Celebrity Boxing After Dark

Posted by simguy & Vassago on March 3, 2013, 9:47 am.

BEFORE: Both blonde models possibly enter the last chance saloon with Marisa Miller winless for two and a half years and Joanna Krupa still searching for that elusive maiden success in her brief career. Miller's younger compatriots like Decker and Upton have taken over her place in the sun in recent months but beating a fellow blonde glamour girl Krupa would be a perfect way to kick-start her stalling carrer. The only problem is Joanna intends to send Marisa into semi-retirement and doesn't enter this bout as rusty as one might have thought after taking Yvonne Strahovski seven rounds back in January.

"I'm ready for my first career victory and Marisa won't be able to stop me! In fact, she'll look quite good as my maiden scalp!", a confident Joanna braggs pre-fight with Miller clearly having other ideas: "I don't care what she says. She's done nothing in the ring so far and I'm certain she'll suffer another painful experience once I knock her out! My victory is inevitable!"

Joanna Krupa wearing a pink bikini set and black gloves. Long blonde hair in loose waves. Marisa Miller wearing a red bikini set and black gloves. Long blonde hair in loose waves. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the lightweight division.

Round 1:
Marisa comes charging out of her stool, wants to immediately stamp her authority on the bout and jabs to the body, laces Joanna on the tummy and flicks an uppercut on the jaw, but skims off the gloves and eats a right overhand counter that spikes her on the eye. Krupa follows up, snaps her foe's head back with more jabs and lands a series around the elbows as Miller raised her arms and wanted to protect her head. Krupa leans on her and peppers the ribcage with more efficiency as Marisa misses her response, opens up and gets whacked on the chest which wobbles her back and it's all Joanna thereafter. She spikes Marisa's head one more time and lands a big hook on the cheek, throws low jabs on the tummy and pushes the American back as Miller struggles to even clinch her. Marisa falls on the ropes in the final minute and eats more overhand shots as Joanna slices through her guard with ease and marks her dominance with early bruising on the American's face. Krupa pours with more punches on the midsection and Marisa just can't live with the intensity, stumbles to the side with a chaotic effort to get out of trouble and eats more leather on the face, quick jabs leave her butt-in-ropes and there's more head snapping before the bell with Joanna reducing her opponent into a training dummy and she struts back to her corner in comprehensive fashion while Marisa struggles to understand what just happened there in the opening round.

Round 2:
Krupa buoyed by the start; lashes out at the fellow blonde with a jabbing series on the head. Miller dekes around and sends an overhand right on the guard, beats the Pole for pace with a follow up and spikes her on the jaw as Joanna's effort goes wayward and she's stunned by that hit! Miller pours in with a combo on the cheeks before Krupa can cover up but there's more from the American who whips another series on the guard, splits the mitts and spikes her foe on the nose. Joanna trips up, drops her arms and a right hand on the chin DROPS HER ON THE CANVAS!!! Miller turns the tables after a horrible round and sports a cheeky smile as her rival scrambles herself upright at seven, not looking that cocky anymore. Miller piles in with more venom, bashes Krupa's guard who still seems to be stunned over that one-punch knockdown and falls back on the ropes where Marisa cleans out her tummy and gives some head snapping on her own as Krupa's hair flies back and she bends over the ropes with Miller striking over the top with fine precision and leaving the Polish blonde bruised badly at the bell. A long stare from the American as Joanna barks in anger but whatever advantage she build in the opening round it's been quickly wiped out already.

Round 3:
Both girls keen to secure a firm grip on the bout; they sqaure off in the middle of the ring trading leather and bouncing off each others' breasts but Joanna goes around the elbows with a fine body attack and dekes around Marisa's high efforts. Miller moans in pain, but sticks to her game plan, yet Joanna weaves around her and targets the liver area, pushes her foe on the back foot and reaches out for her with a jabbing combo on the head. More variety from the Pole as Marisa leans on her but gets tagged with an uppercut between the mitts and steps back, fires away from behind the guard but does little damage and Joanna shoves her to the ropes with more menacing shots on the ribcage which clearly make the American vulnerable. Miller slows down in the final minute, works the defence well and keeps her guard in tact but Joanna shows some core strenght by bouncing off her gloves and on the verge of slicing through them. She can't do it before the bell though but Miller looks to be hurting when one of the jabs almost nailed her clean on the liver.

Round 4:
Joanna closes the distance early but Marisa's experience brings her success as she shows some speed and dekes around a jabbing combo, has Krupa bending forward and losing balance as she whips an overhand counters and snaps the Pole's head with a right hand on the temple. She then goes for the rack and drills between the arms as Krupa still chases her feet, gets mauled in the jugs in the middle of the ring, bends forward and eats a right hand over the top which cuts her under the left eye and Marisa's eyes shine a different light now as she pummels through the arms again and bounces off the jugs, pushes the suddenly hapless looking fellow blonde to the ropes and goes around the elbows as Krupa tries to unsuccessfully clinch her. This time it's the Polish blonde moaning around the ropes and Marisa sends a vicious series to the stomach, tries to uppercut the jaw but Joanna's guard holds firm before a switch down low has her in more trouble and yelping at the bell in wake of Miller's venomonous finish.

