Charlize Theron vs.  Catherine “Cat” Bell (XIV) by simguy 12-31-05

One hour - that's the length of Charlize' audio-visual assault in prefight - a vicious, gloating, glorious recap of Theron's career-long struggle to subjugate and ultimately annihilate Catherine Bell. "She's finished," a beaming Charlize concludes when lights come up - crowd still reeling from the knockouts, the beatings, the strutting majesty of Theron dominating her hated rival over the years

. "Early in my career I vowed that I would drive Cat Bell into retirement and that goal is very nearly accomplished. Cat can measure the time left in her boxing life not in years, not in months, but in PUNCHES at this point. I'm just a few select shots away from ruining Bell for good!"

Cat visibly rattled, shiny-eyed: vindictive sensory onslaught has left her psychologically bruised, battered. She collects herself at the podium, speaks in a low, trembling voice as she addresses Charlize directly.

"You and I have been to some low places together, Charlize," Bell says as grinning Theron lifts a glass in toast. “But what you put me through today is unforgivable. I've beaten you and I've broken you in the past, but I've never tormented you or rubbed your face in it like you just did to me. I hope that made you happy, Charlize. Because you're going to pay for it!"

Theron taunting loud boo-hoos as Bell angrily storms out of the conference - rivalry back on with a vengeance.

Charlize in cream dream bikini, long cream silk kimono with a golden Oscar on the back during ring instructions:

Bell in electric blue bikini, shimmering, mid-thigh,  Thai silk kimono during instructions that looks blue from one angle, green from another.

Bell turning on her heel rather than touching gloves, spurning Charlize' sarcastic offer.

Round 1: Bell batting gloves together, marching to Charlize midring: Theron grinning, hands low - she flaps a tapping backhand jab, slaps a right across Cat's face, slides back a step and BELL LIGHTS CHAR UP! Big sweeping right spanks off face - Theron momentarily staggered - she snarls, plants feet wide, rips a robust right to belly: both women toss hooks and THERON GETS ROCKED! Charlize stumbling to her right, extending the left to hold Cat off - Bell steps in another overhand right AND ANOTHER - hammering Theron upside the head, driving her face-first to ropes. Char slumps against strands, right under her chin, left at her tummy and CAT'S PASTING AWAY FACE PUNCHES! Bell's eyes utterly pitiless as she steadies Charlize a cupping left over her right breast, bracing her for the drifting right - then back the other way to grab puppy with the right and slug with the left! Theron just facing open-mouthed into abuse, blinking uncomprehendingly, then CHARLIZE SLUGS BACK! Blonde instinctively dips to her right, rolling another creaming Cat right, twists to haul a right hand flat to Cat's paunch, then cashes in hook on chops to BUCKLE BELL'S LEGS! Cat's knees lock up - she's stepping in fence post holes - deep breath Charlize as she trudges off the apron, slapping Cat an open-palm left on the jaw, drifting her a walloping right cross. Bell slobberknocked - battered across the ring to hit far ropes - SHE covers up earmuff, stooped forward behind her mitts as THERON GOES TO TOWN! Charlize palming broad brunette shoulders, pulling the right elbow back then SHOVING home righty to breadbasket. Palm: lefty to breadbasket. Palm: lathering hook in behind the elbow. AND CAT HOOKS SACK! Bell absorbing body blows, times 'em and unravels Charlize once again with a hard hook under the left breast and a raucous chin blast that PUTS CHARLIZE WOBBLY BUTT! Left uppercut sends Char's mouthpiece fluttering skyward - then Cat ties up, twists and spins Theron to ropes, stacking her up for a body-to-body beatdown! OH THE HUMANITY! Bell stamping straight criss-crossing rights and lefts to Charlize' jumping, jiggling jugs - blonde curls in Theron's eyes, lips parting in shock as Cat feverishly drums her award-winning breasts! Charlize sagging to a seat in the ropes, hands drooping - and Cat goes back to that face! Lusty clapping left hooks and drifting right crosses - Cat just belting away as poor Charlize stares helplessly, head tossing to and fro. DING! DANG! DONG! Cat weeping, piling on extra - ref has to body her off trembling blonde wreckage. Charlize in stupor, hammered back to the stoneage - her corner rushes out to collect her and gingerly coax her to her stool. Bell banged up and rocked herself - concerned Syren splashing water on her charge, getting Cat to focus:

Syren: "No BS, Cat: how are you?"

