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17 August 1999 Charisma Carpenter vs Jennifer Esposito

Page history last edited by Archer844 13 years, 7 months ago

Boxing After Dark

 

 



Posted by Simguy on Tuesday, 17-Aug-1999 08:37:57

 

Thanks to Fight Fan for this repost.

Before: Boxing after Dark celebrity special pits two tremendous prospects against one another in an evenly matched affair. Jennifer's street savvy makes her the favourite, but she's no fitter or better than Charisma in terms of fundamentals, and while the pre-fight speculation revolves around whether or not Carpenter can take what Jennifer dishes out - it should not be forgotten that Charisma can whack with the best of them. Black 2 piece athletic bikini for Charisma, red two piece aerobics togs for Espo.

R1: Charisma with hands up in the Oscar stance, shuffling backward, fighting very cautiously, gives away the round as Jen lets her hands go. Esposito slashing in with combinations, leading with her right on occasion, stepping in and out, and making Charisma look tentative, robotic. Shutout Esposito.

R2: Charisma got a good look in the first, and she times Jenny coming in with a crashing de La Hoya style hook that drops Esposito to her back. Charisma on the attack from the opening bell, pressures a dazed Jennifer into mistakes, pounds the wide right hand to the Latina’s ribs, and torques her body into that sizzling left hook. Also working for Charisma, the straight, spearing jab, keeping Espo occupied on the outside, and setting up Carpenter's power shots. Charisma returns the shutout, leaving Jenny wobbly butt at the bell.

R3: Brisk 2 way action as both women have a sense of what they can do in this bout. Parry and thrust, the women take turns ripping off 3 punch combinations, rotating clockwise and bending at the waist to make the other miss. Carpenter finally asserts herself late in the round, smacking Jen's face with a chopping right/ whipping left to convince the judges.

R4: Hammer and tongs round as the crowd roars. Toe to toe to open the fourth, and Charisma spanks a left right into Jennifer's flanks, bending under Esposito's right hand, and coming up with a short left uppercut to snap Jenny's head back. ESPOSITO JJURT! Charisma cranking left hooks, hammers Esposito to the ropes and continues to rip at the midsection, setting up the head. Jenny looking vacant, taking the left hook solidly on the head, but in the final minute, a crisp exchange of hooks goes Esposito's way. Charisma's eyes go glassy as she stumbles back on her heel, and Jenny rushes off the ropes. Espo catches Charisma with a double left hook on the jaw, whipping the left hand, and as Charisma cocks the right, Jenny beats her to the punch, leaning into her own pre-emptive right to catch Carpenter on the point of the chin. Carpenter going with her own momentum, spills to her face at Jenny's feet. Esposito jubilant as Charisma rolls onto her back, out cold - KO4 Jennifer Esposito.

After: Fight of the year candidate as both women showed a wide range of skills, and a tremendous arsenal of punches. Esposito showed she has a chin, coming off the canvas to stop the hard punching brunette. For Charisma, tough set back as she knows this was a measuring stick fight. Carpenter hard pressed to think what she might have done differently to win this fight - and that scares her.


Sim Guy

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