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19 March 2005 Shannen Doherty vs Elisabeth Harnois

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Posted by Simguy on 03/19/2005

 

 

 

 

Before: Fox trying to bring along it's ingenues the way WB does - putting Harnois in ridiculously tough in her FCBA debut. Shannen calm, enjoying herself at the podium - she lays on the intimidation in prefight. "You look pale, Beth," Shannen taunts, "Baby, you look scared. You better show up for this fight kid - don't make me hunt you down in the parking lot."

 

Harnois bearing up well, refusing to be punked. "Look - I signed a fighting contract at Fox - this isn't just a hobby for me - we always knew I'd be positioning in the FCBA. Shannen's treating me like I'm some wide-eyed fawn, but I know what I'm doing. Can I beat her? Let's just say I expect to do very well. VERY well."

 

Shannen in black bikini bottoms with thin white/black belt, halter bikini top in patterned shades of grey, white and black floral print (draw-string tied), gray soft-soled UGG slugging boots - Elisabeth in white bandeau top with frilled top edge, baby blue bottoms, white shoes and socks.

 

During R1: Harnois aggressive off the stool - dukes up, marching in - she rings a right hand off the temple, left hook off the jaw and puts Doherty's butt on a turnbuckle early. Harnois jabbing, leaning her head in on Doherty's chest and pounding her waist - Shannen momentarily disoriented: nowhere in the script did it say "Harnois pounds Doherty to the body". Shannen covering up well, managing the pressure, blocking on her shoulders and elbows - she slides right along ropes to get out of the corner, starts licking snappy hooks into Harnois' stomach, bumping Harnois a nudging left shoulder, turning on choppy little right hands off the ropes. 'Beth won't back off, determined to expose Shannen as an aging old battleaxe - staying on those ribs and flat tummy like a good girl should. Bell - Shannen miffed - clouts a cheap left hand across Liz' mouth - prompting blonde rage and referee interference.

 

R2: Shannen more serious, stomping strong to midring, then fading gently back as she walks Harnois into two popping jabs, steps right to turn blonde left flank. Shannen probing outside - putting the jab on Beth, testing blonde reactions, feinting her. Harnois, turning, scowling, dukes up in a rigid blocking defense - not a lot of head movement, but she seems stout under fire. Midway through - Doherty hangs a jab - Harnois able to counter a blunt right hand on chin and DOHERTY'S SHOOK! Shan hop-stepping on the spot, covering up panicky as Beth steps in with robust shellack - Shannen taking a pelting to her flanks, ducks low, comes up with a digging left hand crotch shot to double young Elisabeth up. Shannen escorted away and lectured - Harnois given time to recuperate - benefits Doherty as well: brunette chest heaving, having a little more difficulty than anticipated. Doherty boxes out the round with no-nonsense - lateral movement, sticking jab, just turning the blonde and maintaining distance.

 

R3,4,5,6: Shan Doherty methodical, professional - realizes she's got a defiant, sturdy young woman on her hands who isn't cooperating: Doherty's got to break her down. Shan going to work with the jab - patient, deliberate process of busting Beth up around the eyes, getting her groggy, getting her used to being touched. Harnois' high, stingy guard taking away the cross, but Shannen putting left and right uppercuts to good use, tidying up chin with B leather, just making contact. Doherty to the body with spanking right/lefts, then pivoting out - brunette not looking to hang around and bang for extended sequences. Shannen's footwork economical, dragging the front foot as she lures Liz forward, stepping out and walking to the right for fresh angles, rotating left around jabs and hooks. Harnois hunched behind her guard, inching forward, getting peppered, picked apart - brave blonde doesn't have any answers - getting off in spots, unable to draw Doherty into sustained trade.

 

R7: Shannen's put the work in - now she's setting down, hurting Harnois. Series of tough left hooks crank into Beth's ribs, buckling her at the minute mark - Doherty able to hook wide to disrupt the guard and land her first clean, cracking right cross on the chin - hopping baby-steps from Harnois as she staggers to keep her footing. Shannen dropping her hands and slugging murderous from her hips - great swinging shellack batters Harnois ropeside. Poor blonde tempest-tossed - hands at temples, toothy grimace as she rides it out - Shannen pins her ears back, chest out, feet wide and lays it on thick to bell. Badly shaken Harnois steadies herself at the ropes, blinking back tears - Shannen knifes in from the side and deposits that cheap flyweight elbow-tip to the pit of blonde gut! Shout of pain 'Liz - Shannen hopping away all proud of herself - oblivious ref checking Harnois out actually tells her to 'protect yourself at all times' - like it's HER fault!

 

R8: Harnois' form degrading - she's staggering a little, drifting, getting moved as Doherty loads up. Shan snarling, lunging in with the jab and hauling monster right hands onto Beth, battering blonde upside the head in a staggering little counterclockwise reel. Harnois hurt, but keeping her hands up, after a few Doherty haymakers, blonde answers back a cheeky hook in the ribs or clubbing right up top - slowly banging her way back into the round. Down the stretch, winded Doherty a little gassed - she gives ground slipping and bobbing as Beth steps forward slugging.

 

R9: Trade in hooks: DOHERTY'S SHOOK! Shan put wobbly butt on her heels - shock on her face as she steps away on shaky pins, fluttering a don't -hurt-me jab. Harnois over to offense, dukes at temples, walking Shannen down - blonde bringing the fight to brunette in hardhearted fashion! Ingenue unimaginative, but gutty - she's stepping close, hooking Shannen's breasts, hooking her ribs, clobbering her righty atop the head - she's got brunette ropeside. Doherty fighting off her heels on the apron late - teeth bared as she bends forward noggin to noggin and trades underneath - crowd-pleasing hustle-punching at the bell as ref has to enforce the break on seething sluggers.

R10: Shannen gets a second wind, fighting Harnois to a standstill over the first two minutes, then stepping out to coast behind her jab to the finish line. Spicy trade at points as girls lean in and work - Beth standing her ground, accepting shock to her tits, ribs and tummy in order to hammer Doherty in kind. At the bell - Shannen disdainful, shouting "Give it up Elisabeth," and "You got nothin'!" as ref keeps 'em separated. Comes back UD10 Shannen Doherty.

 

After: "Absolutely the worst prospect I've ever schooled," Shannen insists in post fight. "I probably shouldn't say this, but I had the cuffs on all night: Fox didn't want me taking this girl out early, so I carried her. Believe me, I could have ended this any time I wanted."

 

Didn't look that way in the ring - Harnois exceeding expectations, took a good shot, proved busy, workmanlike when opportunities presented and never backed down: we've seen worse debuts. "She can say what she wants," an upbeat Beth retorts. "She knows I gave her hell tonight. She's nothing like I thought she'd be - she's much weaker and slower than I expected. Seriously - if that's Shannen Doherty - bring on Eliza Dushku, Rachel Leigh Cook, Mish Williams - anybody who thinks they're tuff. I feel like I don't have to back down from anyone after tonight."

 

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