Before: "I think it's their biggest mistake," Carmella says of the Foxfire decision to match her with Harnois. "Beth needs seasoning - not outright beatings - there's no way that girl's ready for Decesare heat. I hit too hard for one thing - she's not going to have any chances to get off because I'll be hammering her. They're really putting her in a tough situation - and I think it's a little irresponsible." Harnois blushing at Carmella's concern: Beth's used to being disparaged, but this is ridiculous. "I'll fight Carmella with everything I've got, and for her to dismiss that...well that's just cheap. She's a hitter, I know that, but she's just a girl - two arms, two legs - a little on the scrawny side if you ask me. I'll be swinging too, and you know what? If we both get hurt, my spirit's going to be the difference - you watch!" Carmella in fighting pink HMK bikini with little white belt; white gloves; white boxing boots to midcalf with tassles. Beth in dark green bikini, little yellow belt; yellow gloves; hair back in slick ponytail; yellow boxing boots to midcalf.

During R1: Carmella ranging 'round Beth midring: Decesare's left hand low, right at her chest as she shoulders out jabs-off-the-hip. Beth nervy, dukes up, blocking poke with both her forearms out front. Carmella all sinewy - twisting into wide right hands against Beth's body; torquing back with wide hooks to Beth's ear; pivoting lanky-left (tassles tossing as she steps), shaking out her arms at her sides. Harnois blocking well, turning, crouching forward - late the round, she's able to scuff Carmella with scrubbing, straight rights and lefts out of the raised guard - buffetting those world-class jugs and beautiful face in scrappy fashion. Bell: Carmella hopping on the spot, hands at her sides, looking all bouncy and lithe; Beth scuffed, but encouraged, giving Deech a determined look.

R2: Beth successful early: crowding close behind raised guard; scrubbing lefts and rights in rapid succession, buffing face and jug as Decesare backs up. Deech cute at the ropes, loping to her right and circling wide - legs giving her escapability; granting her initiative. Sweeping right hand off the thigh catches Beth's chin a minute in: Carmella takes over. Deech loping around her foe, lifting lanky punches into Beth's body and guard; belting her wide wallop to either ear, pivoting around dazzled blonde. Breezy, sinuous clout administered: Decesare in control through 2. Again at the bell, Deech hops on the spot, arms at her sides - she's feeling springy tonight.

R3: Carmella at play - swiping and smiting - legging away with hands at her side, smile on her face. Minute mark she pays the price: Harnois dutifully encroaching, hands up - she fits a timing-right onto Carm's chin as Decesare's executing lissome pivot-left: DEECH IS HURT! Carmella spastic-legged, covering up awkwardly: Harnois steps into Playmate sternum with a digging left uppercut; Decesare spits her mouthpiece out over Beth's lowered left shoulder. Carmella bodied to ropes - Harnois snarling, plugging close-in right hands to flat Playmate gut, then bodying up to smother Carmella at ropes. Good mugging pressure - Beth hugging Carm and pressing her to ropes as required - using body to position Decesare for attrition. Bell: Carmella shopworn, then insulted as Beth chests up and lets her hear all about the third round!

R4: Carmella refuses to respect her blonde - still loping about hands-down - reaching out to touch or cuff, pivoting supple around either Beth flank. Harnois staying low, keeping dukes up - she's turning into the potshots, blocking what she can, accepting what she must. Midway through, Harnois edging into range again, catches Carm a short right hand receipt after a pair of lanky Decesare hooks to the body: DECESARE'S SHOOK! Carmella stepping awkwardly off a curb - trying to rally: Beth hurtles in with a scrubbing barrage of hustling lefts and rights and CARMELLA GOES DOWN! Decesare tripping over her own feet, flurried to her back as Harnois storms past: lovely brunette scrambles quickly up, pushing against ref to continue. Deech takes 8: ON COMES BETH! Harnois hurtling in, pancaking lissome brunette to ropes, then chugging up into her midsection all hup-hup right/lefts! Carmella grunting - arms draping around Beth's shoulders: furious blonde punching has perfect brunette buns jumping up into ropes! Deech clinching for ref's breaks, but she's hurt, gasping - she can't get off ropes as determined Beth pours in. All Harnois in a series of stop and go assaults: Carmella's hair a mess, mouth open, cheeks blushing as once again she suffers Beth's crowing.

