Posted by Simguy on Saturday, 06-Nov-1999 11:38:14

Before: pre-fight has all the feel on a Lucy Liu coronation as Shue reduced to mere opponent status. Liz a former pound for pound name, but management changes, a faltering mainstream career, and difficulties making weight have seen her drop almost out of sight. Liu reportedly dropping much bigger girls in sparring, exudes total confidence for the fight. Red aerobics two piece for Lucy, long pigtail, black aerobics two piece for Liz.

During R1: Smoldering stare down from Lucy melts into a shutout round for the Asian as she toys with Liz early. Hopping right, clipping Liz under the chin with come-along hook, Liu changed direction and walks Liz into the booming right hand with haunting regularity.

R2: Shue continuing to show a tight guard, stepping in and looking to go body, but Liu having fun, twirling her fist like a rapier before leaping in, Liu steals a punch from Carmen Electra’s bag, coming out of a deep crouch with an uppercut to the pit of the stomach that is all leg and shoulder. Shue’s legs buckle as Liu smiles at the effect of the picturesque blow.

R3: Lou continues the torment, flitting in and out at Shue from bewildering angles, standing in close, but bending away from Shue’s counters, and licking Liz’s face with banging straight arm lefts and rights. In the final minute, Liu’s form betrays her as she bends back from a Shue right hand, but gets caught by the come-back left. Liu badly hurt, staggers to the ropes with a stunned expression, pushing at Liz’s shoulders as the blonde gets after the Asian’s gut to the bell.

R4: Lucy’s legs are gone, and she comes out with ba still-glazed expression, She cautious but determined, comes in behind a high guard, and beats in Lucy’s right side with a thrilling barrage of left hooks. Crowd roars as Liu is hammered to the ropes, and Shue works out of the wide stance, slugging guard, dipping down, then coming back with the other hand to the body or head, Liu getting rag dolled and the banging single body shots finally put her on one knee at the ropes. Liz now gets cocky to finish, and Lucy walks her into a crushing temple shot from the right hand. Shue goes wobbly butt, Liu is shot, and exhausted fighters trade right hands on open mouths to the bell.

R5: Lucy still flat footed, looking hurt, and she takes a seat on the ropes as Liz crowds her. Shue a bully this round, worrying Lucy’s belly with scooping lefts and rights in a deliberate rhythm, then jerking in a clouting right hand on the jaw with a sudden delivery. Liu soaking it up, hands on Liz’s shoulders and hips as Shue works at the beat down.

R6: Shue shrugs off Liu’s uppercut to put a body on the Asian and smears her along the ring ropes. Lucy looking sluggish, hands across her body as she leans in with Liz--Shue doing all the punching. Shue able to lie in with Lucy, then snap off her punches in little bursts as Liu takes another sapping beating to the arms and body this round.

R7: Devastating round for Lucy as Liz continues to steam roll the little brunette. Shue hounding Liu’s waistline with short smacking blows, then coming up the middle with the compact right uppercut on the teeth, Liu wobbly from bell to bell, clinching, but not tieing Liz up--Lucy seems to be on the verge of going down after every punch as Shue continues to pound away.

R8: Shue starting the same way, her sweaty forehead rubbing against Liu’s collar bones and shoulders as she works wide punches in on Liu’s body. Midway through the round, liu shows some fire, swiping the left at Shue’s ear then digging it hard into Liz’s liver to put a shock of pain on the blonde’s face. Liz nearly dropped by the single punch, ties up and smother Liu the rest of the way.,

R9: Lucy getting it together, shaking off the stupor Liz has had her in all night long. Although the legs seem dead, Lucy’s upper body movement is back, and she makes Liz miss badly over the top, coming back with those looping uppercuts to lift the blonde onto her toes this round. Shutout Liu as she uses the deep crouch to set up vicious counter shots from bell to bell.

R10: Liu with some life in those legs, dazzles Shue early with a series of charging rushes, lunging in with wild punches to the face and skull of the blonde. Shue begins to break down, bewildered and hurt from the awkward punches, and a gorgeous uppercut to the sternum stuns her midway through the round, Liu standing straight up, slaps and pushes at Liz, setting up the wide right hands on the jaw behind the smokescreen of lesser shots. Shue staggered, reels to the ropes and covers up, Liu head hunting to the last, but can’t beat down Liz’s guard. Round goes as a shutout for Lucy, but the decision comes back a shocker: Unanimous Duke Elisabeth Shue as Liu shakes her head upon announcement.

After: Lucy taking a terrible beating for much if this fight, simply didin’t have enough time to right the ship, Win breaks a long hard luck streak for Shue, who finally beats a big name girl on a big time card. Whether or not this marks a turn around for Shue, or another dead cat bounce--time will tell.

Reposted by Archer 2/28/11.