Boxing After Dark

Posted by Simguy on 6/28/2001, 6:25 pm.

Before: Pressly just trying to stay active in the mix, know she’s got to keep active if she’s going to get another crack at Dushku. Maddy handpicked and beatable--but she’s veteran brunette with sturdy skills and a fighter’s mentality--if Jaime’s still smarting from title bid defeat, it’ll show up against Stowe. Jaime in pale blue sports bra with navy bordering, black stretch pants to the ankle, low on the hip, slick blonde ponytail--Maddy in black sports bra, red adidas terrycloth trunks baggy on her slender hips, Spanish ponytail.

During R1: Pressly with the left low, closing up that lead shoulder, right fist squished hard against her breasts as she steps left--Maddy more conventional, constantly touching her eyebrows with her dukes and turning with her foe. Jamie initiates with slicing right hands from her chest, jumping the punches in and sometimes doubling them up or lashing at Maddy’s waist with a slinging left. Stowe staying calm, defensively responsible behind a high guard, answers every Pressly right hand with a straight right of her own--punching darting hard against faces as Pressly much flashier, but no more effective for most of the round, Final minute, Pressly stoops to reach the jab into Stowe’s gut--gets the brunette folding forward to avoid the touch, and NAILS her hard on the jaw with a sudden, biting left hook., Madeleine stepping in fence post holes--big power shot gives Jaime an otherwise close round.

R2: Cocky Pressly out with that closed stance, leaning away from Stowe’s jab, then twisting into vicious right hands off her chest as she leans into go-home blows. Stowe not buying it--she’s jabbing to Jaime’s shoulder, keeping the blonde occupied, fading the looping right hands, and coming back with pitty pat one-twos up the middle to disrupt Jaime’s footwork. Midway through the round, Stowe slips a slashing Pressly cross, answers back with a serviceable hook to put Pressly on her hells--Jaime loading up with her feet parallel and Madeleine bends in behind a short right hand on the mouth that sends Jaime reeling on her heels. Pressly’s hurt, and Stowe hooks her to the ropes, dipping over to her left and digging at Jaime’s gut as blonde hangs on. Down the stretch, Maddy opens up on a stupefied Jaime Pressly, keeping the combinations short, dragging her fists back and forth across Jaime’s face as the blonde sags into the ropes with no clue how to protect herself. Shoeshining blows batter Pressly ragged and JAIME TAKES A KNEE! Bleeding from the nose--obviously shellshocked as Madeleine closes out the round tough. Stowe all squared up, just going at Jaime with both fists splattering hard to the flat belly, or curling into that sweetly swollen bra. Pressly humming at the bell--gloves stupid at her lips as Madeleine turns and stomps away.

R3: Jaime recovers enough to be outraged--she comes out winging punches with a whip-armed delivery--occasionally bashing a wide punch off Stowe’s pale ribcage, but unable to break down the brunette’s stubborn defense. Madeleine not getting off herself this round, but she’s blocking well upstairs, stepping into push Jaime off balance, then pivoting away with good economical feet.. Down the stretch, talent overtakes skill as Jaime’s whistling offense finally finds the mark--a scorching right hand pounds past Madeleine’s guard putting Stowe wobbly butt, and a licking left hand up underneath caves in the brunettes solar plexus. Madeline gut shot, sinks to all fours as Jaime snarls in vindication. After 8--Pressly on like a tornado, all lanky wide lefts and rights, blonde getting her hips into the punches, shifting weight from one foot to the other as brunette is MAULED at the ropes. Seconds left and STOWE GOES DOWN! Madeline battered to her knees at the bell under non-stop punching from a slugging Jaime P.

R4: Madeleine’s turn to see and raise--but she can’t match Jaime’s intensity. Pressly abandoning her boxing to simply overwhelm the brunette--Stowe backing down all over the ring, moving her upper body well, keeping her gloves high to block--but it’s all Jaime stalking, punching and chasing as Stowe bails out of one stand after another. Maddy with some later counter shots avoids the shutout, but Jaime’s got her going downhill.

R5: Pressly keeps after her girl--this isn’t the jab and hook Pressly that beat Kiana--it’s the former sparring partner and protégé of Teri Hatcher who walks foes down, opens up with slinging lefts and rights and tries to harm with every punch. It’s the right tactic against the more methodical Stowe--Madeleine gritting her teeth, eyes wide as she continues to defend herself well, but there’s just nothing coming back. Another Pressly round by default--she can’t cash Madeline in, but she’s the clear aggressor by far.

R6: Jaime too wild. Stowe now reading the right hand like a dime store paperback, slipping in and under, raking Jaime’s ribs with the calling card hook in response. Pressly hardly notices as Madeleine puts nothing on these blows--but they’re the only scoring punches in a messy, careless  round for Jaime.

R7: Pressly tightens up, occasionally leading with a jab or wide hook in an attempt to set up the right cross. Stowe getting lifted into her toes and sent sideways as the odd Pressly blockbuster plows in around the guard--Madeleine can’t block or slip them all, and hose legs are starting to look old. Pressly tireless, helping herself with lashing lefts to the brunette’s toned midriff and continuing to slam away at the defense upstairs as Madeleine starts to break down.

R8: Stowe’s legs definitely tired of the chase--she’s pounded to the ropes where she tales a seat and tries to slip and roll with Jaime’s zesty punches to the head. Pressly’s corner screaming for the body work, but Jaime’s got her own plan, mindlessly flailing Away as Madeleine desperately bends and dips side to side. Midway through it happens: shattering right hand finds Stowe’s chin as she can’t quite get out of the way, mouthpiece shoots through the ropes and Stowe is out on her feet. Maddy tragically hung up on the ropes--Jaime greedily takes several clobbering free shots--big swatting lefts and rights on Madeleine’s puffy, sleepy face until the ref elects to jump in. TKO8 Jaime Pressly as a stunned Madeleine Stowe stares blankly past the ref’s shoulder.

After: Jaime all smiles and bouncing ponytails as shamus it up with her entourage, then it’s a rough walk of shame for classy Stowe--abused, and now used in the name of hype. Stowe doing very well in spots--but the difference between these girls is widely apparent: Pressly never stops trying to win, or at least, trying to hurt her opponents--Madeleine can be discouraged from taking risks, and tends to fight not to lose. Pressly’s aggression  pays off--she wears down Maddy’s stubborn D, then wears her out in an interesting slugfest. want Liu next,” declares Jaime all sweaty in the ring, “that’s right--you heard me. I want Liu--Liza can chow down on Mish, and then there’s no stopping me from getting back at Dushku, I’m right here girls--make the call!” Might not be that simple with Ledoyen also on the fringe, a possible payday against Geri Halliwell for Eliza, so on and so forth--a lot of players in the division make it tough for one girl to lay down a master plan.

Reposted by Archer 1/31/12.