R5: Carmella going flat footed - crouching, then lifting succulent right hands up into Beth's midsection - lithe brunette straightening up majestic into the punch. Harnois crying out, but slugging back hurt: even backing up, she's slapping at Carmella's face, or stuffing leather into her midsection. Decesare grimacing, wading forward - she's dippin'-n'-digging Alba style, trying to hoist supple left and right uppercuts into her foe's belly and ribs, then check her out with swipe up top. Harnois put wobbly butt - shouting in pain at times, but plucky: every time Decesare seems to be rolling, Beth puts up a fight, halts the jail break. Bell: girls still trading recklessly, forcing ref's hand.

R6: Carmella in on Beth again, but Harnois doing a nice job huddling down to take punches on her arms, then answering back blunt n' short to Carm's chin. By the minute mark, Decesare's wearing out - too many flush connects on the button tonight: she's wobbling, starting to push and slap groggily at Beth. Harnois gritting her teeth, getting her body in behind determined, short right hands - OH she's pasting Carmella, scoring again and again to that beautiful face. Carmy stumbling around midring, trying to keep her balance - eventually she's hustled to ropes, stacked up, and worked on. Nothing fancy from Beth - she's just chugging, trying to put as many right hands as she can into Carmella's midsection before Decesare can tie up.

R7,8: Bitter toe-to-toe fighting - both girls baring teeth, setting down, slugging their hearts out. Concern in the HMK corner: fight wasn't supposed to be this hard - Carmella's all banged up, taking way too many clean shots: she's forced to lick and swipe away now. Harnois badly busted up - SHE'S falling prey to lanky uppercuts and whippy hooks; Carmella twisting and bending into shots, tightening up stroke nicely to compete inside. Punch for punch it's Carmella - she's steadily getting to Harnois and occasionally really rocking her - but Beth won't punk. Harnois still punching short, scrubbing effectively and taking her toll on Carmella through 8.

R9: Weary Carmella lopes to midring, drops right foot back, sets up flat footed. Harnois crouching forward: Carmella slaps a hook upside the head, pivots left, turning Beth midring. Jab from Carmella punches Beth's mouth; oily right cross follows, spanking Beth's face. Carm extending on shots, weight on that left (front) leg as she twists on her hips: she's got Beth facing into blows. Hook-and-pivot turns Beth again - Carmella jabs, drops the right hand up the middle, splitting Beth's mitts. Harnois ragged, stumbles forward behind her mitts, looking to close-and-scrub: Carmella lopes back, sets, walks Beth onto a gorgeous, lanky left uppercut dug deep to sternum. "GAHH!" Beth sobs aloud, pitching forward past Carm's left shoulder to all fours on the canvas. Decesare hands on hips, stalking to neutral corner, dragging in deep breaths. Beth bravely off the canvas, huggiing her body - she backs into ropes, squeezing out tears as Ref gives her 8. Carmella thoughtfully forward, pausing in front of Beth to paw left hands at the raised guard, then leaning in and down with a right to the navel. Carm straightens, leaning back as Harnois doubles forward: blonde desperately hurt, bending forward off ropes. Carmella steps in, leans forward, dragging that heartless buggywhip right hand in above Beth's left hip. Fresh cries of pain from Harnois as she shudders from thump. Carmella steely-eyed - left hand pushing back of Beth's head down - right hand deploying savage, lashing buggywhips, over and over against the back and body. It's too much - Harnois sobbing, goes to her knees, hugging her stricken body - then puts forehead on canvas as she shudders on her haunches. It's over - merciless KO9, Carmella Decesare.

After: Decesare breathing hard, banged up, flushed - she struts past the Foxfire corner, eyes blazing in challenge before her own girls collect her, take her back to safe waters. Poor Beth! Buggywhipped into submission, but exceeding all expectations in extending her lovely foe. Decesare much lumpier and haggard than anyone anticipated she would be after 9 brutal rounds of Harnois defiance.

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Posted by Foxfire Boxing on 11/27/2008, 12:03 pm, in reply to "Beth Harnois vs Carmella Decesare"