(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)

(Pretty Little Punchers vs Free Agent)

Intro:
The main event tonight in Bangkok's Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bo Krsmanovic and Caroline Austin fight it out in the Contender 6 tournament for a shot at the welterweight title.

Bo is 26 years old; she stands 5'11 and holds a record of 11 wins, all by knockout and 13 defeats.

Caroline is 27 years old; she stands 5'10 and holds a record of 2 wins, both by knockout and 1 defeat.

Georgie Thompson is interviewing both women before the fight, with Bo giving her a hug and Georgie having to tap Bo to let go as she is nearly getting smothered by the big boobs of the Serbian, Bo apologizes and they sit down to begin the interview.

Bo is asked about stopping Doutzen in her first fight of the tournament, Bo says "I am so proud of that result, Doutzen is a good friend of mine and she is a top fighter, so to beat her has given me a lot of confidence going forwards"

Then she is asked about Caroline, Bo replies "I have been watching video of her for this fight and she doesn't look anything to worry about, I honestly believe this will be my easiest fight in the tournament"

The final question is about how some are classing her as the favourite in the tournament and how she is handling the pressure, Bo simply says "well I knew I was before the tournament so not bothered one bit" smiling as she stands up and shakes hands with Georgie this time.

Caroline sits down and grins as she shakes hands with Georgie, before being asked about losing her first round fight, which makes Caroline grin get smaller.

She replies "well losing to Alice in my home country was horrible, the way the tournament works though is that fights are coming thick and fast, so I will forget that and already I am looking forwards to taking on Bo"

When she is asked to talk about Bo, Caroline says "she hasn't impressed me one bit in the ring, I have seen where I can get at her and punish her after she makes a mistake"

Continuing "this is my statement fight, if I lose then I'll admit that the tournament might be out my reach straight away, that's why I won't lose" with Georgie nodding and shaking hands with Caroline.

Fight night; Bo is out with Nia Peeples by her side, Bo is all smiles as she heads to the ring, a swagger to her step as she is clearly confident.

She is wearing a red sports bra, with red trunks with gold stripes up the sides, red gloves with gold thumbs and red shoes, her hair is braided.

Climbing into the ring; Bo blows kisses to the fans as she does a lap around the ring before she settles into her corner to warm up for the fight.

Now Caroline comes with her coach out the curtain, she smiles as she jogs to the ring, bumping fists with members of the crowd as she gets to ringside.

She is wearing an emerald green sports bra, matching trunks with gold stripes up the sides, green gloves with gold thumbs and green shoes, her hair is in a ponytail.

Stepping into the ring; Caroline stares over at Bo with a grin, throwing a few punches towards her rival before she turns to head to her corner.

The referee brings the fighters together for the final instructions, both shake their arms to keep limber as they stare hard at their opponent.

When they are asked to touch gloves; they thud them together and turn back to their corners, the referee signals for the bell to begin 10 rounds of welterweight action.

Round 1:
"Ding" Bo comes out the gates quickly; jabbing repeatedly through the guard of Caroline as she moves forwards, taking the center of the ring as she slams a double jab followed by a straight into the face of Caroline.
Who understandably looks a little shocked by how quickly her opponent has started, Caroline mostly just covering up as Bo throws more punches of the two.
A straight catches Caroline on her abs, with an overhand left just missing her head as the Aussie dances backwards, countering with a jab to the side of Bo's face.
It's Bo who continues to push the pace; though as the round continues Caroline looks to regain her composer as she begins dodging and counter punching her more aggressive opponent.
Late in the round Bo catches Caroline with a right to the side of her head, ending up with her driving Austin onto the ropes as she puts her head down while working the body.
The round ends with Bo smiling as she heads back to her corner, where she is met by the embrace of Nia before she sits down, the PLP corner looking excited by this start.

Round 2:
Clearly Caroline was a little shell shocked by Bo in the opening round, now she knows what to expect; she is moving more and counter punching her way into the fight.
Bo has that straight forwards style; keeping her guard up to block punches while stalking her opponent, the problem is Caroline proves too elusive as she ducks and dodges before counter punching.
It means the Serbians face is getting marked up by some stiff shots landing cleanly across her face, Caroline looks to be smiling as she shows the crowd what she brings to the table.
But Bo won't go away that easily, she parries a jab before striking with a counter left of her own to the ribs of her opponent.
Then she gets in close range; forcing Caroline to slug it out, with Bo seemingly the bigger hitter judging by the way Caroline is being forced to back up under the punches of Big Bo.
The round ends though before Bo can really push her advantage, with Caroline looking a little relieved as her great round almost got wasted.
The coach of Caroline needing to tell her not to worry about Bo, stick to her own plan and the win will come they assure her, making Caroline nod in reply.