Cat: "'M hurt...”

Syren: "OK, baby listen to me. Scrap the plan, you got it? Just forget what we worked on - put mitts on meat baby. Take her out!"

Round 2: Ramshackle beauties totter to midring - Bell more together, right at her cheek: Charlize' eyelashes all aflutter, lips parted - her legs aren't all the way back. Cat steps in a lead hook, catching chin, crouching on follow through as Char paws a feeble left into emptyy space as Cat comes up out of the crouch, hooks chin again, crouches down on follow through: Charlize backing up, blinking, hands low. Cat: right cross; deep crouch over her front (left) foot; big step forward with her right foot and a booming left cross onna chin. Theron sponging KO blows, staggering backward with how-could-you eyes - she hits ropes in a fog - Bell squares away to do damage. 

Oh, the beatdown!

Starts in Charlize' tummy - Cat crouching low, twisting side to side to strap in thick rights and lefts on waist, buckling Theron forward behind her guard. Robust left uppercut splits CT's mitts, snapping her upright, back against ropes, hands drooping to her chest. Cat back to that face-pasting technique - bracing Charlize a left on her breast, drifting her right; hooking her jaw to reset so she can drive in lusty another right. Theron's mouthpiece dribbles past numb lips - she's out on her feet, staring, forlorn - and Cat's just stroking away! Theron's face switching left and right, jerking back - torso drooping. Bell cruelly forsaking the quick KO, starts to body-on; pressing Charlize up against the ropes to reposition her slackened weight. OH THOSE BODY BLOWS! Bell working out of the wrap late, riding her left across Charlize upperback, slumping her forward for heartless, hoisting right hands. Red tummy and wildly bouncing tits both rudely bombarded as Cat ignores the bell, mindless shoving home more heavy-handed punishment until ref has to physically disentangle her! Theron, shipwrecked; straggly hair cascading over her eyes, legs rickety - wanders around in a daze until corner once again collects her, guides her home.

Round 3: Bell breathing hard, but marching forward with an aggressive batting-together of gloves: she's all business tonight. Charlize ransacked, barely there - easily packaged up and walked meekly back to ropes, head lolling sleepily on limp neck. Back to that body - Cat Bell treating herself to plunging lefts and rights, drawing the elbows back and shoving leather home. Jugs? Oh yeah! Cat tears 'em up, bringing misty tears to Theron's eyes as blonde droops forward on the take. Charlize pliable, badly broken down, but clinching and tying up for breaks - ref pushing seething Cat away as shopworn Theron sags back into ropes with a heartbroken look. Bell grinning, wading back in, fists at her chest, then she'll dip or twist to one side, loading up either mitt and PLOWING home the hurt. Late the round, Charlize sliding to her right - Cat stepping-with, jabbing at Theron's open mouth, then ducking in to drive a soul-sucking straight right hand in under Charlize' left breast. Sob of wonder/agony from Charlize as once again she collapses into the ropes - howitzer heart punch paralyzes Golden Goddess who folds forward, hugging herself, presenting her back and flanks to Cat's merciless drubbing to the bell. Ref grabs Cat's arms from behind - she twists free, pushes into Charlize to bellow incoherently in Charlize' dazed, bleary-eyed face, blowing blonde curls back.

