(UK: piped in to HBO broadcast. Promo bit before the fight shows montage of British girl-fighters 'scrambling' from various poolsides, gymnasiums, beaches etc - to meet the threat of Mishy and Kris like the Spitfires of yore.)


BEFORE: Mish wowing fans and enemies alike - stepping all the way up to face one of the best technical bantams in boxing. "If Claire can dominate Eliza, I'll probably knock Kate's head right off," Mish proclaims in prefight. "Look: American flyweights hit like British bantams - I'm not giving anything up to this chick. She won't like me to the body, I guarantee you that, and once I start chopping her down, that height's not going to mean much either. Kate's the best all around fighter in Britain: I break her, I break the bank. You guys might call it a risk; I call it an opportunity!"

Beckinsale as outraged at the challenge as the entire country: Michelle's brazeness has UK in a furor. "This insanity stops now," Kate says, "Williams cannot hope to compete against me, on my home soil, in my weight class. I will batter this woman - batter her. She'll limp back home, or try her luck on the continent, but I promise you, she's finished campaigning in the UK."

Becks in black bikini, black gloves. Mish in zebra print bikini with twist tied top and low-rise hipster-fit bottoms; black gloves.

During R1: Kate in forward aspect...right (back) heel up off canvas - she's pumping jabs to Michelle's hairline, keeping Williams outside. Pivoting left, Kate employs short left uppercuts and hooks off the jab, chipping at Mishy's chin. Williams turning, turning - swinging wide right hands, coming up short as Kate leans back, pivots, then gets back in charge with poke.

R2: Mish firing more blanks early, foiled by Kate's smooth footwork and wheeling pivots - but American's stubborn in pursuit. Mishy lands fat n' loud to ribs a minute in - rights and lefts spanking off taut British torso. Kate backs away - takes a wide, sweeping hook: Mishy steps-with, continues to pepper away with short, blunt strokes. Beckinsale backpedalling, turning at ropes - she's trying to rally, but getting stampeded: li'l Mish charging in, leaving her feet at times to get leather on Kate's pate. Sloppy, reeling retreat from Beckinsale - she never quite finds comfortable balance, punched and pursued for points.

R3: Energetic Mish keeps at it - crouching, bobbing, then throwing lustily: first minute sees American swing at air as British veteran wheels and stays well outside. Second minute sees Mish cut off the ring, punch her way into Kate's ribcage via wide, swinging roundhouses: only ends when Beckinsale digs in to fetch Mishy the tight right uppercut. Kate winning a measure of respect down the stretch: elbows in, dukes up, she's dipping and clouting, getting the better of Mish as girls bang away guard-on-guard.

R4: Mish! Williams approaching in bobbing crouches, slipping poke, then launching herself at Kate's head. Becks buffetted, leaning back, reeling away: Michelle giving chase with reckless abandon. Not as wild as it looks: Mish staying close, getting off stout, jolting shots, then moving her head: she's clubbing the taller beauty upside the head, then batting the ribcage whenever Kate covers up. Beckinsale flustered - taking the punches well, but looking startled, confused as her face is clapped about: she hadn't anticipated moving backward. Intense, relentless pressure from Mish chases Becks corner to corner: Kate never trapped against ropes and beaten, but touched repeatedly as she retreats, trying to find a comfort zone. Big smile Mish at bell: free-swinging shutout has Kate lumping up nicely!

R4: Kate responds with poise. Forward aspect again, pumping out the jab, rotating clockwise: Michelle taking hard knocks to pate. Short, fish-hook left uppercuts from Kate; crisp pivots-left: she's back to scoring cleanly against Mishy's chin. Williams swinging back: sweeping right takes Kate hard beneath the jugline; digging hook tries Kate's flat paunch. Becks absorbs, maintains discipline: she won't break her stance and give Mish the chance to pursue. Down the stretch, Kate working that jagged left uppercut picks up Mishy's chin: blonde girl startled, swaying slightly on the spot. Kate dips, rips the left uppercut again; dips and rips tidy once more: BLONDE GIRL DOWN! Mishy sputtering to all fours, taking 3 stiff, short, legit bantam shots on the tip of her chin. Williams up at 8 and game: Becks giving Mish a very cold-eyed once-over indeed.

R6: Kate working behind the jab - leaning forward onto left leg, chipping and pumping away. When she's operating - Beckinsale's punching stiff - working left hooks and uppercuts off the jab. Becks also starting to dig left hands to Mishy's rack: meanspirited attention being paid to Williams' fabled top-knot. Mish busting up, but brave: she's taking a pasting, trying to answer. Becks showing respect - leaping away, circling, showing Mishy a springy leg: brunette constantly improving angle, committing only when she has initiative.

R7: Michelle muscling up, punching hard rights and lefts across Kate's front: Beckinsale bailing, loping the ring in wide circles. Too much running from Kate: Mish not landing much, but grimly walking Beckinsale down and bringing fight to taller woman's doorstep: some boos for Beckinsale as hometown crowd wants Mish hurt and humbled, not finessed.

R8: Kate disciplined - weight forward, right heel up off canvas: when she's pumpin' poke and jerking mean little left uppercuts...Mishy's in tough. Williams' face really sore and puffy - Kate's just getting there at will, punishing and turning her blonde. Becks hooking Michelle's rack, then getting in there via left uppie: determined bids to humble those jugs really taking the wind from Michelle's sails. Williams rebuffed, wincing as she regroups: she's starting to hurt full time. Becks starts to mix in straight right hands, punching Michelle between the eyes: Williams facing into it, looking shabby at the bell. Some concern in the HISC corner at the break: Mish quiet, getting enswell around puffy eyes.

R9: Mish SO determined, pushing forward only to be speared and rebuked via Kate's world class poke. Becks hard-eyed - grimly, deeply satisfied her jarring jab's having on Michelle's face. Williams shelled by stick, already groggy when the left uppercut picks her up, or the left hook turns her face aside: she's rocked in spots, put wobbly butt - stumbling about to rally. Kate not pushing the pace for a stoppage, still wary of Michelle's swinging punches: British girl just staying disciplined, patiently putting it on Mish, busting her up, breaking her down. Multiple, swatting hooks take Michelle in her breasts: heartbreaking to see her back away in pain at last, pressing left hand to aching jugs.

R10: Kate stays behind the jab, finishing up her work on Michelle's eyes this round. Cruel stuff - Beckinsale heartless as she rotates left, pounding the left hand home, keeping Mish at arm's length. Williams all busted up, eyes in slits: she's stumbling, head knocking back from poke - not much pressure coming from America now. Becks stamping away jabs to jug, patting away on Michelle's fatty packets just because they're available: Kate simply doling out punishment, keeping herself safe as Mishy suffers. Bell: Williams swaying on the spot, badly battered - that's UD10 Kate Beckinsale.

After: Becks on parade: little shiner under left eye proves she was in a fight, but in the end - bigger, more skilled fighter beat down her spirited little foe. Becks marching into HISC corner, hoisting Mish up by her armpits and jamming her to corner: crowd roaring as Kate mounts corner ropes, palms on Mishy's shoulders as Becks crows to her crowd. Williams distraught, but only for a moment: she gathers herself, thrusts up between Kate's legs with that sturdy right arm - bicep compressing British unmentionables as Mishy's right fist curls up and around, slapping against haughty Beckinsale rump. Cry of shock Kate Beckinsale - she's jolted off the ropes to canvas, doubled over in front of seething Mish. Little blonde snarling - right fist still balled: she slaps a fat forearm across Kate's alabaster back, spanking Briton to her knees. Officials pour in - bedlam broken up as both sides start hurling allegations in raucous aftermath.