Before: Phuket, Thailand - Boxing on the Beach. Holly the hometown girl in any Pac-Rim location - much the bigger name: resort venue flying Vanessa in to take a week's worth of beatings in a number of competitive contests. Minillo simply not cooperating - stymieing Holly in La Conquista; wrestling her to a draw in penthouse action; earning several sultry submissions on a yacht: Vallance finding the brunette big, relatively strong and lithe - it's a spirited pairing. Holly in black bikini (string top; twist tie bottoms), small black gloves; short, tousled blonde hair. Vanessa in purple bikini, slightly ruffled-edge cups; small black gloves; low ponytail. No ring - fought directly on a converted beach volleyball court (sand) - bleachers in place for small crowd of hotel guests - blazing sun overhead. Vanessa tanned a very dark brown; Holly more of a golden-brown.

During R1: Holly's walking in face-in-gloves: Vanessa's pre-empting her. Minillo in wide stance, feels for Holly with an extended left - just pressing it against blonde's guard - then fitting a firm hook PAK! to Holly's waist. Body blow enough to slow Holly's advance - she stands in her guard, slightly crouched: Vanessa bumps range-finding jabs off the guard, leans into a smooth right cross (skidding off guard), then pops hips-right to tuck the hook home to Holly's waist again. Vallance absorbing - Vanessa doing work, then pivoting to her left, eyes bright. That's the way of it - no jab from Holly, slow steady advance being pre-empted: Vanessa not hurting Vallance, but doing all the punching, managing her foe in a little clockwise circle mid-court. Pretty glance from Vanessa as she passes by Holly's right shoulder at the break: Vallance ignoring her, lips pursed, chin up as she swishes through sand to her stool.

R2: Holly more spirited - right hand under her chin, left at her hip - good head movement as she bobs at the waist, rolling her torso down, right, and around, then jabbing off the hip. Vanessa frowning, not landing - meanwhile Holly's saucy poke's finding breast, tummy and mouth TART. Vallance able to penetrate, then get back every single one of those hooks to the body she took in the first - fitting her own hook into Minnillo's smooth paunch or sturdy ribcage CHUP!. Vanessa showing face-in-gloves, tilting forward: Holly able to ring combinations off the flanks, chest and arms, just lathering her girl. Down the stretch, Vanessa looking a little distressed - she pushes out a lame right hand: Holly slips under it, snaps a hot counter-hook to tummy, doubles up the hook to chin tidy and SITS VANESSA DOWN! Bell: Holly with that bewitching little smirk as she swishes back to her stool: Vanessa up, batting sand off her thighs, looking cranky.

R3: Vanessa standing in wide stance, reaching out the left to feel for Holly; nibble jabbing out of the extended arm position, then as Vallance closes, Minillo's sliding her left hand round back of Holly's head. Crafty Vanessa holding, keeping her head close to Holly's collecting some cheap right hands to Holly's tummy and face - just little hold-and-hit swats. Vallance pulled forward and tugged around - but she's a neck-clasp or two in her time in Thailand: she's getting off vigorously to Vanessa's tummy mound - curling in short, clubbing blows to good effect. Grunting, Vanessa abandons the neck-pull to edge her left shoulder into Holly's chest: Vallance does likewise and the girls go cheek to cheek, palming each other's ribs and armpits. Thai ref lets this go: it'd be considered clinching in North America - but here, the girls are allowed to waltz slowly, burying right hands in one another's left flanks as they push and strain tummy to tummy.

R4: Holly walking in face-in-gloves, no jab: Vanessa extending her left, leaning in the long right cross, then finishing up healthy with the thick left hook in Holly's firm paunch. Vallance grunting, falling in: it's easy for Vanessa to pick her up coming in, then clinch her, turn her, walk her around. Holly being big and supple, moving her head a little bit, keeping her elbows in - but she's hardly moving her hands at all: Vanessa able to pull her foe's head down with a two-handed neck clasp; hold-and-hit right hands to the body while the left rides in behind Holly's noggin. Vanessa not showing big power, but she's working Vallance over: fitting hooks in behind Holly's left elbow or flat-knuckle hefty to paunch; strapping a fat right hand to leftside ribs or bicep; skidding the odd right uppercut off Holly's gloves as blonde leans forward. Bell: Holly cranky - Minillo's already gone past the over-under and threatening to give Vallance more competition.

R5,6,7: Holly Vallance puts her foot down, punishes Vanessa for 9 straight minutes of one-sided boxing. Holly much smarter coming in - either bobbing/weaving aggressively, or simply jabbing on the approach: Vanessa made to wait her turn, allowing Holly to get on her in good shape. Holly coming forward always and everywhere: she's stepping Vanessa slowly back and around, walking her down on sand. Vanessa riding her left hand behind Holly's head, but Vallance slugging heavily to tummy mound: Vanessa grimacing, lips curling off teeth as she sponges up rolling blonde combos. When Vanessa covers up face-in-gloves, Holly stays busy - pasting rights and lefts across the biceps and guard-front; clubbing at Vanny's temples; fitting thick, moist shots in behind either elbow. Vanessa often just shuddering, moping forward in her guard, visibly wilting: good steady trouncing applied as blonde shovels on the leather. Minillo almost dropped by a short right uppercut midway through sixth: brunette ties up, mouth open and unhappy on Holly's shoulder.

R8: Holly takes the round off, showing face-in-gloves: Vanessa proves she's got a little left. Minillo baring her teeth - she's been well spanked for the last few rounds; Vanessa intent on answering. Holly blundering forward, slightly stooped: Vanessa belting blonde arms and flanks, really sinking in a nice hook behind that right elbow. Vallance's lips parting at times as she frowns in silence: Vanessa digging some good, stout body shots here as Holly's doing nothing to disrupt brunette delivery. Clinching tie-ups - girls steering each other with left shoulders in one another's chests, hands palming at ribs, hips or armpits: Vanessa's the more willful beauty tummy to tummy, walking Holly around.

R9: Rest break over: Holly resumes the offensive. When Vallance jabs, Vanessa shuts down, goes face-in-gloves, and waits her turn. Holly able to close, hook the waistline off her front foot; shift weight to back (right) foot while pulling the hook across up top, then; shift back forward with strong right hands, testing Vanessa's facial-guard. Strong pounding of Vanessa's biceps has her reluctant to punch: she's moping, following Holly around, suffering. When the girls press-in to clinch - its Vallance walking Minillo around, managing the brunette's weight in the sand. Vanessa offering back some tepid tummy-bumpings late: Holly answers with snarling fury to Minillo's suddenly available rack.

R10: Holly closes the show, backing Vanessa up and pounding her biceps. Vallance smiling, taking cruel delight: she knows she has Vanessa breaking down, starting to give way. Minillo mouth-breathing, stepping back and gulping down hot tropical air: she's not fighting back at this point. After a minute and a half, Holly's clubbing assault has Vanessa's guard wilting: blonde able to reach in under Vanessa's arms, pry 'em apart, and clobber those jugs in close. Crowd applauding as Holly bullies Vanessa, taking jug-tribute now and loving it. All Vallance to the bell: Vanessa's buttocks trembling terribly with quit, but she stays on her feet to hear the decision. UD10 - Holly Vallance.

After: Holly grinning, sunny, waving to the bleachers as she swishes about afterwards. Vanessa grimacing, right hand rubbing at her breast, trying to massage away the hurt. Holly a little lazy in spots, but imposing her will. When she focused, as she did in the middle rounds - Vanessa simply couldn't compete with her.