Part I

Posted by Simguy on 3/30/2007,  7:44 pm

Before: “I’m totally pumped to be getting a title shot,” chirps an upbeat Hayden in prefight. She’s the only one in boxing who doesn’t think she’s in over her head against Mish. “I liked Mish when she was with TE—she was a real battler back then, but now? I think she lost a step with HISC. She doesn’t work as hard in the ring, doesn’t throw as many punches, and has to cheat when other girls are getting the better of her. You all may think I’m heading for disaster, but I can’t wait to get after this girl!”

Mish nonplussed—Hayden’s effervescence more than a little irritating to the multi-time champ. “As soon as I saw this kid beating up tomato cans a few months back,” Williams purrs, “I knew I had to have her. You know why? She so totally reminds me of Dani Fishel with her rah-rah attitude and her ‘I’m just happy to be here’ schtick. I enjoy all my fights, but I’m gonna take a special glee in this one, you know? If Hayden decides ro quit boxing after this beating, it’ll be icing on the cake.”

Williams in leopard print push up, crimson bikini bottoms; black aerobiocs soes, no socks; black gloves. Hayden in pink bikini: top with large white polka dots, bottoms solid pink; white aerobics shoes/socks; white mitts (Simguy note: it’s come to my attention that Hayden isn’t quiiite as old as I assumed she was. This will be the last Panettiere contest until Aug8st. She could use the break anyway, to digest her progress thus far.)

During R1: Mish processing Hayden at the opening, just going through a checklist of operations against youngster. Big, banging left/right roundhouses land upside Hayden’s head midring, putting her on her heels: Mishy’s crouching, coming forward strong, clubbing Hayden with power. Panettiere’ back hits her own turnbuckles: she’s immediately busted amidships by a chugging Mish Williams barrage—short-pumping lefts and rights pushing the air out of Hayden’s lungs shaking her up ragdoll. Mishy bodyng up, pressing Panettiere upright: tasty little right elbow takes Hayden in the mouth as Mishy’s scrubbing away in tight. More drubbing bodywork—robust pumping takes in Hayden’s trunis and thighs as Mishy’s crouching low, head down. creeping bombardment works up-torso on Hayden, distributing the punishment throughout that taut chassis. Panettiere flustered—can’t get her butt off turnbuckle—can’t fire back: Welcome-to-Mish-Williams boxing type first as Mishy piles atop and romps. Final seconds, Mish rubadubdubbing to Hayden’s breadbasket, has Panny loosened: CRISP right cross caroms off Hayden’s chin, swiveling her head and DROPPING HER ON THE SPOT! Panettiere windblown, disheveled and panting on hands and knees: big smile Mishy as she prances away, tossing her short locks off her sweaty, hard-working face. Systematic 10-8 Misgh as Panny beats the count swaying.

R2: Midring, Hayden spritizing jabs—tuff, stubby shots from her crouch—a brace of ‘em spanking against Mishy’s face, startling her. Tidy right cross Hayden P; hook onna chops—one of those old Ursula Andress style hooks, with the fist curving in thumb first, knuckles taking Mishy sideways across the teeth. Hook rapidly doubled to Mishy’s body, taking her tuff behind the elbow; pumping series of shoulder-shrugging lefts and rights amidships—it’s MISJY suddenly perplexed, staggering backwards under volley fire. Hayden hopping with, pounding away pesky—spraying lefts and rights drive Mishy to the HISC corner as Hayden sets up for poetic justice. Mish grimacing, under constant threat—she’s showing peekaboo, dukes at her temples, keeping her elbows in tight to ribs. Panettiere snarling, working hard—she’s not throwing as hefty as Mish was, but she’s busier—constantly at and on her curvy for. Hayden sporting a wicked right uppercut out of her crouch—bracing Mish with the left hand on champ’s right shoulder to hold her steady. Hayden able to double and triple that odd, thumb-in hook, taking Mish  head and body. Zinging crisscross pelting as Hayden dips side to side, strafing Mishy’s front, skidding across Mishy’s scalp. Down the stretch—Hayden dips her shoulders and chugs away hard to lungs. Williams blurting out in pain and outrage—pushing Hayden away at the bell: Panettiere’s eyes bright, expression challenging as Mishy eats a return-of-serve shutout from Plucky P.

