Posted by Simguy on 4/2/2004, 7:13 am.

Before: Lib a welcome entrant to the burgeoning 140+ class--nice smooth lines, long black hair, and true star quality in a division ruled by blonde ingénues, vacuous wrestlers and obscure Playmate types. Tyler once a feared one punch KO artist at welterweight--can she bring the pop north? “I felt like a waif at welter,” demurs Liv, “I’m definitely a natural middle, As for my power, I think I’ll move girls up here for sure, plus right away I come in as probably the best body puncher in the division. I’m come in as probably the best body puncher in the division. I’m going to hammer out my niche and these girls are just going to have to make room--starting with Rachel.” Hunter anxious to resuscitate her in-ring career to capitalize on new found heat out of it--New Zealand promoters getting her the Tyler bout through familiarity with Liv on the extended “Rings” shoot. “If it works out,” says Rachel, “Liv and I can make a tidy sum with La Conquista bouts, bear hug and wrestling matches in New Zealand--but it all starts with me knocking her out in the U.S.!” Liv in baby blue big-girl bra and panties (“Jersey Girl” reference), Rachel in bikini (“Stacy’s Mom” video)--wet hair for both.

During R1: Tyler establishes beefy to the midsection early, roping rich, thick rights and lefts in under Rachel’s guard--great strapping shellacks that have the blonde stepping out and taking a deep breath to recuperate. Rachel jamming out the single, but tree-trunk heavy jab--roles being defined: Hunter looking to spread Liv out and tag her right hands high; Liv patiently going to a big blonde’s ribs and waist, looking to wear the older woman down for the late innings.

R2: Welcome to Middleweight Liv Tyler: Rachel punching out the jab, turns on a gliding right cross to the chin--Tyler arms crossed, fielding 100% of the blow with head-snapping force--brunette put wobbly butt in the opening moments. Hunter palm-shoving hurt Liv in the shoulders, stepping her back, then loading up on swinging right hands thick to paunch, buckling Tyler forward. Hunter patient, methodical--belting away on pale flanks and hips, bodying up and walking Tyler to the ropes, pushing and riding up on the brunette to make her feel the weight. Great sloshing big-girl beat down leaves Tyler glassy-eyed--Hunter all grins back to her corner.

R3: Liv and learn: Tyler shorter girl, but needs to jab--she shoots lefts up out of the crouch, pushes off the right foot and launches herself into thumping right hands just beneath Hunter’s heart. Rachel giving ground with a groan--she doesn’t like those torso-bashing rights. Tyler not Quick, but very smooth, fluid--she comes forward in the crouch, flicking her jab, spotting vicious right hands, then working her hook as she fights off Hunter’s chest, ringing blonde up flank and cheek. Hunter back against the ropes--looking stiff--she’s pushing Liv in the shoulders to back her up, but not punching much--Tyler systematically punishing Stacey’s Mom this round.

R4: Hunter standing in the pocket, letting Tyler impale herself on the jab, then shoving a short, blunt right hand to the ear as Liv falls in--Tyler’s hurt, Rache pushing the brunette back--sensing the wobbly butt and shaking thighs, then waiting as Tyler shakes her head, bulls back in and takes another stumping right in her jaw. Liv cooperating beautifully--all around long she gets tagged, shoved off--she regroups, wades back in, gets tagged, tied up, walked around, then pushed back as Hunter gets big, Rachel with a bruising shutout--landing crunching shirt rights, then getting strong on Liv--reaching under those thick arms, walking Tyler to ropes, leaning on her in the clinches.

R5: Tyler shakes off the damage and listens to her corner--remembering to jab, move her head more and stay low. Rachel able to track Liv in the fist minute with her own thumping stick, but blonde not rapid with the with the punch--Liv finding it easy to time, weaving past it, jabbing up at Hunter’s mouth our into her belly, then turning over withering right hands to back blonde up. Hunter not the same girl in retreat--and she’s grimacing, gasping aloud whenever Tyler lands flat right hands under the heart, or crooked hooks in under the right arm. Liv able to get to Rachel’s chest, back her up to the ropes and work her over down the stretch--body work starting to set up hooks and tidy right uppercuts to the chin as Hunter stands erect, trying to push off rather than clinch close and she’s getting clipped as a result.

