10 MARCH 2006 LUCY LIU VS KELLY CLARKSON

(Thanks to FightFan for this repost)

Posted by simguy on 3/10/2006, 6:52 am

Before: "Clarkson-class girls have done very well against Liu in the past," notes one Celebrity Ring scribe. "Nia Peeples used pressure to beat Lucy at the height of her power; Dani Fishel's used pressure to beat Lucy down, Brooke Langton's done it. Kelly's at risk coming forward - Liu still has KO power with that funky delivery of hers - but if Clarkson can smother Lucy at the ropes, she's strong enough to give Lucy problems over the long haul." Lucy in peach string bikini; slick low ponytail. Kelly in baby blue bikini top, navy bottoms.

During R1: Lucy hands low, roaming flat footed, turning to point either shoulder at Kelly while stepping around. Clarkson defensively sound: dukes up, chin tucked, looking to mix it up. Sporadic action - Liu initiating with slashing rushes, looking to lead right hands and torque on short hooks off the front (left) foot. Clarkson sponging punches and answering back sturdy: blonde bravely punching-with her supple, erratic opponent.

R2: Initiative remains with Liu: she's prowling, stepping to spots then lunging in from outside, leaping up from crouches, bringing punches from any and all angles. Kelly bewildered, stooping forward behind her mitts, standing strong: she's getting potshotted, not answering back as Liu drops bombs, darts away. Midway through, Lucy creep-stepping right turns on a sudden lead right (partially blocked by Kelly's raised guard); torques a vicious hook off her front foot (smashing in behind Kelly's right ear); shifts weight to right foot and dips to her right to slip Kelly's weak left/right response, then; CHIN CHECKS Kelly a brutal short right from the closed stance. Clarkson ROCKED back several steps on her heels - miraculously keeps her feet, covers up to block another leaping lead right at her face. Liu snarling, crouches very low, then rips up into the Clarkson midriff a lugging left uppercut: woof of hurt from Kelly's lips as she soaks up the tuffest Liu punching anyone's seen in a long time. Lucy disengaging, circling, then leaping back in: bit of a mistake as she hurls big circus haymakers one at a time when standing in and putting mitts on meat just might get Kelly out of there.

R3: Liu scowling, prowling, nostrils flaring: she smells knock out. Curvy Kelly tingly, wobbly butt, covered up nice n' tight: now she knows what all her sparring partners were talking about - that crazy Lucy Liu power potshotting. Lead right hand of Lucy's blocked in the grill of Kelly's raised guard, but that torquing Liu mop up hook crushing upside the head of her foe: poor Clarkson tottering to her left after soaking wallop; Liu twisting her entire body into the shot, getting her shoulder behind the blow. Once again, Liu content to rock Clarkson, then walk her down - no consistent pressure as Lucy takes time to showboat. Liu strutting hands-down to her foe, bending at the waist to present her face, easily slipping and weaving Kelly's panicky receipts from that tight guard. Bell: Liu smiling the cruelest smile in boxing; Kelly stumbling to her corner, insisting she's ok as concerned trainer checks her out.

R4: Liu hands-down, bobbing and weaving - but Kelly's not buying. Clarkson missing shots, but stepping forward while slugging - she finally overwhelms Lucy, bumping a right against Liu's temple and clouting her a tuff hook onna chops to put LL ropeside. Lucy butt-in-ropes, wide stance: she's rotating her torso, closing up her stance to point the left shoulder at Kelly; getting low to edge the shoulder into Kelly's waist, nudging her off. Clarkson throwing caution to the wind, willing to expend 3 punches just to make glancing contact once - but it's effectively shutting down Liu's offence. Liu nicked and scuffed - when Kelly starts punching straight to the chest, she starts to do effective damage. Liu clinching and tieing up most of the final minute, forfeiting the round as Clarkson won't be bewitched in the fourth.

