Originally posted by Simguy. Friday, 07-Jan-2000 08:35:00

Before: Once highly touted Harmon revisiting her role as opponent, and insiders say she’s sick of it. Beautiful brunette Texan has plenty of heart, but not much power, going in against blonde who has shown one-punch stopping pop in several bouts.

Harmon in white aerobics two piece, Ryan in white pushup, blue/white floral print bikini.

During R1: Jeri puts on a show early, crunching her way into Angie’s gut with those savage, straight lead right hands, then twisting with her weight on that front foot into clubbing left hooks to the chin that ragdoll Angie backwards. By the midway point, Harmon is staggering backwards, hands down, mouth open, and jeri catches her a beautiful leaping left hook across the mouth to spin the brunette to the canvas. Harmon to her crdit gets off her knees, and goes toe to toe in the final minute to salvage pride if not points. Ryan all smiles at the bell.

R2.3: After bullying Amgie to the ropes and shining up the brunette’s hips and ribs in the second, Ryan pours it on the third, continuing to smack Angie back onto her heels—where the brunette is completely ineffective. Harmon retreating, standing straight up, as Ryan plunges in on her driving right hands to the body, left hooks to the head, and hurting Harmon once again with the accumulation of punishment. Harmon surviving the round, but she’s puffy faced, shellshocked, and getting beaten up.

R4: Cue comeback, Harmon with her weight forward, starts to peck away with those McCullough type combinations, a short double and triple jab, setting up chopping right crosses, then slapping a hook or uppercut to the jugs. Ryan covering up, can’t get off under the blizzard, and midway through the round, Angie loops a beautiful right uppercut up the middle, bouncing Jeri’s head up, and the blonde takes a seat! Ryan up at 8, but bloody lipped and glassy eyed. She slides with her back to the ropes, getting shoeshined to the bell.

R5: Angie wants more of Jeri, and takes it with continued, nuisance pressure. The little jabs, the spanking rights, the clouting hooks—everything's adding up on Jeri as the big blonde soaks it up and stops punching.

R6: Jeri leans into a lead right hand blast on the jaw, stopping Angie in her tracks, but the blonde doesn’t follow up on the advantage. Harmon able to clinch, recover, then get back to pestering Ryan to death with the non-stop assault. Nibbling at the blonde defenses, Harmon goes on to earn a draw this round with sheer volume, finishing up strong with her head on Ryan’s chest, fists swinging away downstairs.

R7: Angie pockets another round, sticking the right hand hard into the side of Ryan’s head.  Harmon’s there to be countered, and midway through the round, Jeri bats Angie’s face with solid left hooks, but the brunette’s the boss down the stretch, once again fighting off Jeri’s chest, punishing those abdominals to the bell.

R8: Jeri getting her body on Angie, smothering the brunette’s long arms, and causing havoc with wide lefts and rights to the midsection. Angie on the ropes, clinching Jeri around the shoulders, but the blonde refuses to accept, shoving Angie back, turning her body into brutal one-twos that leave Harmon hurting at the bell.

R9: Angie back on the jab, owns Jeri early as Ryan shuts down behind her guard. Getting off free and easy, Harmon sets down on a sustained flurry, batting Ryan back to the ropes, and scoring in quick succession, a straight right hand to the face, a left hook on the jaw, and a capping right uppercut on the teeth to leave Ryan wobbly butt. Jeri manages to keep her feet, and starts moving her arms in the final minute so the ref won’t get any ideas about stopping it.

R10: Fight tied going into the 10^th, Harmon letting it all hang out early with those pesky, chopping blows, but Jeri won’t be denied. Crouching low, and bringing it wide, Ryan batters Angie, breaking down the brunette’s form with booming lefts and rights, then brawling her senseless on the ropes. Harmon with her gloves on her chest, leaning straight up against the ropes, takes clubbing lefts and rights as Jeri often props the brunette with the free hand, then turns into the payoff punch, keeping everything short and lethal, David Tua type finishing action very late as Harmon swoons—Ryan pumping in devastating lefts and rights upstairs at the bell. Late effort earns Jeri the decision.

After: Ryan getting all she wanted from tough but limited Harmon—good learning experience as Jeri finds a way to win. Harmon left battered and shaky after this fight, as once again she is forced to watch some up and coming blonde accept the adulation from the crowd and media at her expense.