R6: Girls choosy with punches--everything thick and hard--both having gorgeous moments this round. Liv loving it to the body on Rachel--the heart punch is there--strapping rights and lefts across the ribs and waist are there--Hunter with the bad habit of extending her arms to push Liv in the shoulders when blonde needs a break, exposing her chin. Hunter still getting blunt little right hands on Liv’s ear, rattling the brunette on the way in and now Rache is finding a little right uppercut to go with it, just stepping back and easing Tyler into the punch. Hunter using Liv’s bull rushes against her--sidestepping with pulling down on brunette head or pushing the shoulders--Tyler getting spun a bit, put off balance--Hunter takes the round with a combination of thump and polish.

R7,8: Liv Tyler starts to impose her will on the older woman--posting back to back, bruising shutouts with relentless pressure these rounds. Hunter visibly wearing down--mouth open, more plaintive as she pushes Liv in the shoulders, gets cracked on her chin by sneaky brunette hooks or swinging right hands. Hunter in constant grudging retreat, stacked up at the ropes then worked on--big blonde body all sullen and stationary as Liv bashes away on the flanks, comes up the middle to work the chest and chin with nasty jagged uppies on the inside. Rachel relying more on more greasy headlocks and sweaty clinches to break the action--Tyler’s doing all the punching, beating down resistance, clobbering the fight out of Rachel’s proud body. Tyler loving the close-in--getting her face on Rachel’s chest and neck, struggling to heave blonde dead-weight up into the ropes, working against the beefy heft of the bigger woman. After 8--Tyler’s smiling sweetly--she’s drained Hunter’s tank, time to wrap her up down the stretch.

R9: Rache making veteran decisions. Legs’re shot at this point--she looks to set up defensively, let Tyler walk into the jab/right hand, then tie up at all costs--she just can’t give up any more sustained body work. Tyler bogging down in the lust for the KO--driving in on blonde, but getting cracked then wrapped up--Tyler landing the odd loud belting right hand in the body, but Hunter’s taking her chin out of the equation for now with the grappling. Final minute--Rachel abler to body up and walk Tyler to the ropes, pressing up and swinging beefy to the left side ribs and LIV’S HURT! Tyler shook by a robust right hand in behind her left arm--brunette stooping forward suddenly paralyzed--Hunter struggling to free herself from the clinch, gets a nice left uppercut shrug to he chest to leave Tyler stunned and wobbly-butt at the bell.

R1o: Tyler with a slim lead, but she’s ramshackle--veteran blonde sees the hurt, digs down to coax the last of her reserves into the exhausting fray, Rachel noticing how Tyler doesn’t much like body work either--Hunter stopping the brunette with the blunt one-two up top, then stepping in to heavy home shuddering right hands breadbasket, ribs and flank. Tyler staring, not holding her ground anymore--she’s all glazed and vulnerable, getting backed up as Rachel tags her chin, then thumps her body with big-girl doggedness. the stretch, Tyler beaten glum to the ropes--she’s all pale and heavy, not answering back--Hunter on wide spread legs, muscling up. Rachel palm-shoving her girl in the shoulders, then roping her to the body--walloping lefts and rights splashing off the waist and tummy, crippling the brunette. Shove and slug--Hunter moving from the body to the chin with Brooke Shields-like curling uppercuts off the body shits--Tyler stooped forward, is there for the chin music. Final seconds--Rachel just strapping home sweaty, keeping it on Tyler, body and head, body and head and LIV SPILLS TO CANVAS! It’s all too much--Hunter stepping back as spent Tyler tumbles forward to sprawl out on her face--sensational KO10 Rachel Hunter!

After: 5 rounds a piece, but Hunter avoids the Tractorpull Special by pouring on unacceptable punishment late--just a big-bodied strapping that leaves young Tyler battered, out cold on her face. Great fight for both women--Liv soaking up middleweight punches all night long--only when Hunter started to soften her up to the midsection the robust blonde really hurt her girl in a permanent fashion. Tyler showing a tremendous commitment to the midsection, but Hunter’s not impressed--”She’s tenacious down there,” drawls victorious Rachel, “but nothing more. I didn’t feel the power quite honestly, and you could tell she thought she was killing me, She’d hit me in the body, then lay on--but she’s not really big enough to make that work--if she’s going to be successful up here, but she’s got to be busier--I really think I just ate her up and wore her down in the clinches.”

Reposted by Archer 8/14/12.