BOXING AFTER DARK

Posted by Simguy on 6/12/2001, 6:21 pm.

Before: 2 tall, big hitting blondes square off for what could be an entertaining romp. Unexpectedly, both show up as form, fit welters—girls wanting to show they are serious about the opportunity to fight on TV—ship-shape waists and hips bespeak a little roadwork., Both love the right hand—Romijn a little more schooled, Carey a little less predictable—both love to lay opponents out—this one’s not expected to go deep. Mariah in gold lame bikini, golden locks—Romijn in black bikini with sports bra style top. Fought outdoors on a packed Southern Cal beach.

During R1: Light rain already sprinkling the combatants—Carey takes the initiative with brawling overhand rights, zesty wide lefts from her knee—she’s brazen with the offence as Romijn lopes away in steady retreat. Mariah the aggressor as Rebecca seeks to avoid all contact—either by legging away or lunging in to clinch. Down the stretch however—Romijn’s patience is rewarded—she catches Mariah swinging right hands and nails the singer repeatedly with straighter rights to the chin—Carey hurt, continues throwing gets more and more shabby as Romijn POUNDS away on the mouth until Mariah falters sideways in big trouble. Mariah swooning, saved by the bell as Becky walks her down to finish.

R2: Girls slicking up nice in the rain—would seem to be an advantage for Carey as footing for a boxer becomes problematic. Romijn managing well however—keeping her jab on Mariah—glove landing heavy and wet to the face and chest of her foe, occasionally freezing Carey for the follow up right cross. Carey still swinging dangerously—often dropping her left to her thigh when she hurls the right and viuce versa—Romijn not blind, she’s starting to see openings.

R3: Becky starting to corral her foe—breaking Carey down with a splattering jab, bending into luscious right crosses with good extension, spanking Mariah’s head to the side with a mini-shower of water upon impact. It’s pretty basic outside fighting from Romijn, steering her foe with the jab and pounding right hands into the cavernous openings. Midway through, Romijn pawing at Mariah’s mouth lulls the singer into coming forward and DRILLS a short right hand to the chin to drop Carey to her knees, Mariah up at 8—face blank, legs shaky—All Romijn to the bell as she licks long armed punches up and down Carey’s sides and arms—singer sagging into the ropes to take.

R4: Carey showing good resiliency—she shakes off a lot of Romijn punishment to re-take the initiative this round. Romijn getting clocked repeatedly as Mariah launches right hands over the model’s long jab—punches start to collect in Becky’s trunks and thighs as she begins to drift. Midway through the round, Carey sweeping away with looping lefts and rights, bending outrageously into the attack, wildly overextending, catches Romijn moving straight back and swivels Becky’s head to sprawl her into the ropes. Wide, free swinging beat down to the bell as Mariah marauds late—Romijn’s turn to cover up, sage into the ropes and get beaten about her lats and arms.

R5: Now Romijn shows heart—refusing to be discouraged and upping the ante on Mariah this round. Hard jabs to the face have Carey stupefied early, and Romijn sets down on crashing right hands that jolt Mariah a quarter turn to her right—singer stepping in fence post holes as Romijn lines her up and lands true. Romijn the huntress this round, walking her stunned opponent down, touching her up with rangefinders, then plowing home the money shot to repeatedly wobble Mariah’s long legs. Mariah busted up in the mouth—eyes vacant after a hard potshotting shutout from Romijn—rain only adding to the sodden, punishing look of the girl.

R6: MARIAH guts up this round answering Becky’s charge and going right at the model with renewed vigour. Crowd delighted at the effort—neither girl with a real warrior’s reputation before this bout. Carey changes her arm angle to lift punches up from underneath—Romijn hammered up onto her toes, stumbles back into the ropes as Carey lands splashy lefts and rights to the belly. Round devolves into steamy clinches at the ropes—girls tieing up and bulling one another into the strands-soaking wet ref working hard to pull battlers apart. Fight getting cheap—both just trying to land a right hand before falling in and grinding the opponent into the corners with rough clinching—plenty oif elbows and laces finding faces in tight.

R7: Becky answers back—shooting her left, falling in with her right and clinching, she starts to mug Mariah around the ring. Stumbling brawl squishes into the corner—girls pushing and pulling one another off balance as punches come at a premium. Becky getting the better of sloppy action—she’s more adept at scoring just before smothering, landing several nice right hands to the side of Mariah’s head.

R8: Finally, Becky gouges out a round back to back. Murky action continues through much of the round—heavy potshots, desperate clinching—both girls slipping to the canvas in ugly action,. Down the stretch, Becky restores class to the battle field, taking the fight back outside and harming Mariah with educated left. Nice strong stick—Carey just blinking, getting rammed between gloves as Becky keeps the fight in the middle of the ring.

R9: Becky starting to dial in—her jab paving the way to mastery over the troublesome brawler, Carey eats a straight one-two and comes up dazed—Becky able to reload, touch the jab. spear the right an Carey lolls badly to her right side as the crowd roars. Romijn’s found the rhythm—straight lefts and rights. Carey’s face bouncing back hard from the crisp, long connects—she’s driven to the ropes and beaten unmercifully as Becky steps with her, Big shutout late for Rebecca Romijn as she loads up and clobbers Mariah pillar to post—lusty wide right hands to the ribs and upside the head doing all the damage.

R10: Carey damaged goods—she’s busting up around the eyes, bleeding from the nose—Becky comparatively fresh—both girls glistening, hair matted from the rain as Romijn strides ion to win. Becky spends a minute outside just spearing her jab, stepping in with it and socking back Mariah’s head—Carey on waterlogged legs stumbles away from every punch—ref taking a good close look. Middle minute—Becky starts to dial in—she drives in off that back foot behind timing lefts, getting everything into murderous right hands—Carey battered unrecognizable as somehow, she keeps her feet through a dreadful barrage. Mariah helpless at the ropes, leaning back with sleepy eyes, gloves at her chest as Romijn loads up and lands lanky bomb after lanky bomb to the head. Down the stretch, a ruined Mariah Carey STARTS TO PUNCH BACK! Brawling at the ropes—Mariah out on her feet, just moving her arms on instinct—she catches a badly drained Rebecca Romijn over and over again as the two exchange exhausted lefts and rights and BECKY’S LEGS GIVE A QUIVER! Romijn open mouthed, steps back in disarray—Mariah lunging forward from the ropes and slinging a wild right hand to the jaw which jerks Becky sideways—eyelids fluttering, Carey stomping forward, sweeping her punches with mindless desperation—wide lefts and rights finding Becky’s mouth over and over as she clatters backwards and REBECCA GOES DOWN! Becky splashing to the mat and actually sliding about a foot on her side, rolls to her back, rain pattering down open her sleeping face and IT’S OVER! Talk about a wild finish—KO10 Mariah Carey.

After: Punching, punching, punching! RUINOUD tenth destroys both women, but Carey somehow finding the instinct to put her girl out as Romijn faltered in total disbelief that she was going out. Carey dropping don to pin the unconscious supermodel to the canvas—Mariah is deadweight herself as the ref struggles to remove her glossy frame from the unguessed ability in a losing effort and Carey showing unbelievable grit to win it. For once, a boxing crowd gets soaked, and loves every minute of it.

Reposted by Archer 11/26/09.