R5: Kelly fearless, throwing herself into the teeth of the Liu arsenal - Lucy juuuust missing fight-winning counter-right uppercuts as blonde hurtles into asian chest. Clarkson packing Liu to ropes and swarming her: bludgeoning assault bashing away to the hips, flanks and arms, starting to wear away at Lucy's reserves. Liu squaring up, getting shoulder to shoulder with Kelly: Lucy digging on the inside, fitting punches into paunch and jug, soaking up same from a very determined Clarkson. Bell - Kelly wriggling with excitement: she's forced Liu to fight a Kelly Clarkson fight and gotten the better of the Asian on the apron.

R6: Brutal stuff - Kelly ploughing into Liu, brawling her to ropes in a mess of brawny grasping arms and writhing shoulders. Liu setting her feet, digging in: she's fighting toe to toe, swapping it up tuff off the ropes. Short, tidy slugging - both girls tucking short right hands thick to squirming paunches; hooking tight to jug and chin; jerking uppercuts to pick startled heads up out of crouches. Liu proving very able in the trenches - quicker, cuter hands getting the better of Kelly's tits and tummy - Lucy frequently able to punch in combination, turn Clarkson into the ropes to reverse field on the blonde.

R7: Girls step into each other's breadbasket with thumping right hands, both turn on come-back hooks and DOWN GOES LUCY! Liu chin-clipped and thrown back onto her rump - she sits up pretty, shaking her astonished head as Kelly whoops it up. Lucy up in good shape, smacking gloves together - she gets back on her bicycle, using her legs to dictate terms. Clarkson over-eager - Liu able to fade, walk Kelly into sneaky counter lead rights from closed stances or cuffing check-hooks while pivoting clockwise - Lucy easily boxes out the round, avoids further trauma as Kelly posts an important 10-8.

R8: Kelly presses her attack at the ropes: Liu slipping, weaving, countering beautifully from the pocket. Lucy absorbing punishment on her arms and flanks, but she's repeatedly chin-checking Kelly with either hand in response - Liu's punch selection and placement much more polished than her eager foe. Midway through, Liu pointing the left shoulder, crouching to her right - she rolls a looping Clarkson right, comes back a poking right hand bingo on the chin; dips right to slip under Kelly's waving hook and pokes another vicious straight right hand onto Clarkson's chin. Kelly swooning into ropes, but curvy legs holding her up - she covers up earmuff, leans forward and soaks as Liu digs in to dish. Lucy RIPPING at her girl's flanks - mustering vicious leverage as she turns hips and torso into ringing blasts. Poor Kelly misty-eyed at the bell, hurt to the body and chin, but refusing to give Lucy satisfaction.

R9: Hottest two way brawling of the fight - Lucy willing to stand in shoulder to shoulder as Kelly walks her girl to ropes and pours on the pressure. Kelly leaning forward behind her gloves: Lucy pressing her left shoulder into Clarkson's mitts, right hand at her cheek, left across her body - they take turns getting off from respective postures. Uppercuts, hooks, clubbing right hands - it's all happening at the zoo. By the final minute, Kelly shaking off Lucy's right hands now - blonde pushing brunette into the ropes, landing thick n' loud to the body: Liu's grimacing, clinching at the bell.

R10: More hot-swapping body action - Liu refusing to fight her fight in favour of toe-to-toe sloshing. Kelly more or less stationary, parked in behind her gloves, waiting her turn, then clubbing away head and shoulders on Lucy. Liu dipping side to side, cuter, slicker, tucking her shots into Kelly with firmer spank and dig - but give blondie credit: Clarkson refusing to take even one step back. Crowd roaring - lots of stand-and-deliver, two-way action for a Liu fight - girls spank it up to the finish line as ref has to enforce the break. Comes back one point duke - Lucy Liu.

After: Both girls rung up: puffy faced, rosey-ribbed - just a tuff, tuff, contest as Clarkson forces Liu out of her comfort zone. Liu the winner on the cards, but both gals come out with positives: Clarkson goes the distance hard and well with a future hall-of-famer; Lucy shows much improved form on the inside, punishing a very strong bodied, stocky blonde at her own game much of the evening.

Sim Guy

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