Posted  by simguy 4/19/2002 (Thanks to Ginny for this repost)

Before: Jones demolishing the core group of blonde contenders in and around 120 - Hunt next on the list in a fight being promoted to the up-scale fan in search of thinking man's thrills. With Judd falling off the pace and expected to regroup, Connelly committed to bantam - brunette supremacy a two woman race between Zeta-Jones and Cat Bell. Hunt considered a live underdog - she led on all cards and had bounced Bell off the canvas before being stopped in that fight, comes in with a solid win over rival Jane Krakowski - Jones can't take this fighter lightly. Catherine in red bikini, Hunt in black hipster bikini, twist tied top.

R1: Feeling out round as the girls rotate clockwise, both with right hands tight to the cheek, chins tucked smartly behind left shoulders as they hook off the jab, pivot left off the hook. Defense paramount - both girls adept at deflecting punches with a shoulder or right glove. Jones the snappier puncher, getting good spank out of Helen's body with the hook, backing Hunt up towards the end of the round to nab the points.

R2: Jones getting back into Helen's questionable midriff - CZJ with that nice step inside the blonde's jab, crouch, and pumping hook to the breadbasket - Helen has to surrender territory or risk sustained punishment. Jones hounding Hunt to the ropes, keeps her there with a pawing jab, starts to bang at either flank with swiping blows - Hunt closing up her stance, rolling with punches, maybe being too selective as Jones does all the pitching. Final minute, Helen just touching Jones in the stomach with a lazy backhand left off the hip, leaning back into the ropes, bending at the waist to slip Zeta-J's right hands and ROCKETING BACK with a screened right hand and ZETA JONES IS DOWN! Catherine caught cold as Helen turns into the counter right off the ropes - brunette sprawled to her back - she gets her head and shoulders off the mat, face twisted in groggy pain and SHE CAN'T BEAT THE COUNT! KO2 Helen Hunt!

After: Jones' pathetic, trembling effort to get off her back makes the cover of Sports Illustrated - huge upset for Helen puts blondes back on the map and Hunt not at all surprised with the outcome, "I knew if I could get the right hand in that Jones would go," Helen says smugly, "I dropped Cat Bell with the exact same punch and she's a rugged girl. Zeta-Jones always expects girls to bow down - when she gets resistance, she folds." Bell fans trumpeting their girl's success against Hunt as evidence of superiority - Jones fans quick to counter with their girl's handling of Krakowski. Everybody's taking their licks as a very competitive weight class starts to exact a toll on even the classiest