Posted by Simguy on 6/2005, 6:40 am.

Before: Kaley eager to match mitts with a very fit, very strong former pro athlete - even accepting haughty Anna's challenge to a tennis match as part of the prefight hype build. Kournikova wins 6-3, 6-2, but Kaley shows pluck: embarrassing Anna with a well disguised drop shot at one point; catching Anna flatfooted with a cheeky underhand serve - Kournikova frequently scowling and irritated by Kaley's so-called guerilla tennis. Anna in blistering scarlet Adidas two piece (Aristide reference) long blonde battle braid, white shoes - Kaley in matching Adidas two piece, powder blue in colour, messy ponytail, white shoes. Small gloves both vixens.

During R1: Kaley playing Anna's game - girls up on toes, jitter-bugging footwork, darting in-out attacks behind heartfelt jabs. Wide ranging action covers every inch of canvas - Cuoco competitive, but getting outhit - Kournikova spotting her jab body and head, controlling the action. Nobody hurt by the bell - Anna turning away with an exagerated swivel so as to whipsnap her braid across Cuoco's eyes at the bell - outraged American escorted to her corner by a conciliatory referee in the first. Stern warning for Anna ('braiding' is a definite no-no).

R2: Cuoco's corner wants her to get closer "Rough her up Kales": easier said than done. Kournikova's jab a nightmare: stiff, quick, accurate - she's picking up and rejecting Kaley as Cuoco tries to penetrate. Midway through, Anna backs Kaley up the jab, drops a long right hand through the middle - CUOCO'S HURT! Kaley put wobbly butt, covering up earmuff and staggering to ropes - Anna pounding away with an evil little grin of satisfaction. Great batting lefts and rights humble Cuoco's proud midsection - Anna shifting her hips, hammering away with groundstrokes to paralyze American legs. AK eases off the gas just a bit, resetting behind a prodding jab - patiently going at Cuoco with banging right hands upstairs, rich, thick left hooks BITING tummy meat. Kaley riding it out - diligently protecting her head: Anna's hook tearing up the ribs and waist as Russian fists romp to shutout.

R3: Kaley a little shabby: those body bombs didn't do her one bit of good last round. Anna up on her toes, attacking in/out with the jab, motoring effortlessly in either direction: not often Kaley meets her equal below the waist. Kournikova throwing right hands at the guard just to occupy Kaley: all the damage being done with that educated left hand digging up tummy and rib off Anna's front foot. Robust stuff: Kournikova showing vast improvement since destroying the much smaller Kiana some years ago - she's rotating around Kaley, changing distance, chewing up the American's body through 3 professional heats.

R4: Anna's jab pounding between Kaley's mitts, loosening Cuoco up - right hands starting to bang through, and that hook's never stopped scoring along Kaley's trunk line. Cuoco wincing, stepping out to regroup - she's rattled because inside and out, Anna's punishing her. Cuoco finds an approach late - retreating to ropes, inviting Anna in and countering - Cuoco clouting Kournikova cheeky hooks upside the head as Anna concentrates on working the body those big, batting licks.

R5: Disaster: Anna gets to Kaley's chin early that big, booming right cross. Kournikova bending in and swivelling Kaley's head - crowd shouting in delight as Cuoco's knees bennnnd, then straighten. Hooks and right hands up top - Kournikova shelling poor Kaley - Cuoco covering up and toppling hurt to ropes, but blocking well enough to prompt Anna's attention back downstairs. Muscular, bludgeoning stuff - Anna setting her feet, turning her hips into stroking shellack - loud spanking impact frightening to hear as Kaley soaks it up at the ropes. Anna relaxed, shiny-shouldered with sweat, right under her chin, left loose across her body - she's just belting away, easing into Kaley with the left shoulder to reset and prop. Poor Cuoco in stupor, sopping up licks - Anna's fists clubbing and clouting across the chest, biceps, dig-sticking into ribs behind the elbows, tearing up tummy. Anna content working Kaley's tanned torso - only occasionally coming off the bodkin with uppercuts or short right hands against the guard.

R6: Kaley showing tremendous resilience - she's taken some great Kournikova shots, still competing hard to begin the home stretch. Kaley jabbing to Anna's chest and tummy, sliding back, coaxing Anna forward into sudden check-hooks - Kournikova getting tagged counters, bouncing back outside with a perplexed frown. Both girls anticipating incoming right hands very well, legging out of range - it's basically a left hand show: hooks, jabs. Cuoco breaks the shutout, outboxing Anna by fighting well in reverse - Kournikova sent to her corner grumbling, obviously having anticipated closing the show this round.

