“North Shore Special”

Posted by Simguy on 8/19/2002, 7:29 am.

Before: Bosworth an LA beach fighter from way back--Electra also earning her bones on the sand, fight’s a natural from a studio promotion standpoint. Carmen more experienced with gloves on, Kate considerably younger, totally unruffled at being hooked up with a legend in her first televised boxing special. “I think it’s cool,” her standard comment. Ring posts put up in on North Shore, high noon, both girls very comfortable wit the conditions--Carmen in high neck purple sports bra, pink floral print bikini bottoms, Kate in navy bikini bottoms, green floral print top. Small black work out gloves for both.

During R1: Girls flat footed, supple at the knees and hips, loose and relaxed, Kate looking a little bones Adamish with the bright hand under her chin, left low, closed up stance, Electra’s right up, left at her hip. Battle of reflexes and balance--girls standing in front of each other on strong legs, getting off, dipping and slipping, occasionally pivoting around a dug-in front foot. Bosworth matching quicks with Electra, and she’s more accurate. Kate likes to feinting close, twist punches with no backswing--all legs and shoulders as she rakes Carmen with hooks up and down her flank. Bosworth very smooth in her movements, doesn’t look fast, but her anticipation is so good, she’s swaying out of make Electra miss, then swaying back in on that front foot to chop counters and make Carmen pay. Bosworth clubbing Carmen up around the temples, putting short punches together that Electra’s not reading--Carmen covered up just waiting for her turn as Katie scores.

R2; Kate  back on the attack, sets up on wide legs, comfy with her distance. She’ll touch Carmen the jab, then chop the right hand saying in close on that front foot as Electra covers up--perfection position to hook Carmen behind that right elbow. Pretty stiff from Bosworth as she works Electra over, nut midway through, Carmen sitting in the pocket, turns into a thunderclap straight right on the button, pushing in on Katie’s chin, dropping the kid to one knee with a stunned expression. Bos takes 8, sets up at the ropes, Katie can counterpunch too--she’s calm, recovers from the shot well and takes advantage of a reckless Electra assault to pick the veteran apart, Boswell rolling with Electra lefts and rights, coming back with sticking little digs in the ribcage, clouting little hooks and right hands, always bending tight in follow through to lip the incoming--Electra can’t make flush contact despite a furious effort.

R3: Electra told to pump it up in her corner--she comes out with wide rights to the hip, trying to score the left hook up top. Bosworth with her elbows in, bending at the waist, turning her shoulders, taking a lot of stream off these blows, then just tucking in counters to tanned flesh when she sees it. Kate with a nice knack of stepping back behind her jab, walking Electra into well spotted right hands on the chin, ducking down to evade the receipt. Down the stretch--Electra’s pressure starts to tell. Splatter pattern to Katies chest has her momentarily dazzled--Electra jumping in a tight hook puts wobble in blonde trunks, left uppercut brushes Bosworth’s face and another compact hook has her knees bending weak, Electra stepping around Kate’s right shoulder, wraps her around the stomach with the right arm, heaves the blonde into the ropes, and piles on sidearm swinging rights to the brisket that leaves Kate groaning at the bell, Grinning Electra sand-swishes back to her corner--Bosworth achy, grimacing in hers.

R4: Kid’s got composure. Flat footed, she works the jab more to start, pre-empting Electra’s jumps, timing her for that sudden right hand to of he closed stance, finishing up in Carmen’s gut the hook. Off the front foot--swat-swat right/lefts to the temples as Bosworth gently leans onto the back foot, changing up distance just enough to make Electra miss. Bos clever with her body, getting it into Carmen, pulling it away, getting her hands ion Electra, pushing on biceps, pulling her head down, turning her. Carmen power-mad--she’s hurt the kid, knows she can end this thing, but can’t find the chin as blonde stays slick.

R5: Carmen commits to Kate’s body, fighting cheek to cheek, girls swap tight on the inside. Both girls adept at tugging trunk, pushing behind the elbow, grabbing at arms with those little gloves--all beach skills. Electra really thumping away at Kate’s smooth belly and small breasts, rolling her shoulders, landing with elbows and forearms with tight delivery. Kate countering more, trying to toe Electra up, then scuff her with hold-and-hit right uppercuts, little swatting hooks on the ear. Sultry struggle fairly even, but Electra’s stronger body on body, and busier--she punishes blonde midsection for points this round.

