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BLONDE! Magazine labelling Kristanna their Komeback Kid of the Year for her stirring back-from-the-pit-of-despair rally in FCBA rings over the last few months - but Loken's keepin' it real. "I remember when I was BLONDE!'s 'Fighter of the Year' and 'Most Unstoppable Force In Boxing' too," Kris chuckles, "followed quickly by their 'Biggest Disappointment' and 'Chinniest'. I've learned to keep the media in perspective. Look, coming up, I was 150 pounds of solid muscle, with bantamweight speed - there'd never been a celebrity fighter like me and I just felt I was slump-proof. Nobody's slump proof - I got cocky, and when I started losing, I couldn't handle it - and it snowballed on me. It's been a long road back, but I'm finally here and Charisma's probably my toughest test to date. I can't gift-wrap my ribcage for her like so many girls have been doing - everything CC takes from me she's gonna have to pay for. Krushers aren't as intimidated by Carpenter as a lot of other girls: we've seen her on her back, we know she's human. I'm gonna give her a quick refresher course on Krusher boxing in this fight." Carpenter the first to acknowledge Loken's achievements, having battled her own way back from the scrap heap in her career. "I remember when everyone in boxing had written me off," Carpenter recalls, "it is a terrible, terrible feeling. I came back to win a title, so you might want to say that Krissy's comeback is still second to mine - but I look at the way she's done it: just steamrolling her way back to the top. I wasn't nearly as dominant on my way back - it was a tortuous two-steps-forward, one-step-back type climb, so I take my hat off to her. I think she's better than she's ever been, and that's a sobering prospect. I know this will be the toughest test of my career and I can't wait to tuck in!" Carpenter in black 'Ronnie Mars bikini, pink gloves. Kris in VS silver/grey lace push up and boy cut panties, taupe gloves, long gold ringlet-hair.

Rd 1: RIGHT HAND, KRIS LOKEN! Long, slinging, crashing chin check clouts Carps midring - CC stepping in fence post holes with stricken expression. Kris lickin' lanky: snappy left hook off the front (left) foot; bolo right uppercut off the rear (right) foot - tic-toc onna chin and CHARISMA TAKES A KNEE! Kris lifting her arms and quick-marching to neutral corner, but instantly settling down: Loken's face serious as she keeps emotion in check. Carpenter up at 8, stunned, frazzled - she sets up peek-a-boo to lure Loken to ropes. Kristanna cautious, crouching slightly, elbows in close to her ribcage, dukes up - she steps in jabs to CC's guard, pinning brunette defense down, then dips left to haul a sweeping right roundhouse FAT to paunch! Succulent spank off Carpenter's firm brown body: CC groaning forward, teeth clenched - Loken rejigging her feet, popping her hips-right and stroking CC a gorgeous strapping left hook across the waist to add to the hurt. Carpenter wobbly-butt - reaches round athletic blonde hips to snuggle up - mouth open on Krissy's shoulder: Krusher anxiously bouncing on the spot, arms out wide to the sides to hurry the ref's break. Down the stretch, Charisma electing to jab her way off the ropes and press - she gets to Loken's chest, snatching and swiping at blonde coastlines as Kris steps back, looking to walk Carpenter into more uppercut harm. 10-8 Kristanna.

Rd 2: Quieter round, tactical round as Carpenter takes stock of her situation. CC coming forward, right under her chin, left across her body, stooping slightly to her right to jab in her left hand to Krissy's golden stomach, then double it to head; leaning to the left to sling overhand rights at Loken's chin up top. Kris keeping her distance, piecing out that murderous jab, forcing Carpenter to make a lot of defensive slips and parries. Loken's legs coiled and springy as she steps in either direction, ready to threaten Charisma with overhand rights if CC retreats, or bolo right uppercuts if CC looks to penetrate. Another Loken round, but CC gets her legs back, eyes are clear - good tactical recovery for the champ as Kristanna may have been too patient in the second.

Rd 3: Carpenter doubling up her jab, crouching, scooting forward - really committing to offensive operations in this fight due to the Loken points lead. Krissy light on her feet, circling, using her jab - blonde a little too tentative for her trainer who keeps banging on the apron and urging her to punch. Late the round - pair of brisk jabs up top drives Loken back - she flicks a lazy jab primer, loads up a right and EATS A SWINGING OVERHAND RIGHT ON THE FACE! Howitzer blast rocks Loken's head back, sending her stumbling crazy-legs to ropes: Carpenter just timing blonde jab, bending into a looping haymaker right that finishes up at her left knee on follow-through. Loken at ropes: hands at chest, eyes blinking 'wha' hoppen?', mouth open - she's there for the taking as bell sounds, robbing Charisma of the opportunity to close.

Rd 4: Kristanna rallies, refusing to punk after getting rocked in the third. Strong, pumping jabs slope down onto CC, forcing her to bob and weave as Loken sidesteps midring. Kris leaning in long right hands to get Carpenter covered up, then rip-snatching a gorgeous left hook comebacker against ribs and tummy - meaty licks, Charisma cringing as Loken bites in. Kris loping in a wide stance, dictating distance, tempo to her foe - Carpenter tries luring Loken to ropes, but when blonde doesn't buy in, behind-on-points brunette has to come out and make something happen.

Rd 5: Charisma aggressive behind her double-jab - shooting up at Loken, crouching and looking to get another one of those big, booming overhand rights on Krissy's chin. Loken's legs long, golden, shimmering as she motors around, willing to draw boos from the crowd rather than engage CC when her blood is up. Carpenter wins the heat by default, but she's having trouble negotiating distance - Krissy doing her best Nik Visser imitation tonight, vexing the champ.

