Originally posted by Simguy on 5/31/2002, 6:52 am.

Before: Scribes unable to find any reliable pro record for Jules although Asner and backers insist she’s got “shock the world” potential. Garner expected to romp, get herself back together following a heartbreaking defeat against Shannon Elizabeth. “Garner’s entitled,” says a HISC mouthpiece, “nobody’s ever come as far as fast as Jenny has—she needs to stay active, but a Shannon Elizabeth fight every time out is ludicrous.”

Garner in red and white sports bra to a high neck, red high cut aerobics trunks—Asner in an indescribable tan tankini thing.

During R1: Garner very intense, operating with crisp, high energy movements. She’s shooting the jab, keeping the right at her mouth, stepping to her left in a rangy stance. Asner with her dukes up, standing straight up, turning awkwardly to stay square. Middle minute, Garner tests the range on her right hand, just snapping if off high to occupy Asner’s guard, then scoring across the waist with the comeback hook. Final minute, Jenny G sets down on her combinations. Slashing right hand busts through Asner’s mitts, nice little dip, left uppercut on the chin sits the stunned reporter into ropes. Vicious flurry of downward slicing rights, upperward licking lefts have Jules tilting, helpless at the bell. Machine-like shutout Jennifer Garner.

R2: Second verse, same as the first, Jenny establishes range and tempo with a fast, spearing jab, stepping Asner gradually to the ropes. Shooting right hands lance down against the gut, then biting quick hook up top victimizes Asner as Jenny jumps to the right to change the angle. Down the stretch, Jenny works in and out on her dazzled foe—swats a hard right to the waist, licks a left on the hip, then gets bouncy leg underneath a perfect short left uppercut, dropping Asner to one knee. Jules getting a polite smattering of applause for beating the count, but she’s wide eyed and swaying in the breeze, Jen feints coming in hard, pulls back as Jules pushes out a weak left to counter with wide hook, then DRIVES in on mouth with pulverizing right hand. Asner out on her feet, drifting into the ropes then slumping to her side, rolls to a stop on her back as the crowd roars. Tic-tac-toe KO Jennifer Garner.

After: No surprises—Jules totally outgunned, Jennifer made to look like some kind of cyborg as she broke her girl down, put punches together with textbook precision and fashioned a heartless knockout. Garner feeling no ill effects from her setbacks—if anything, losing may have boosted her killer instinct to new heights.

Reposted by Archer 4/21/09