R6: Katie comes right back, showing more looks, more variety, actually outclassing the veteran this round. Bos throwing that sneaky right hand, chopping it out from her shoulder, thumb up, knuckles grazing cheek to mouth on Electra and Carmen’s not seeing it well. Sets up hooks off the front foot for Bos and she pik-pak-peks her way up torso to jaw, When Kate wants to step out, she’ll dip to her left, hook behind the elbow 2, 3 times and simply walk away--Electra crampy, stiff, can’t pull the trigger. Bos going bell to bell, breaking her girl down efficiently--Electra not reading Bosworth’s compact punching well, taking a lot of punches.

R7: Katie got to Carmen last round--Electra’s eyes a little glassy, she’s not so anxious to scrap--Bosworth takes it to her. Kate getting rich off Electra belly with sweet lefts and rights--so tight as she turns her shoulders into the punches, hobbling Electra forward on the take. Shoulder bump, step to the right, get the chopping right hand, work the hooks. Carmen sullen, crossing her arms, stooping forward--she’s getting tanned in the ribcage and when she buckles to cover, tattooed up around the temples, Kate stepping right she doubles and triples up catspawn hooks upside Carmen’s head, then turning into the right hand, catching Electra flush, falling in close to smother. Helping herself to waist with hooks around the elbow, pushing off to reset. No one punch doing it, but the accumulation of exquisite combination punching to head and body is harming Carmen--she’s dazed, wobbly butt at the bell--Kate breezy, expressionless swishing back to her corner.

R8: Third shutout round in a row for Bosworth as even fight turns into a beat down. Bosworth in the pocket, running Carmen into chop chop left/right/lefts up the middle--just short, jolting punches from the chest right on the veteran’s mouth. Kate pivoting to the tight, arching her back to pick Carmen up in the belly a rising left hook, stacking her up a shoulder, then putting clubbing swats together off that front foot. Grabby trunk tugging, arm pulling as Kate loosens up, has Carmen stumbling and reeling--Bos able to plunder Electra gut with free right hands while wrapping the veteran in a cuddly left,. Carmen blank-faced--looking spanked--when she punches, she pays, and she’s hurting at the bell.

R9: Electra comes out swinging early--Bosworth leaning away, bending low, pivoting sliding, evades half a dozen leaping Electra shots, batting punches out of the air to step around and let the fury pass. Midway through, Bos takes over with a firm jab on the mouth, setting up that sneaky right chop, then owning Electra in the gut those murderous little hooks. Carmen compliant, wanting to clinch--Katie’s not having it. Bosworth stepping out in good order, running Electra into the left on the waist, clipping her leaning forward the left uppercut, nailing her the hacking right hand as Carmen stumbles in. Bosworth taking Electra apart as she fights in retreat, then does a nice wrap-pivot, hipping Electra into the ropes. Carmen dazed, looks to punch her way off the strands--Bosworth in her closed stance, slips a weak Electra left, feathers a throw away jab to screen Carmen’s vision and sets down a spanking short right hand to beat Electra to the punch. Head snap Carmen--she sinks to all fours in the sand as Katie steps back and it’s OVER. KO9 Kate Bosworth.

After: Kate with a breezy smile in victory--all in a days work--she takes time out to console a devastating Carmen Electra on her stool. Disastrous defeat for come-backing Carmen who had looked good in her previous outing as she lets this one slip away down the stretch, Bosworth showing veteran moves and smooth--it looks like a one-punch knockout on the highlights, but this was a steady beating from the 6th round on, lovingly applied by the sun kissed blonde. “I really don’t have any future plans,” says Kate in post fight, “there are a lot of rules in the FCBA, seems a little cramped to me. I can’t really get into fighting for belts, but there are some girls I’d love to hook up with, especially Eliza Dushku, I think that would be an awesome fight. She would have been a great beach fighter I think.”

Reposted by Archer 3/22/11.