Round 4: Cat trudging forward, mouth open - she's gassed and CHARLIZE STARTS PUNCHING! Foggy, midring slugging - Charlize on widespread legs, just reaching in to knuckle up inside Cat's elbows, pushing Bell's arms back, then stroking her chin left uppercuts, right hands. Theron rickety, but coaxing stroke out of long limbs - she's getting the licking left uppie, sliding back half a step to let Cat stumble forward into the right cross. Brilliant fighting in reverse from Charlize, tagging Cat's chin - Bell ashambles, tottering forward - Theron sidesteps and CAT CLATTERS TO ALL FOURS FACE FIRST AT THE ROPES! Charlize staggery, but bouyed by the sight of destitute Cat - Charlize roaring drunkenly, hands raised, groggy-strutting around the ring as ref tries to restore order. Cat climbs ropes, mumbling "'M ok...'M fine" to ref and HERE COMES CHARLIZE! Unholy payback - grim Theron squares up wide, bracing Cat a left on the chest and PLASTERING HER THE BIG RIGHT CROSS! Bell's head flung hard to starboard - she sags into ropes - Charlize just pawing her with measuring left hands and POURING HOME RIGHTY! Cat out on her feet, not responding - Charlize inexplicably comes off the chin to exact retribution on Bell's heaving jugs! Crowd roaring to it's feet and saluting as Charlize tightens up stroke to shrug away rising lefts and rights on that world-class rack: Krusher corner insane, shrieking "CHIN CHARLIZE! CHIN! PUNCH HER CHIN!" But Char won't have it. Bell: Cat blubbering - Theron stacking her up, then hoisting extra punches up into heaving rack - ref has to pull rampaging blonde off brunette carcass. Both women petitioned by ref at this point to accept a draw and quit this thing: both groggily determined to trudge on.

Round 5: Just watching them walk to midring a sickening sight: both beauties beaten beyond recognition, sluggish brains no longer in full command of quivering limbs - it's all just instinct at this point. Charlize making it as simple as possible: 1.) Palm Cat's shoulders, line her up; 2.) Smoke Cat the left uppercut, get her clouted and stunned; 3.) Rip right/left to waist, crippling Cat and getting her to droop forward; 4.) Clean up jugs and chin with lanky, rising rights and lefts, back Cat to ropes; 5.) Unleash hell when Bell's ropeside. At the apron - Charlize' punching is lanky - she's just slopping on the hurt, propping and bracing Cat to position her. Theron pasting face and body in equal measure: she's crowding in over Cat's right shoulder, all the better to haul in slinging rights flat n' brutal to midsection. Bell a sobbing ruin - mouth open, unable to answer back - senseless beating goes on and on with a crude, bludgeoning rhythm until finally, Cat droops to all fours. Bell's head bowed, tortured belly panting in and out: Charlize staggering, staring down in boozy wonder - ref carefully walking Theron back before she can indulge herself. Neutral corner - Theron draping arms over the ropes, facing into press row and slurring: "It's over! It's over!" - she doesn't see Cat's herculean effort to drag herself up by the ropes, just beating the count!

R6: Charlize now arm-weary, exhausted, unable to leg her way out of harm's way: Cat Bell gets to try again. Bell trudging, eyes swollen to slits - she measures Char an extended left, just propping Theron's chin up with the back of that hand, staring into Theron's pleading eyes: crashing right cross on the face jerks CT 90 degrees, sends her sprawling to her right. Charlize clutching the ropes, dangling off them, presenting her left side and back - Bell grim-faced, wading in and heartlessly POUNDING left hip, tummy, back and even her BUTT with mindless, sloshing lefts and rights. Taut flesh bunching up under harsh wallop - Charlize paralyzed, sponging on the ropes - ref bodies Bell back, giving Theron precious time to collect herself. Deep breath Cat Bell - she trudges back in: CT drooping forward between her mitts, gets picked up a CLANGING short right uppercut. Theron's face puffy with stupor, eyebrows high, eyes closed, mouth in a plaintive, pursed 'O': Bell palms CT's biceps, shoves her deep into the ropes and starts shovelling on the punishment...

