Posted by Simguy on 2/25/2006, 7:58 am.

Before: Was Beyonce the fight that made Jennifer Garner, once upon a time? “It was a breakthrough bout for me, no question,” JG admits in prefight. “She had hurt me once or twice, had me backing up—and everyone knows you just can’t let Knowles bully you. She really pressed me to dig down and fight—beating her at that time in my life put me on another level for sure.”

Beyonce recalls the same moment in time with rather more bitterness: many feel the Knowles expression has never recovered fully from that defeat. “So many people at HBO and in the industry in general wrote me off after that loss,” Beyonce laments, “it did, it really hurt my momentum. Now I’ve got a chance to set Jennifer back—maybe take a little something away from her. That would be sweet, I won’t deny it!”

Garner in electric blue bikini, bra strap cut, slick low ponytail: Beyonce in lemon elbow bikini, ruffled bottoms and cups, pretty puncher’s ponytail with forelocks framing her face.

During R1: Garner a little surprised to see Knowles jabbing: Beyonce stepping forward behind a frisky stick, stepping garner to ropes and enjoying moments, JG pursing her lips, frowning—she’s slugging out of the pocket, then leaning back into ropes, twisting her shoulder to slip shots. Knowles keeping the chipping stick in Jen’s face, then BANGING that bod right hands—good thumping wallop applied—Knowles getting her body on Jen, stacking her up, then bashing away ribs and arms for a workmanlike Knowles first.

R2: Jen hard-eyed, much, much busier as she renegotiates all terms. Midring, Garner doubling and tripling stick, dropping straight right hands off her shoulder: Knowles keeping fists at het temples, teeth bared as she tries to trudge through brisk, banging leather. Garner tic-tac-toe up top, then executing sharp 90 degrees pivots to turn Beyonce’s right flank—Knowles just covering up to block, not getting off. Late the round, Jen’s right hand penetrates the high guard, knocking back Beyonce’s face: Garner doubles up righty to get another hard poke in at the bell.

R3: Mission accomplished, Jen Garner: Jen’s established her tempo  her agenda midring—Beyonce turning, turning, turning, dukes at temples. Popping, tart jabs from garner; zesty right hands—much of this at least partially blocked, but Jen executes the 9- degree pivot to her left and gets of scot-free. Garner starting to issue to the body—paunch-digging hooks; slanting right hands parked in between the breasts: Knowles starting to grimace, mouth breathe as Jen begins working in her foe’s welterweight legs for the later rounds.

R4: Garner executing crisp, machine-precise moves—punching in staccato bursts; pivoting while bending at the waist to slip any receipts; going to the cuddly tummy, stout ribs of her foe. Beyonce on her heels occasionally, blinking hurt and confused: tempo and distance all wrong for Knowles and she just can’t get her feet set to punch. Late in the round, Jen wants right hands on Beyonce’s tummy—Garner digging at paunch. gives up some clouting rights and lefts, head and shoulders as girls swap shots at the bell.

R5: Beyonce lumping up, occasionally punched into her heels by jolting Garner combinations—and those vicious body digs aren’t doing Bootylicious any good either. Knowles sullen, crossing her arms occasionally as she bends at the waist, then going back to earmuff—she’s just not letting her hands go enough. Jennifer’s jab, footwork enough to win the rounds, but she’s setting down on piercing right hands up top and withering body work to lay the foundations for a potential stoppage, Knowles dialing in late, landing fat right hands to the leftside ribs on garner: Jen still bumping off stride when Beyonce DOES land.

R6: Just what Beyonce needs: a Jennifer garner left uppercut. Gorgeous, jagged punch—Garner getting it after rifling right hands, splitting the mitts on Beyonce and picking it up tidy. Beyonce getting lit up now—Garner’s straight right pounding through the guard, hooks and uppercuts doing damage—but Knowles taking it well. Beyonce pawing her jab, stepping in to Jen with wide right hands: if only there were more of it.

R7: Jen a little frustrated: she’s hit Beyonce a TON tonight and can’t get Knowles to do more than wobble. B sucking it up, pawing and chipping her jab—she’s starting to get sore spots inside with Garner, pushing and straining against Jen’s arms as girls lean in forehead to forehead. Jennifer laying in flat footed, nice and compact—she’s stepping back in good order, walking B onto right uppercuts from the right foot, left uppercuts off the left foot. Knowles constantly encroaching, clubbing Jen about her head and shoulders, throwing hard forearms against Garner’s sturdy ribcage: by the final minute, Jen’s back is to the ropes. Jen: right under her chin,. Left across her body as she rolls and twists. Knowles pounding happily away—big right hands taking Jen in back and shoulder; hoisting lefts spanking into stomach at the bell.

R8: Beyonce building up some steam—she’s jamming away hefty straight rights up the middle, swinging nasty hooks upside Jen’s head. Garner frowning, trying to roll Beyonce’s shots, then answer back a drilling right up the middle: it’s landing, Knowles just isn’t effected. Hard right hands caroms off Jen’s forehead, draping her ropeside: Knowles squares away, gets beefy. Beyonce leaning into Jen with either shoulder, either forearm bracing the body, just pinning Garner down at the ropes. Hard, clubbing shots—overhand rights, clobbering hooks up and down the flank—Jen covering up earmuff, not answering back now as Beyonce starts to land with vigour. Final minute—crowd on the edge of their seats: Garner taking a vicious pasting, just riding it put, Beyonce snarling, swinging away side to side—big, busting haymakers bouncing off all things garner and JEN TAKES A KNEE! Sensational sustained shove and slug altogether too much—Jen takes an 9 to relieve the pressure. Beyonce back on top in a rush, but Jennifer smart—clinches up, ruins the clock with Knowles furiously trying to yank her arms clear.

R9: Busting jabs, Jen to Beyonce: Knowles stopped short at midring, unable to answer. Garner opushing the right hand straight up the middle—pursing her lips, narrowing her eyes as she drills Beyonce—then BITING that hook in under the raised elbows. Knowles groaning, babystepping backward while maintaining earmuff: she’s hurt and Jen pours it on. Straight right, straight right, hook, straight right—Jen drives Beyonce to ropes under a fusillade of crisp headshots from a wide stance. Jen pressing in close, then going to carving close-in uppercuts: muscular jerks clipping Beyonce’s face, putting her wobbly butt. Garner bullying the bully now—shoving off her left shoulder, then REEFING hooks amidships; slicing tidy right and left uppercuts. Knowles breaking down, leaning back into ropes, buckling forward—she’s distraught, no longer competing and THE REF STEPS IN! Beyonce blubbering, puffing up badly—she puddles in the man’s arms as Jennifer struts away the TKO9 Victrix.

After: Hard top find a better 5 round stretch for Jen garner than rounds two through six tonight: brilliant big woman execution simply left Beyonce without effective options. Knowles unleashing late to bludgeon Garner to canvas, but the effect proved too expensive: a spent, exhausted Beyonce Knowles just had nothing left with which to hold Jen off down the stretch.

Reposted by Archer 8/16/09