R3: Mishy back on top—landing a spate of swinging right hands midring to bash Hayden upside her head and get her staggering backwards. Mishy in tuff to the body—pushing her head in between Hayden’s mitts and chugging at that firm midriff. Panny’s back hits the ropes—Mishy on top, scouring, drawing warnings as undisciplined lefts and rights take Hayden heavily in her thighs and trunks. Panettiere wincing, cringing up, but very brave—she’s holding herself together, keeping a rigid guard in place to help block the incoming. Spanking leather sounding out—Mish really committed when she twists and drags beef onto Panettiere’s flanks, shoulders and skull via freeswinging lefts and rights. Down the stretch, Panettiere VERY composed with back to ropes starts answering back, Girls trade tidy hooks in close: Mishy steps back, momentarily frazzled—Hayden leans in a chopping right tight and DROPS MISH TO HER BACKSIDE! Tic-toc—Mishy staring up in wonder, sitting with hands out behind her on canvas, hair in eyes, lips parted: Hayden bleating down, batting mitts together, cheeks rosy with defiance. Whole new fight as Hayden steals a Mish Williams round, gets the knockdown back, sends the champ bac to her corner with a furious scowl.

R4: HAMMER AND TONGS! Mishy enraged, but maintaining her form—she’s closing with Hayden first, getting set up mouth on shoulder, THEN ripping away short-n’-succulent. Panettiere not shying away—she’s in there mouth-on-shoulder, bumping and jostling with Mish, trading hooks to trembling paunches, swatting away to jawlines and temples in close, Bruising, tasty fare—girls rotating gently counterclockwise with the action of the mauling punches—occasional bursts if batting 3s and 4s from either woman punctuating the methodical bump, swat, clout routine. Mishy showing her veteran wiles here: stepping on Hayden’s foot; pushing Hayden behind either elbow to twist her off balance; tieing up Hayden’s arms underneath as the girls struggle to be stronger. Panettiere working hard, probably doesn’t even realize she’s lost the round as Mishy gets it done old-school. Hayden back to her corner with a noticeable mouse bulging under left eye—courtesy Michelle’s forehead.

R5: Same again, but Mishy confounded by the sheer energy and enthusiasm of her opponent: Hayden scrubbing, Hayden bumping, Hayden jostling to come forward. Williams trying to shunt Hayden to either side, get her off balance, but Panettiere’s squirming through all the tricks, fighting to stay on top of Mish and keep working. Panny grounding her work with solid, chugging lefts and rights to the pit of Mishy’s stomach—parting Williams’ lips in complaint and leaving her vulnerable to followm up headshots. Cuffing, clouting blows in close—Williams soaking up leather loike a trooper, mbut her own work rate’s falling as Hayden’s increases. Tuff toe-to-toe 2 minutes finally sees Hayden’s bump-and-scrub Mish to ropes: Panny celebrates with a robust pumping of Michelle’s breadbasket, sitting Williams into ropes with a breathy sigh. Glorious moments for Panettiere as she stands up in the stirrups, shrugs her brawny little shoulders and gives Mishy a FURIOUS buffeting of rising lefts and rights. It’s too much for Mish—Williams clinching, mouth open ion Hayden’s left shoulder as Panny’s squirming furiously to free up: Hayden coming perilously close to a second knockdown of the champ to end the fifth.

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R6: Mishy glaring—she’s scuffed up, right eye puffy from Hayden’s curious hook, achy in the body, and Hayden’s been going rack like a veteran: Williams grimly determined to renegotiate all terms in the sixth.

Hammer. And. Tings.

Hayden: spitting out jabs with her elbow raised—sort of a hard flick as she scoots forward. Choppy right hand clangs off champion’s brow. Mish covers up—Panettiere hops-right, hooks HARD off her left foot, stunning Mish with the fresh angle. Extra left hook parts Mishy’s mitts, spanking her head back.

Michelle: pawing her left hand, pawing it—then drilling a short, stamping straight right flat to Hayden’s face, startling Panettiere. Mishy doubles the right hand, spanking back the face again—steps forward, hooks the taste out of Hayden’s mouth, sending her reeling to the ropes.

Back and forth—each girl thrilling the crowd at the expensive of her opponent, only to suffer in turn. Hayden CRISP with her shots—punches skip and skid across Mish when they’re not biting into her. Williams slugging flat footed, a little rounder, a little heavier than Hayden with her shots: Panny’s being moved by the wallop. Bell: Hayden taking at the ropes, relaxes for the break and promptly takes a late right hand on her mouth—prompting referee intervention. Boos cascade down—Mish pushing into the ref to help herself to more Hayden—Williams DETERMINED t take over the aggressor’s role in this fight.