Left hand firm at Char's right shoulder: right hands dig-dig-digging at the paunch.

Sidearm delivery: Cat bringing that right mitt back past her hip to load up...

Right uppercut/left uppercut - brushing Charlize upright...

Pounding straight right hands concuss off the heart: shotgun bright blasts off bruised, pink chest!

Painwracked sobs from Charlize as she sponges the heart punches, cringing in paralysis...

Charlize helpless. No longer responding. Blonde meat propped and punished at the ropes, her hands low, eyes fluttering shut, torso drooping forward as Bell mindlessly shoves and slugs, pouring her heart and soul into the task of destroying Charlize...

AND THE REF STEPS IN!

Pandemonium: Charlize out on her feet, lolling dreamily in the man's arms; Cat staggering away, uncomprehending, then bursting into emotional tears when she realizes she's stopped Theron; Krusher corner charging the ring, shrieking "WHAT'RE YOU DOING! HOW CAN YOU STOP THE FIGHT! SHE WAS JUST ABOUT TO UNLEASH..."

It's TKO6 Cat Bell in one of the most ruinous punching fights of this long and distinguished series.

After: Milling throng in the ring - Bell's face being iced as she stands hushed and wincing in her corner. Charlize coming around, disbelieving when she's told of her collapse - Char's still out of it when she swims her way through the crowd to get to Cat! Words exchanged - hot, hateful, slurring words. Unforgettable, unforgivable words. Bell pushing Charlize away: Theron petulant, insistent, reaching feebly for Cat's throat, fingers outstretched.

It's too much for Bell! She lifts her arms in an abrupt block, batting Char's weakened limbs up high: quick, vicious chop-chop of both hands, the knife-edges biting in above either Theron hip. Charlize' gasp of agony, her body spasming…Then Cat pulls her in!

Crowd screaming! Jeri Ryan in the audience, grinning in disbelief. Britney Daniel shrieking into her cellphone,

"I'M TOTALLY SERIOUS: CAT'S SMOTHERING CHARLIZE! SHE'S PUTTING THE JUG TO CHARLIZE!"

Bell easing Theron back into her turnbuckles, her left arm snug behind Charlize neck - Theron's damp locks cool on Cat's bicep. Right hand cupped atop Charlize' head, then clenching into a hard white fist, holding the hair close to the scalp. Cat's face: rigid, lips clenched tight - it's Cat Bell giving into all the dark urges she's been repressing for years when it comes to Theron.

Jessica Simpson jiggles into the ring, charges in to stop the awful JMD but Cat snaps out her left leg, her foot intercepting Jess squarely between her world class boobs, knocking her over backward and sprawling the little blond beauty on her ass with a snarl. Cat cinches up, ignoring Charlize' muffled whimpers - it's all spiraling out of control and there's no going back now.

Syren warily approaches, hand light on Cat's arm. "Let her go," Syren whispers, concerned not for Charlize, but for Bell herself. Tears in Cat's eyes: no way! She cinches up again, jerking away from Syren's touch, resting her cheek against Charlize' cheek.

Char's knees bend and straighten: she's going out. Her hands reach into the middle ropes either side of Cat's hips, clutching feebly at the strands, desperately trying to hold herself upright. Knees bend again, straightening more slowly this time. Knee bend again, the right one going all the way down to canvas. Bell stooping-with her, riding Charlize down, then releasing her, allowing blond to peel back in slow-mo, sprawling luxuriously onto her back. Charlize face shiny, hands up above her head, lips moist and pouting in stupor: she's stopped and smothered tonight. Bell staring down, body slowly swaying back and forth. You can almost see the unspoken apology on her lips, but everyone in the arena knows it's too late for "I'm sorry" now.

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Theron finishes 2005 with a record of 10-7-2, one of her lightest schedules in a decade!