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20 August 1999 Yasmine Bleeth vs Donna D'errico

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

 

 

 

 

 

Posted by Simguy on Friday, 20-Aug-1999

Before: Network weasels always eager top put together Baywatch Alumni bouts--this fight airs on Fox during prime time, giving both women terrific exposure. Career defining fight for D’errico as Bleeth represents a stone that must be stopped in order to enter the top 10. Yasmine nifty fighter, able to do everything well, if not one thing great--has trouble making weight for this one as--it’s been a problem throughout her career. Bleeth in black push bra, neon orange bikini bottoms, D’errico in electric pink strong bikini.

During 1-2: Tactical opening rounds won by Yasmine as she does the little things well, Bleeth with her right on her cheek, has a knack of taking D’errico’s jab on her glove, turning with Donna’s right cross, and coming back with a short right counter to the breasts or chin. Series of crisp exchanges always sees Donna throw more, but Yasmine doing the landing, and ending up inside where Donna seems a little outwomaned.

R3: D’errico with a nice adjustment, stands outside and pokes the lead right into Yasmine’s face, coming back with the hard left hook, and Bleeth gets a pasting from bell to bell this round. D’errico looking younger, faster than the brunette as she stalks, steps around and punches with exquisite timing.

R4: After all the pitty pat punching, D’errico’s opening hooks to the body sound like deck gun blasts, buckling Bleeth’s knees, and Donna put the pressure on upstairs with a nice double left hook to knock Bleeth from corner to corner. Yas not moving her upper body enough, is starting to unravel, and get punished as D’errico begins to get set down on her punches. In the final minute, with her back to the ropes, Yasmine shoe shines D’errico face. Spins out of danger and hammers a double left hook to the ear, then to the liver to put D’errico gasping on one knee. Veteran flurry sees Yasmine steal a sure D’errico round with the knockdown.

R5: D’errico with that “I’m hurt” look on her face, comes out with hands low, legs sluggish, and Bleeth immediately bodies up. Yasmine putting mileage on the blonde’s legs, jerks short strokes inside to the body, turning her shoulders into hooks and uppercuts to break Donna down. D’errico laying in, just trying to get her faculties together and avoid the big punch in the meantime.

R6: Yasmine really piling up points. Outside, clever counter punching discourages D’errico, drawing her inside where she’s clearly not as adept as the bigger Bleeth. Yas, with quick hands, puts her head on either shoulder of Donna, digging her combinations to the gut, walking Donna off balance, and constantly putting the pressure on.

R7: Donna shows her underrated hands this round, snapping off combinations inside to club Bleeth’s breasts, and snap the brunette’s head up out of it’s comfortable perch on Donna’s shoulder. D’errico now pushing Yasmine around this round, has Bleeth hanging on rather than punching.

R8: Bleeth shows signs of fatigue, as she is again outworked on the inside by the tireless blonde. D’errico sweeping lefts and rights across Bleeth’s pudgy gut, and leaning her torso back into clipping uppercuts, has Yasmine looking puffy and confused this round. Bleeth’s footwork seriously eroded as she stands in front of D’errico, and can’t seem to get leverage to move the blonde back.

R9: Yasmine Bleeth with a terrific late round, turns boxer, and completely flummoxes the blonde with stick and move. Bleeth up in her toes, bouncing counter clockwise around Donna, poking and molesting with the jab and slicing with the bright hand, then moving on before D’errico can get off. Shutout Yasmine as she tactically upends D’errico who simply follows and takes punches this round.

R10: Donna clearly the fresher fighter, and Yasmine starting to suffer from her weight difficulties. D’errico senses the opponent’s weakness and really pours it on, snapping off 2 and 3 punch combinations, scoring hard and often as Bleeth clinches, forcing the referee to break, Yasmine cant outrun the bouncy-legged blonde , and is to arm-weary to work inside--the fight moves to the ropes where Donna begins to beat the older brunette like a drum, in the final minute, Donna snapping lefts and rights wide to the body and head, busts Yasmine up and has her defenseless, All D’errico to the final bell as she has Bleeth out on her feet, but just can’t get the stoppage. The decision comes back a heartbreaker for Double D--Unanimous Duke Yasmine Bleeth.

After: Gutsy effort from both women--Yas doing what she had to do early to be able to survive late. D’errico with the strong finish, loses the fight, but continues to add to her fan base by finishing the clearly stronger fight. Bleeth over to Donna’s corner after the fight, tells D’errico she’s going to be a great fighter one day.

Reposted by Archer 8/30/10

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