Round 5:
Krupa tries to fight from mid-range now but Miller works the single hand around the gloves, shows more speed and agility, whips a series on the temple and snaps Joanna's head back who suddenly looks to be running out of ideas against the veteran. Miller's smile gets bigger and bigger as she lands more single strikes around the guard and weaves around some chaotic efforts from the Pole. Joanna tries to switch tactics in the second minute, but can't match the American's footwork, just keeps losing balance and drops her arms falling victim to Marisa's counters. And they are accurate as the older model throws more hooks on the face, tries to further damage that wound under the eye and Krupa settles back for single shots herself; looks uneasy on another all-out attack but eats more overhand in the final minute and sags on the ropes as Marissa finally closes her down and cleans out her midsection in the final seconds with Joanna unable to clinch her and moaning in frustration at the bell.

Round 6:
Hang back tactics didn't quite work for the Polish blonde in the previous round and she jumps after the American model catching her off-guard as Marisa looked to be certain of taming Krupa's aggression after a bad start of the fight. Left hand nails her on the cheek as the legs stayed behind for once and Krupa drills Marisa with a right counter which meets no resistance and spins the older girl back to the ropes in a flush. Krupa with a sudden rage of fury, traps Miller along the ropes and slams a series on the head, gets blocked off but reverts into low jabs on the ribcage with more success as Marisa struggles for a position. Joanna with mean intentions and high-intensity of her effort, cleans out the ribs well but allows Miller to stretch her arms and catch her on the temple with a fine counter. Joanna shrugs off the head snapping experience, leans on her rival again but gets clubbed with a series on the ribs herself and Marisa clinches her and shoves against the corner post causing the ref to step in. Back to center of the ring; Krupa's keen to finish the round in style, whips an overhand left on the cheek, comes up short, eats a left hand on the chest instead and a right hand on the temple with Marisa finding her range now and bending the Polish girl forward. She uppercuts Joanna on the rack and that takes the breath out of her as Miller lands a left hand on the nose AND DROPS KRUPA ONTO HER KNEES with seconds left on the clock!! Big roar from the American as she tames another charge and looks to be running away on the scorecards with the Polish model up at six but blinking in disbelief and checking a cut under her eye while Marisa looks poised to make some snark at Upton and Decker if she keeps this performance up! No signs of semi-retirement for the SI stalwart as Krupa heads down the path of pain and frustration again.

Round 7:
Miller looks to make the final push and perhaps knock the Polish girl out as she jumps after her and peppers the guard but can't slice through them this time as Joanna blocks her off and counters from the side herself. A brief brawl ensues in the middle of the ring with Joanna catching the American on the temple but getting one on the chest in response and as both girls lean on each other, Marisa's low jabs around the elbows make the difference and push Krupa back. Miller continues to rain punches on the body, has the Polish blonde circling around in avoidance until the bounces off the ropes and counters over the top. Marisa sneaks under the first punch, slams a left hook on the cheek and bends Krupa to the side; jumps on her and looks to land more punches over the top, but Joanna spins around, has Miller's hook grazing her on the shoulder and whips a left hook on the jaw that nails the American clean and makes her wince in pain. Miller turns back, throws a right hand on the head but gets blocked and a left overhand splits her mitts and nails on the nose as she yelps in pain. Krupa pours in with head snapping barrage, makes use of Miller's arms staying too low and a jabbing combo bursts the American's nostrils as she endures some heavy onslaught on the ropes, sags back but she's affected badly and Joanna stucks her foot in the door, shatters the fellow blonde's guard and slams more unanswered hooks on the nose... Power supply is off for Miller who gets her head snapped couple of times again and the arms drop to the side for good. Krupa bashes Marisa's face senseless and literally thumps her onto the ground AS MILLER SLIDES DOWN ON THE CANVAS, ROLLS ONTO HER LEFT SIDE and is left motionless at the count!!! KO R7 Joanna Krupa in come-from-behind fashion!!!

AFTER: Miller seemed to have this one in the bag, came back well after a horrible first round, knocked Krupa down twice and had the judges' cards firmly on her side when she got caught with a barrage of shots along the ropes and crumbled into pieces in no time. She really could and should have finished the Polish blonde off just before she went down herself but whether it was a question of lacking confidence after the recent run of poor results or just a lapse of focus it matters little to Joanna Krupa who secured her maiden FCBA victory.

It was known before Krupa can slug it out with the best and the recent loss to Yvonne Strahovski only fuelled her desire to finally break the lacklustre streak. Miller dominated her on points but the core strenght and power eventually prevailed and confirmed Joanna's punching skills are not to be underestimated despite her previous three defeats. Is this a fresh start for Krupa and a possible end of the road for Miller only time will tell though.

Final result: Joanna Krupa def. Marisa Miller KO7