BOXING ON THE BEACH

Posted by Simguy on 2/9/2003, 10:34 am.

Before: Battlin’ Jennies lace’em up—pundits divided as to who to favour. Some like O’Dell’s scrappy heart and work rate, other like McCarthy’s punch and meanstreak. Jenny Mac wins the pre-fight however, wooing the crowd with her crazy antics, gaudy KO predictions and referring to O’Dell as “Stupid as Hell”—other sophomoric nicknames—the usual. JOD in bluish gray halter top bikini, loop connections between the breasts and at hips—Jenny in hot pink bikini with black leopard spots. Fought outdoors, beach and bleachers setting.

During R1: O’Dell gloves up tight around the head—her idea: step in close, touch mac the contact right uppercut, set down the hook,, then club away with both dukes as Mac backs up. Jenny Mac weight on her right foot, easing away from O’Dell and walking the blonde into stubby straight rights and hard right uppercuts. Who do you like? O’Dell busier, Mac’s landing stiffer single shots.

R2: Similar look, O’Dell coming forward, outworking McCarthy but not hurting her. Jenny Mac giving ground in good order, weight on her back foot, looking to turn on blockbuster right hands, Mac warned for low blows as she strays low with the left hook—O’Dell labouring after being trunk-checked and Mac takes advantage. Down the stretch, Mac stepping back and to her right, lures O’Dell forward, feints her, and picks her up hard the right uppercut between the mitts. Instant gratification as O’Dell takes hop and drops to one knee all woozy—Mac lifting her mitts and prancing happy at the bell.

R3: Mac charging out to end it with right hands, but O’Dell’s not ready. JOD with her high, tight guard, riding out Mac lefts and rights, then answering with little right uppercuts to the tits and a smacking left hook across the mouth. O’Dell showing nice head movement as well—she’s right in front of Mac, but bobbing under Jenny’s swishing punches—Mac swinging away without setting up her power. Good recovery round for O’Dell—she touches Mac up nice in the third.

R4: Busy two way trade as the girls wade into each other, Crowd pleasing moments as the girls slug away, often standing up and rub-a-dub-dubbing one another breasts with brisk side to side scrubbing action. O’Dell consistently moving Mac back in the exchanges and down the stretch, a frustrated JMac dips her shoulder and digs hook to crotch to draw a stern referee’s finger waggle at the bell.

R5: O’Dell bullying Mac to the ropes, riding up on the girl’s shoulders with rough forearms, clubbing away short lefts and rights, finishing up thick in Mac’s midsection with sticky hooks, JMac turns it around with blatant low hooks, smothering up on O’Dell to conceal the infraction and walk her off the ropes as JOD groans in protest. JMac pounding away over the last half, face on face with O’Dell, pulling in sharp lefts and rights in tight arc—just beating her girl around the ring. Hammering pressure  rewarded late as Mac works O’Dell over at the ropes, capping a flurry to midriff with a short right uppercut—O’Dell head pop, staggers to the side and takes a knee at the ropes. Brazen McCarthy leans her thighs against the woozy blonde looking out at the crowd as she rests on the top rope.

R6: O’Dell beats JMac to hard right hands from the shoulder, beats her to the hook—JMac stumbling back from tough chin checks and her legs are shaky! JOD riding up with her forearms, palming and shoving JMac against the ropes—it’s one blonde standing another up and working her over as O’Dell pounds away! Vintage Jenny O’Dell—scouring a cringing JMac with clubbing lefts and rights, digging mercilessly to the trembling belly, walloping away on ears and jaw as Mac wilts. JOD getting low, using  her shoulder to prop Mac up anytime Jenny bends forward to protect her battered middle—O’Dell harming her foe downstairs, draining the tank for the latter half.

R7.8,9: Round after round, Jenny O’Dell bringing it to JMac, wearing out her midsection, pushing and shoving her to the ropes, Mac answering back in spots, but she’s loading up on single right hands, trying to end this thing with one shot. O’Dell clipped clean on occasion, still a sucker for the right uppercut through the middle, but Mac not delivering with the same shock—JOD walking through it, scrubbing away to ransack her girl along the perimeter. Jenny OD enjoying herself at times, challenging JMac to jug wars, out-scrubbing Mac and leaving her covered up and sullen, butt in the ropes after bruising trade.

R10: Mac finally showing the jab, stopping the advancing O’Dell in her tracks, even backing her up on occasion as Mac pumps ‘em out from the shoulder. Straight stamping right hands follow—Mac leaning into JOD’s chin with cracking blows, then stepping away—JOD shipping, following, unable to get her range, Mac circling, potshotting, using her jab t steer and position O’Dell—fight so easy you wonder why JMac didn’t do something of this stuff earlier, Jenny Mac takes the 10^th via shutout, loses convincingly on the cards—UD10 Jenny O’Dell.

After: Big win O’Dell—she’s hoisted onto the shoulders of her supporters and carried around the ring while a bruised and banged up Jenny Mac removes her gloves with an air of denial. “I was wrecking the kid,” Jenny Mac pouts in postfight. “I dropped her countess times, hurt her every single round—what fight were these clowns watching?” Mac having her movements, but basically not showing enough respect—O’Dell’s consistency and tenacity overcoming her foe’s vaunted power.

Reposted by Archer 11/24/09.