful stuff from Ashley: long, lithe lines; spearing jabs dotting Sarah's hairline, scuffing her brows, bumping at her guard; lashing right/lefts to the waist as Sarah crouches forward, unable to answer. Back to back shutouts: Scott stabilizes her front.

R5: Sarah gets to Ashley again when the girls elect to lean in and trade: Callie's tight, economical delivery the difference. Scott picked up hard in her body, clipped to her chin as Callies works left hands diligently off her left foot - short, jerking, tucking delivery has Scotty grimacing. Ash wobbly butt, forced to step out and regroup. Scott regains composure, boxes out the round by circling and jabbing, taking away Callie's close-in dip-n'-rip attack. Sarah's face set in a cute little frown of determination: she's proving a doughty competitor against flashier, favoured blonde.

R6: Sarah jabbing-with, knocking at Ashley's face: brunette able to worm her way in close, plant on left leg, get to digging. Scott bunching up as Sarah's short, jerking left hands tuck up into ribs, tummy: blonde cringing, leaning forward behind her mitts, not answering. Callie's deploys her first right hands - short, drifting crosses, setting up that hungry left uppercut to body: Scotty suffering as she stoops forward on the take. Steady punishment inflicted - Ashley worked in stages to ropes: Callies able to square away and pour it to Scott down the stretch. Rich n' lanky beating applied - Scotty seated in ropes, face-in-gloves: Callies lashing away to flanks with either hand, then leaning in close to work cruel left uppies, body and chin. Bell: Ashley's wobbly butt; ugly knot forming near her right temple; left eye busting up...she's a bewildered mess through 6.

R7: Scott on her toes - not where she thought she'd be, but she's effective out in space. Callies a patient stalker, but not great at cutting off the ring: Ashley's limber movement keeps her safe, keeps Callies at arm's length and gives Scott a crucial regrouping round.

R8: Worst round of Ashley Scott's career unfolds, to the astonishment of a stunned crowd. Nothing fancy about Callies - just dukes up, elbows in, good fundamentals. Jabbing her way in close - Callies able to dip-n'-dig very effective left hands - taking Ashely in her stomach; beneath the right breast; on the chin. Upon separation, Callies smart - chasing Ashley with a forget-me-not jab, stepping-with and maintaining constant contact. Midway through, Ashley loses her nerve - sputtering, swinging wildly, she's taken apart by Callies' crisp-punching discipline. Blonde beaten to her knees midring, then hounded to her corner and beaten to a seat as Sarah resolutely stays on her girl, pouring on wiry-limbed lather. At the bell, Scott's cut above her swollen left eye, stunned at having been ridden to canvas twice in one round. Callies with cool, brazen eye contact gives Ashley a heartless once-over upon separation.

R9: Scott grimly determined, showing spine during the break: she rallies mentally, gets after Sarah midring. Shoulder to shoulder - heads and all four gloves tightly grouped as the girls lean in to work. Tight nip-and-tuck left uppercuts in close - Scott adopting Sarah's economical tactics and outshining brunette with them toe-to-toe. Both punish the midsection via fish-hook left uppercuts; Scott's weight of shot superior, allowing her to bump her way forward. Callies competitive - moving her head side to side even as Scott does the same weaving: both girls take the opportunity to chop right hands in above opposing left hips, just to change up the left hand techniques.

R10: Same as the 9th: girls tilting forward with gloves at cheekbones; sliding heads side to side; looking for heartless left uppercuts underneath; chopping cruel right hands into flanks. Ashley had the better of this last round; Callies with the edge now as Sarah outworks Scott to the body. Tasty, long-armed digging as sinewy girls tighten up stroke for dip-n-dig trading: crowd appreciative as seething beauties are separated at the bell. Comes back UD10 upset - Sarah Wayne Callies!

After: Ashley Scott all busted up, devastated in defeat: she paces her corner hands on hips, staring at canvas in mute astonishment. What a debut for little-known Callies! Expected to serve as an ego boost for one of boxing's flashiest blondes - she comes through with a no-nonsense beatdown instead, showing class, determination and consistency if not a lot of one-shot pop. "Claiming Ashley in my FCBA debut is sweet," Sarah grins in postfight. "I'll admit it - when I started hurting her to the body, and she started losing confidence? I loved that. Especially because of her attitude coming in - she was all 'I'm Ashley Scott, I've got this', and I ended up hammering her. It doesn't get any better than that."