Round 3:
The action starts with both women landing stiff single punches as they move around the ring; Bo continues to look to herd Caroline to the ropes, as Austin keeps on the move to stop that.
Caroline manages to dip under a straight, coming back at her opponent with two short sharp body punches to make Bo groan out.
The Serbian moves back as Caroline keeps moving side to side, slamming jabs and straights through the mitts of Krsmanovic to her face.
But Bo bumps her left shoulder into her; slamming a right into the side of her head, followed by a hard left across her face to knock Caroline onto her heels.
Caroline finds herself forced to cover up as pounding punches slap into her gloves, nearly knocking them into her face as the veteran of the two looks to smash her beautiful face in.
When Caroline tries to move to the left to escape the firing line; Bo lands a left hook that knocks her back into it, a straight knocks the head back of Austin as she is sent onto the ropes.
Bo managing to land a three punch combo to the face of her opponent just as the bell rings, that confident look returning to Krsmanovic's face as she jogs back to her corner.
While Caroline looks frustrated that she can't keep the powerful Bo off her, her coach reminding her to take a deep breath and to keep calm as she is washed down.

Round 4:
Bo looks to keep on the gas pedal, slinging bigger punches at her opponent after her jabbing drill to start the round has her backing up around the outside of the ring.
But she is looking to land with something too early; Caroline is far from real danger yet and it shows as she dodges with ease the punches flying at her head.
A missed left hook is countered by an uppercut, BO IS UNBALANCED BY THE PUNCH AS A FOLLOW UP RIGHT ACROSS HER CHIN SENDS HER TUMBLING TO HER BACK!
The crowd as well as the PLP corner look stunned, 1...2...3... Bo turns to her front and crawls to the ropes, 4...5...6 needing them to drag herself to her feet, 7...8.. Beating the count as she shakes her head to clear it.
Momentum has definitely swung around as Bo has to cover up as Caroline comes looking to finish this fight right now.
Landing several big punches that knock the head of Bo backwards, driving the Serbian onto the ropes; where Krsmanovic pulls Austin into a desperate looking clinch.
Bo was definitely hurt by that knockdown, she is covering up while retreating, throwing mostly defensive punches now as Caroline looks for a way to smash her down again.
The round ends though with Caroline roaring to the rooftops, smiling as she heads to her corner knowing this was a massive round for her.
Nia meanwhile works hard to fix up Bo, using smelling salts to fully bring her around as Bo looks pissed off at herself for being so stupid to get caught out.

Round 5:
It's Caroline from the off whose dictating the pace of the fight, Bo looking a little gunshy as her Aussie opponent dances around her while striking at range.
After slipping under a right cross; Caroline lands two body shots and just misses with an uppercut, with Bo leaning out the way of it in the nick of time.
That knockdown looks to have sucked the confidence from Krsmanovic, Austin is simply being given free rein to do what she wants as her opponent hides behind her guard.
Nia can be heard shouting at Bo to start throwing more leather, at that moment though Caroline busts the bottom lip of Bo with a stiff right across them.
As Bo's guard opens up; Caroline backs her up towards the ropes with a three punch combination knocking sweat and now blood off the face of big Bo.
Who clinches up with the Aussie; Bo looks over to her corner for answers, Nia shouting at her to stop worrying about getting hit and smash the bytch!
The referee breaks them apart with Bo starting to come back at Caroline, who dodges most of the punches though and counters with several to the body of the Serbian.
The bell rings to end a dominant round for Caroline, who is starting to look super confident as she sits chatting away with her coach, pundits at ringside look speechless as Bo was odds on favourite to win this fight, Caroline is making that look foolish.