R7: Cuoco continues to establish the jab, forcing Anna to cover up consistently: leaning forward behind her guard, Kournikova's body feels Kaley's heartfelt stroke for the first time. Good, good body shots - Kaley giving Anna a big fat dose of her own medicine, belting home the groundstrokes with either hand to Russian ribs, waist. Anna grimacing, stepping forward crouched - she's wading into trouble as Cuoco turns hips into sweet shelling rights and lefts, then sidesteps to turn the Russian midring. At one point, Kaley on her front foot hooks Anna's tits, then digs a vicious hook in behind Anna's right elbow - Kournikova actually backs off wincing in pain, favouring her right side, eyes glaring with hate as Cuoco takes her second straight round.

R8: Anna suppresses Kaley's jab with her own - not many pokes in the celebrity game on par with Kournikova's. Cuoco covering up again, posing behind her gloves - body becomes available as Kournikova continues her punishing baseline game. Midway through, Anna helping Kaley tumble forward with some illegal trunk tugging - pulling Cuoco by her waist band, then spinning her round, shaking her up. Kaley's tired, hurt, swinging desperate - Anna able to slip and come up behind Cuoco as Kaley overcommits. Taking a left handful of waistband to anchor Kaley, Kournikova slams away right forearms into Cuoco's back, drawing a piercing cry of protest, paralyzing tanned American legs - poor Kaley sent face-first into the ropes as Anna scores a series of cheap kidney wallops before ref gets in there. Anna laughing, licking parted lips with a pink tongue: Kaley righting herself stiffly at the ropes, eyes glassy - she's wearing down. Kournikova closes out the stanza with a constant banging jab, booming right hands up top, ripping left hooks downstairs - effortlessly shifting weight from one foot to the other as she works Kaley over. During the break, Kournikova actually checking her look in a compact mirror

held by her trainer instead of discussing the fight, demanding little touch ups, hair to be smoothed behind the ears etc: unbelievable!

R9: More Anna. Cuoco mouthbreathing, breaking down. Kournikova's jab pounding past the gaurd now, pounding back Kaley's head, knocking her knees together. Anna getting right hands past the guard with a little step right, dropping bombs over Kaley's left shoulder: curvy legs, quivering backside holding Cuoco up as she proves she can take legit lightweight sock. And oh, those bruising, succulent body shots: Anna's shoulders and back muscle shredding into relief as she turns into breathtaking hooks, steps back to let Kaley stumble forward, then rips her a swinging right underneath. Tough to watch - Kaley biting down on screams behind her gloves, trying to fall into Anna and clinch. Anna working at a steady upbeat pace, bouncing on her toes then setting down, turning Kaley midring - Cuoco sent to her stool throbbing, face etched in pain as trainers probe her ribcage during the break.

R10: More Anna. Cuoco crippled, just coming out on pride - Kournikova heartless as she pours it on to finish. Kaley dukes at temples, bending forward at the waist. Anna patient - jabbing at Kaley's forehead, then trying to walk her into uppercuts between the mitts. Anna still banging that body and why not? Those punches have carried the night for Kournikova. Cruel digging hooks in behind the elbow, clawed across Cuoco's back; swinging right hands rich, thick underneath - Anna shuddering with unspeakable delight when she gets that shot, letting Kaley sag forward into strong Russian arms. Wince-making, but Kaley's too proud to go down - she takes a raw beating, refusing Anna satisfaction as Kournikova shells her rhythmically at the bell. Comes back UD10 wide, Anna Kournikova.

After: Stirring Cuoco uprising in the midrounds put down by ruthless Anna K, like cossacks riding down peasants - Kaley given a beating by a strapping young lass not unlike herself tonight. "Would I fight her again?" says a weary, busted up and gutshot Cuoco. "In a heartbeat. Seriously, I know I took a licking, but I learned so much from being in there with a true specimen like Anna. There's nobody else like her - she came in 127, but she swings at your body like she's 140 or 150. Ali Landry couldn't have taken those body shots - there was just nothing I could do once she started hurting me downstairs."

Thanks to Apollo for this repost.

Archer 10/19/09.