31 year old blonde Rachel has made a great start to her career, and now fights the more experienced, and very feisty Jacqui, who, at 24 is looking to resurrect a career that was put on hold back in June 2014 after she suffered a crushing defeat my Jessica Schwarz.



Rachel’s looking good in a baby blue bikini, boots and gloves, whilst Jacqui wears a royal blue bikini, with white gloves and boots.



Round 1



Rachel ‘s working hard in the opening minute, and she’s getting the better of Jacqui in these exchanges, prodding the brunette backwards, but not able to land any good punches, with Jacqui resisting, and she’s covering well, then holding and clinching, shaking off that ring rust now as she punches her way off the ropes, and she’s hitting Rachel fairly hard, and with some ease, turning the fight around, hit’s the blonde to her body a few times, and puts her back against the ropes, and Rachel’s not doing well as Jacqui bangs her head left and right in the closing seconds, hurting her with her right hook in there.



Round 2



The girls seem happy to be back at each other again, and it’s Jacqui who looks more active in the early exchanges, finding her range again with that cracking right hook on the blonde’s face, but Rachel’s looking equal to the fight in this round and she gets on top when they trade shots in the centre of the ring, giving the younger girl some sweet combinations as her defence looks to be shaky, and after making Jacqui back off, she’s hitting her with plenty of venom, landing some hard punches on the brunette’s face, but Jacqui’s coming back in the later part of the round, and gives Rachel a jab, then a cross, then a hook to leave her looking stunned at the bell, unhappy at the way Jacqui seemed to dismiss her punches.



Round 3



Jacqui’s all over Rachel early in this round, lands good punches to her body, and another lovely right hook, Rachel’s left cheek bruising up a liitle now, and Jacqui’s working her sideways and backwards, clearly wanting the blonde backed into the ropes, but when she gets her there, but Rachel punches her way out of trouble, and turns Jacqui, hits her with some heavy punches to her body, Jacqui’s guard again looking flimsy, her gloves dropping, and Rachel starts to land on Jacqui a little more with her crisp jab and cross combinations, leaving the brunette shaking her head at the bell.



Round 4



Rachel’s onto the attack as the bell starts the round, gives Jacqui a sweet one-two as they meet in mid-raing, and she follows up by hitting Jacqui’s body, and she’s hurting her with those punches, because there are plenty of gasps and puffs coming from the brunette’s lips, but try as he might to press her to the ropes, Rachel can’t keep her still, and she takes a big uppercut from the younger girl as she fights back, and now it’s Jacqui who picks a wounded Rachel off with good punches to her face, which is looking sore, the skin around her cheeks grazed and red, her right eye a little puffy, and maybe she’s getting the wrong end of this fight.



Round 5



Both girls are ready to rip into each other again from the bell, and there’s a big trade in opening seconds, Rachel landing sweetly with her accurate jabs, but Jacqui’s swinging hooks are damagaing punches, and that trade ends with a wobbly Rachel cut to her left cheek, and she’s backing off and covering, blood trickling down her face, her eyes wide, and a jubilant Jacqui’s hitting her some more, a big left to the body, and another right to that damaged cheek, and Jacqui’s buckling Rachel at the knees, but she switches her attack to the blonde’s body, and that’s enabled Rachel to start fighting back, landing her own body shots, but she’s in trouble again after taking a left hook, and looks vulnerable until she traps and hammers Jacqui in a neutral corner in the closing seconds, Jacqui bleeding heavily from her nose after being tagged with a big left uppercut.



Round 6



Both Jacqui and Rachel’s faces have been patched up between rounds, but it looks like Jacqui may have had her nose broken, and she looks unhappy, with Rachel bouncing and right up for more action - and she’s on Jacqui now, working the girl over to the body with heavy punches, hurting her and sapping her energy, with Jacqui bravely trying to get back into the fight again, and she hits Rachel with a couple of good right hooks, although the blonde didn’t seem to be too put out by those shots, although Jacqui still comes forwards, tries to go for the right hook again, but Rachel shrugs off her efforts, and she’s being pummelled by the grinning blonde in a neutral corner at the close of the round, looking tired



Round 7



The pace of this fight just isn’t letting up, and the girls are trading punches again, and even though she’s got problems with that broken nose, Jacqui’s still landing good punches, sending the blonde girl backwards, then taking some body punishment, and Rachel’s lasting these exchanges better than Jacqui now, and there’s another exchange of really hard punches, and this time it’s Rachel getting the better of things, with Jacqui’s nose really looking bad, and she’s getting backed into the ropes, the resurgent Rachel hitting her head from side to side, hurting the younger girl with accurate punches to her face, and Jacqui goes down, gets to her feet at 7, and just about survives the final few seconds of round 7



Round 8



Jacqui’s still looking groggy as the girls resume, and Rachel’s really chasing after her now, has the brunette static, her whole body starting to sawy as the blonde pins her to the ropes again and starts really laying into on her, Jacqui not really defending herself as she takes more punishment, and the referee stops the fight



Result: Rachel Riley stopped Jacqueline Jossa in round 8



That was a tough fight, swinging one way then the other, but maybe Rachel exposed Jacqui’s ring rustiness in the end, and she will be the girl advancing to the round robin stage.