Rd 6: Carpenter scheming, beguiling Krissy this round: oh, those sneaky veteran brunettes! Tummy jabs - CC's crouching and stooping to get 'em, good firm touches in Loken's body. Loken answers with one-twos: CC steps back, giving ground, coaxing Kris forward. Cat and mouse type stuff - Loken tentatively advancing, looking to answer pesky belly-poke - slowly but surely, Carpenter's inducing big blonde to give up her height. Down the stretch - Carps slips under a sleek Loken one-two up top; erupts out of the crouch a GONGING left hook onna chin and KRISSY'S HURT! Loken staggering around wobbly butt - hands at her temples, teeth bared in grimace: CC eyes wide, extends the left to Loken's chest to stabilize her, then drives in a heartless, spearing straight right - palm down - direct to solar plexus, spanking out a sob of hurt from long blonde victim. Loken tears in her eyes, falling backwards into ropes, but keeps her feet: she covers her face, keeps her elbows in, doubles forward and gives up flank/back to Charisma's brutal mercies. Carpenter coldblooded, eyes hard as she does what needs to be done: pounding Loken's shiny lower back with swabbing lefts and rights until ref tackles her off, warning her about how terribly vulnerable kidneys are to punishment, and how you should never, ever punch a girl there. Bell: Kristanna snivelling, right hand clutching at her back, left on the top rope for balance, teary-eyes glaring accusations as CC inspects the damage.

Rd 7: Kristanna slightly more flatfooted, more heavy handed - pounding one-twos up top on CC, then back underneath with lashing hooks - but hanging around on that front foot to see if Carpenter wants to trade. CC getting banged up this round - blocking and rolling alot of shots, but troubled by the body blows: she's locking up, doubleclutching as Krissy licks 'em in deep. Kris pushing Carpenter a double-palm shiv in her shoulders to back CC up - blonde using her prodigious strength effectively, bullying the champ, walking her around, creating distance and extending into it with power-punches. CC keeps her chin safe, but can't get penetrate or get off herself: Kristanna fighting smart, fighting hard, keeping curvy champ out on the end of Krusher punches.

Rd 8: More Kris - pulverizing jab becoming decisive, keeping CC defensive, hounding and harrassing brunette, dictating distance to her. Right hands trim Carpenter's chin - she's getting rocked, showing a confused crossed-arm as feet make little stamping movements for balance. Muscular palm-shoves in the shoulder bullying Charisma around, and consistent, strapping hooks CHUP! across the waist are bringing sticken grimaces to Carpenter's puffy face. Long, wearing retreat for CC, punctuated by the odd brunette potshotting overhand right - but Loken doing a good job reading CC's counters.

Rd 9: More rangy pressure from Loken. Jab free-ranging on CC now, pounding at her upperchest, her skull, face, breasts, biceps - leather landing with ringing spank against wilting champion. Krissy's legs still fresh - even frisky at times as she dogs CC, then bounds out of range, smug behind her stick. Carpenter's supple torso movement and cutey-pie shoulder-turns still making her tough to catch clean - but her offense now coming in dribbles as long blonde circles and molests from outside.

Rd 10: Carpenter startled by a pair of stinging jabs on her face - she eats the follow-on right hand and starts the round hurt. CC's face lumped up, eyes swollen, lips parted: she's ragged from punishment as Loken steps up the bombardment. Krissy in control - circling, circling, circling - making it all about her legs and long limbs, and giving Charisma a brutal choice: make the fight and take hard punches; stay on the defensive and lose points. You can see Charisma doing the math - in spots, she'll come forward, trying to close and sweep screened right hands to Loken's chin - but these are expensive, punishing forays as Loken fades, walks CC into jabs and right hands. Punished, Charisma closes up her stance, bobs and weaves - making Krissy miss, but forfeiting initiative to the blonde who uses it to circle and irritate. Anytime Loken wants to disrupt CC in her defensive stance, blonde simply jolts Carpenter a palm-shove in the shoulders - drawing warning-barks from the ref, but pushing CC around nonetheless. Bell: Loken lifts her mitts and bellows in triumph - she knows she's secured a masterful UD10 over Charisma Carpenter, wrenching the belts from CC's waist in the process.

After: At the words "...and NEW..." Loken begins to cry, covering her cheeks with her hands and letting the emotion out: battering CC for belts the culmination of the most dramatic comeback in FCBA history. Kristanna hugged and fretted over by Theron, Heigl and other Krusher luminaries - big blonde back on top of the world after a long hiatus from greatness.

"It hasn't sunk in yet," Loken says in postfight, wiping teary-eyes. "I never stopped believing in myself - even when everyone was saying the worst things about me. I knew I was too big for Charisma, but more importantly, I knew I was too good and too tough as well. My chin is sound: Carpenter hit me with everything she had and I walked through it. That's the main thing I take away from this: I know I can handle myself when another girl tests me - I know I can take the shots and that's freeing me up to fight my fight."

Charisma gracious in defeat, resigning the belts after one of the more successful title runs of the year. "Krissy fought the smartest fight against me I've seen this year. She put pressure on me on the cards - I was always trying to regain the lead so I could force HER to take the chances, but it just didn't work out that way. It takes discipline and skill to do what Kris did tonight: if she keeps that level of execution up, she's going to be hard to beat."