Posted by Simguy on 4/12/2003, 8:48 am

Before: Electra’s got her swagger back--she sweeps into press conferences late, interrupts Elisha on the podium, tries to intimidate Cuthbert chest to chest during weigh-in--Carmen’s fans happy to see their girl swollen with confidence after a long drought. Stern test for Cuthbert, but upset over lanky-limbed Blalock a real eye-opener--Krushers high risk strategy seem to be seasoning the kid quicker than expected. Elisha in black FHM bikini, Carmen in bra style bikini top, green and yellow floral print, solid green bottoms.

During R1: Cuthbert aggressive, showing no respect--Carmen seems willing to humor the youngster, backing into her corner, hunkering down and letting Elisha get off. Shoulder to shoulder--Electra staying low and compact, turning her shoulder and ducking to take the edge off--Cuthbert huffing and puffing, chugging away two-handed to all things Carmen. Electra making cute moves into and off of the ropes, pointing either shoulder at ‘Lishy, making her miss, but when Cuthbert bangs home a tight series of hooks square to jug--Electra gets mean. Spinning out of the corner with a hand at Elisha’s waist, Electra lights ‘Lishy up the right uppercut/left hook, bang-bang on the jaw, catches her again the right uppercut on the chin and sits her into the ropes with a clapping hook to ear. Elisha all rung-up, staring blankly and CARMEN HELPS HERSELF TO JUG! Senseless marauding of a young blonde’s bikini top as Electra hammers away unopposed. Cuthbert staggery to one knee right at or maybe at the bell--ref calls it a knockdown as Krushers howl in protest--Electra  all miles as she steals a blonde round.

R2: Carmen snapping off the right uppercut/left hook--stepping out, Elisha falls in--right uppercut/left hook--step out--Carmen grinning as the wheels fall off Elisha’s wagon, blonde just shambling forward in ruins, gloves at her temples. Gutty blonde manages to tag Electra an impertinent straight right hand on the face, getting the brunette exchanging angry--spirited back and forth as Carmen happy to stand toe to toe and work away on her blonde’s midsection, coming off the body to hook teeth at random intervals.

R3: Carmen’s cocky, comfy in there--Elisha looking shopworn, trudging forward. Electra stepping back, pointing the left shoulder with the left hand down, right at her chest, then stepping back to present the right shoulder, right hand down, left at her chest. Electra able to get off with screened left and right potshots as she walks Cuthbert in, then sidesteps smartly around either Cuthbert shoulder to turn her girl. Elisha missing, getting ragged then paying the price as Electra places hard crosses to chin and ribs.

R4: Electra really hamming it up, With Elisha leaning forward, dukes up, serious as a heart attack--Carmen’s dropping her gloves, slapping at Elisha with punches from her thighs, spin-turning her with insolent hands at blonde elbows or waist. Electra staring into the crowd and clapping Elisha the look-away hook. Electra boloing the right hand, then sinking it glorious to the pit of blonde belly, accepting the crumpled opponent into her arms, turning her and shoving her off. Another Electra shutout--but there’s amazement in Carmen’s eyes at the bell, Cuthbert busted up, badly shaken--but she’s soaking up the best Electra leather and shows defiance in the face of showboating.

R5: Cuthbert beat up, but finally executing as instructed. She’s jabbing--preventing Carmen from walking her into potshots, closing the distance on the brunette in smart fashion. She’s giving it to Electra hard in the body and when Carmen bends forward. Elisha’s swatting those world-class jugs with catspaw batting hooks. She’s bending into the punches, hitting Carmen hard, backing her up and walking her down. Electra dancing and skirting the perimeter in the final minute, trying to analyze what she’s got on her hands through 5.

R6: Electra so loose, so athletic--it’s a pleasure to watch her shine Elisha up this round.
Cuthbert not jabbing, just walking in behind a high guard--Electra puts on a show as a result. Carmen left hand at her side, close stance--she’ll walk ‘Lishy into the stern right, step out and walk to her right, looking Cuthbert over while holding the right coiled at her chest. Potshotting shutout for Electra, but Cuthbert snarling, taunting after the bell--asking Carmen “Is that all you got?”

R7: Carmen goaded into mouth on shoulder trade--blistering, hardhearted two-way work non-stop from bell to bell, Crowd roaring as Carmen puts her left shoulder into ‘Lishy, weight on her right foot, rolling and slipping as Cuthbert gets off, then countering with jagged right uppercuts chest and chin. Slowly but surely, Cuthbert bangs Carmen to the ropes, works the body and has Electra covered up, unresponsive at the bell.

R8: Electra doing her things early, dropping right hands, walking her girl, feinting, darting in--but Cuthbert’s still coming forward and making a fight of it. Elisha even remembering to jab, limiting Carmen’s opportunities. Down the stretch, Electra darts in, but gets stacked up by a brace of smart Cuthbert jabs--Elisha pumping ‘em out rapid-fire then turning on a blunt right hand from the shoulder and CARMEN GOES WOBBLY BUTT! Electra staggering away, then flat out running, clearly dazed and shaken as Cuthbert hounds her to the bell.

R9: Carmen on the run” stopping getting low and leaning her shoulder into Elisha, stepping away off the bump in hopes of breaking blonde momentum. Elisha relentless, jabbing constantly as she marches forward, driving Carmen to corners, then nestling in to work and Electra doesn’t like it! Elisha nice and relaxed, cheek on Electra’s shoulder. Hands at stomach level, reefing up into jug or swatting at hips and belly, keeping Carmen’s butt in the strands. Electra leaning forward, arms crossed at stomach level, she’s picking her girl up with rude right uppercuts to chest, but not busy enough to take the round.

R10: Electra legging it out, darting in on Elisha, using the shoulder bump to unsettle the blonde, then stepping out and circling. Not a lot of contact--frustrating for the blonde who’s clearly more comfortable dug in with a girl than tracking her down. Electra stinks out the tenth but takes it, along with a closer-than-expected UD10.

After: 6-4 in rounds--a lot of people lose money on this on expecting Cuthbert to go out early. Elisha out-boxed and badly outclassed in the first half, but credit the kid this much: she doesn’t give up, she gets off the canvas and she comes to fight each round. “We won the last half of this fight,” crows Janet Jones with evident pride. “If Elisha had used her jab like I was asking for from the first round, we’d have given Carmen a tremendous beating. All in all, I’m encouraged.” Carmen dismissing Cuthbert with an imperious wave of the hand, “I think I broke my right hand in the first round,” says Carmen, “when I dropped this bytch like the sorry-assed punk she is. I couldn’t quite get everything I wanted on my power shots after that and I was STILL killing her, basically one-handed. Am I great, or am I great? The question is how great am I?” Electra seen signing autographs with her right hand immediately following--that’s some pain tolerance that girl has.

Reposted by Archer 6/5/11.