R7: More of it. Mishy banged up and disheveled—starting to realize Hayden’s legs are a little springier, mitts are a little quicker—Williams utilizing more tactical clinches, treating Hayden to a little billygoat action, sprucing her up with shoulders and elbows as the girls become entangled. Panettiere thriving though—scooting footwork starting to expose Mish a little—Hayden able to hop in and out, or to her right—frequently opening up scoring angles. Panettiere’s palm-down hook very brisk—swatting Mish jaw/ribs/ribs in lathering succession—Williams sullen, swinging back late as Hayden’s stepping aside. Bell: Hayden’s turning away—angry Mish swings a lariat right from behind, wrapping awkwardly around Panny’s face with the blow—referee has to take a hand as Panettiere stumbles around to answer.

R8: Even MORE of it. Seesaw battling features extended sequences of one girl dominating the other along the ropes, stepping-with and pounding away hard-eyed as the victim tries to stay covered up. Mishy clinching, mauling, tugging Panny roughly off balance and shoving her to ropes—but it’s not all pointless rough-house: Mish landing thudding right hands to the pit of Hayden’s stomach in close, buckling Panny’s legs and forcing rare Panettiere clinches. Down the stretch, Hayden’s looking a little shopworn—mouth open, eyes drowsy—she’s being pushed and pounded up against the ropes as Michelle finally has her girl broken down.

R9: Hayden answers, and answers, with vigour, Mishy giving ground with an expression of weary disbelief: Panettiere’s simply refusing to give in to the champ. Hayden’s jumping in behind that flicking jab, scoring hooks, cleaning up right hands. Hopping-right, Hayden’s getting a vicious hook off her left foot, catching Mishy’s face from the angle, stunning the champ. Robust, pounding rights and lefts have Mishy breathless, open mouthed—Williams wandering away with a cramped I’m-hurrrrt expression—Hayden pouncing after her like puppies. Withering, on-stop chipping and whittling of Michelle Williams has her in tatters at the bell, Mish exhausted, face all puffy and sore—Hayden’s too: Panettiere bellows incomprehensibly as the champ blinks in dazed confusion.

R10: Eliza D takes over for the HISV trainer—holding Mishy’s face in both hands. Enunciating every word VERY clearly as battered Williams takes in. Battle rejoined—Mishy leading with a low-slung right hand to the pit of Hayden’s stomach, forces a gasp of pain from the younger vixen. Hayden hooking woozy, still hurt by the bodyshot: Michelle’s hook lands simultaneously, carries much more weight. Head butt catches Hayden’s left cheek as Mishy’s leaning in to slop the overhand right home: Panettiere hits the ropes in a fog, head bobbing dangerously on suddenly loose neck. Mishy senses weakness, POURS in: PUMPING rights and lefts gutting poor Panettiere—she sits in the ropes, reaching desperately around Mishy’s hips to clinch—Williams pushing Mish back—she’s hungry for More Hayden, pouncing immediately in with an overhand right as Panny ducks. Mauling, sloppy stuff as Mish looks to work cheapo in the clinch—Hayden brawling-with, baring her teeth with the effort of denying Mish time and time again. Williams on top much f the round, holding Hayden the better to plug punches into her—she’s got Panettiere slumped in the ropes, suffering right hands to the body at the bell. Mish baring her teeth, slugging and slugging mindless right hands downstairs—ref forced to pull champ off her stricken challenger to enforce the break. Come back Tractorpull Special—MICHELLE WILLIAMS RETAINS ON DRAW.

After: Both vixens scoured raw—draining fight a flyweight classic and a Hayden Panettiere coming out party as she steps up strong in the biggest fight of her life. Panettiere strutting around in the aftermath, hands held high—Mish takes objection, jumping in from behind to pull the arms down and break up the celebration—ugly moments follow as tempestuous battlers are pulled apart all kicking and wriggling. “I toyed with the kid,” Williams tells reporters in postfight, dabbing her lumpy right eye with an icebag. “After the first round, I knew she had nothing which could threaten me, so I just decided to have some fun, get some rounds in, and give the fans their money’s worth. Come on—you don’t think she was COMPETING straight up with me, do you? The kid is YEARS away from being a legit contender.” Panettiere similarly scuffed and puffy—but beaming ear to ear: “I stood up to Mish and let me tell you—I kicked her ASS tonight! She jumped on me early, and I admit it—I was nervous, and she dropped me—but my guys were all “Hayden, you got this—you just took Michelle Williams’ best shot and you’re fine!” After that, it was, you know? I know I finished stronger than she was—I know it. Another round or two, and I’d be peeling those belts off her waist!”

Reposted by Archer 9/14/09