Round 6:
Again Caroline comes out quickly; ducking and weaving her way out of Bo's punches, she looks to be schooling the much more experienced fighter due to her speed and movement.
Each time she catches Bo on those bloody lips, she is making her opponent cry out loudly, with Bo retreating to the outside of the ring with her guard up in response.
Caroline moves in close to work the body, head down as she slams in hooks that make Bo groan out as she is driven onto the ropes again.
This time though Bo heeds her coaches advice, she shoves Caroline back before engaging with her, looking to open up her power on the Aussie again to make her back up.
But it's Caroline who looks to be winning the exchange, those bloody lips of Bo are too good a target not to hit, with Austin doing so happily with straight punches slamming into them.
As Caroline comes on hunt late in the round, she misses with a right cross as Bo leans back, countering with a straight that slams right into the nose of Austin.
Who cries out and steps back, the round ends with Caroline wiping a little blood from her nose, she scowls at Bo as if her opponent isn't allowed to do that to her.
The referee stands between the two as they exchange hard stares, before sitting on their stools to be cleaned up by their coaches.

Round 7
Bo knows she has to fight back now before it's too late; Caroline continues to prove elusive still early in the round, dodging punches while landing her own to the body of Krsmanovic.
Who looks to go back to basics, back behind her jab now as she looks to gauge the distance between them, when Caroline looks to move in close; Bo moves back with a double jab to the top of her opponent's head.
Caroline maybe not realising that she doesn't need to push hard this round, she can work out Bo first before attacking her.
Instead she keeps trying to move inside and is now the one being countered by Bo, with a right hook crashing across the nose of the Aussie to make her loudly cry out.
It's shown why as blood is flowing more freely from her nostrils, the rookie tenacities of Caroline look to have bitten her in the arse as she backs up.
Bo is right there though striking through the mitts of Caroline to send her head back, the Bo fans are roaring her on as she Caroline now stuck on the ropes.
The round ends with Bo raising her bloody gloves into the air as she marches back towards her corner, Nia looks relieved as she gives the thumbs up.
While Caroline's coach looks ready to pull their hair out, yelling at her for being dumb enough to go all in when she has a great lead, with Caroline close to tears as her nose is being patched up.

Round 8:
Both women are battered and bloodied, it becomes clear though that last round seems to have taken the confidence from Caroline.
Bo is now the one pushing the action as she looks for the finish, hunting Caroline around the ring with stiff single punches bashing their way through the gloves of her opponent to her face.
A missed right from Caroline leaves her open, A RIGHT SMACKS HER ON HER NOSE AGAIN, CAROLINE STEPS BACK AND EATS ANOTHER TWO PUNCHES OFF IT TO FORCE CAROLINE TO HER KNEES HOLDING HER NOSE!
Bo is all smiles as she jogs over to a neutral corner, 1....2....3...4.. Caroline is sobbing as she looks up at the referee, 5...6...7 shaking her head as if to say she is quitting, 8...9...10 she ends up being counted out!

Winner Bo Krsmanovic KO Round 8

After:
Bo wins to keep unbeaten in the tournament, this was a lot tougher then most would have assumed, so has Bo shown cracks in her defences that will be exposed later or has she shown she can win with a bad performance?

She doesn't care one bit about that right now, just happy to return to her corner to get rehydrated, while Nia is telling her she can't be as careless going through the rest of the tournament.

Meanwhile Caroline is being checked over by the ringside doctor, who judges that her nose isn't broken but clearly it is sore enough to make Caroline quit on her knees.

Her coach helps her stand up after her nose is stopped bleeding, giving her a hug and words of encouragement, if she can get rid of the mistakes in her game, she can get some big scalps on her record.

Both women look at each other with a little more respect, knowing that the result could have been totally different, but Bo showed off her toughness, while Caroline showed she is skillful.

After they are cleaned up; the fighters come to the ring center for the final announcement, Bo raises her hand to a loud cheer as Caroline can only nod in reply.

There's a little staredown from the fighters as they stand either side of the referee, before Caroline turns to leave the ring with her coach, vowing to get even with Bo when she is ready.

Bo on the other hand raises her fists up as she smiles to the crowd, she poses for cameras at ringside as she is 2 and 0 in the tournament, with her biggest fight coming up next in the tournament.

She has the other undefeated fighter in the tournament waiting for her, Alice Goodwin is probably the other woman who can claim to have the hardest punch in the tournament.

Caroline meanwhile faces Jourdan Dunn in a battle of the fighters looking to get off the mark, as the next set of fights head to Johannesburg, South Africa!