BBU After Dark from Wembley Arena
Cher Lloyd vs Mollie King
(BBU Independent vs Double A Boxing)
(8-4, 8 KO vs 15-11, 12 KO)
Results: BBU; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: It's third time lucky for Cher Lloyd who desperately tries to snap her losing streak against the members of The Saturdays with Vanessa White & Frankie Bridge getting the better of her in the past. She rides a small winning run coming into this bout but even wins over Stephanie Davis, Alexandra Burke & Inna mean very little since Mollie King is widely regarded as the best of her bandmates and a real test of character for the Gypsy brunette:

"Who cares about that? I'm only here so Cheryl Cole knows I'm ready to take her down! I beat this blonde bimbo and I'm right there in her FACE!!! Let's face it, I deserve a shot at the flyweight straps like NOW!!!"

Mollie has both Vanessa & Frankie in her corner tonight but seems bemused by Cher's outspoken challenge aimed at the current flyweight champion: "Cher has that annoying "all eyez on me" mentality and that will get her nowhere! Once I knock her out, she's heading back where she belongs, keeping local fans happy because she's not top draw like ME!!! I mean... us! (winks at Frankie). Who cares about X Factor wannabees anyway?"

Cher Lloyd wears a red bikini set & silver gloves. Long dark brown hair tied in a high ponytail. Mollie King wears a violet bikini top & yellow gloves. Long blonde hair tied in a curled ponytail. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the flyweight division.

Round 1:
Gypsy woman on the charge as if she wants to make a statement here already... she tackles Mollie to the body and stuffs her on the heels before driving more juice around the elbows to work her case. She leans on the fellow singer so much she almost headbutts her in the process and Mollie can't find an inch of space to smack her over the top. Cher bullies the blonde onto the ropes with more ripping shots to the body but also finds a quick hook on the jaw to make King wince on the spot. The older singer reverts into some desperate clinching but Cher breaks free from the stalemate and whacks the Surrey girl on the jaw before adding a nasty belter on the liver area that drops King into more spasms just before the bell. Huh! Talk about a fast start from the Gypsy stunner who verbally taunts the entire Saturdays camp during the interval.

Round 2:
More of the same in the second as Cher's high-tempo start leaves Mollie reeling on her heels upon initial impact... it seems like Cher is truly committed to the body assault as she dominates the phone booth stance and neutralizes the blonde's superior reach. Mollie becomes annoyed over this situation but only lands single punches down the stretch and gets backed into the corner as Lloyd threatens another headbutt which makes both White & Bridge very vocal in the Saturdays' corner. But it's all Cher again as she drops more shots on the exposed ribcage and has King clinching her instead. This time she locks the Gypsy vixen for good but that's not what the Wembley Arena fans want to see so the blonde is given a jeering send off after the bell.

Round 3:
Cher keeps charging up the middle but for once gets caught with a proper overhand as Mollie steps it up in mid-range and begins to stack the hooking route into the brunette's face down the stretch. Lloyd is unable to match the workload from afar and goes dancing around the blonde's attacks alas Mollie's too skilled to let her off the hook and sinks her on wobbly knees with a nasty cross hook on the nose just past the two-minute mark. She thumps more jabs just to tease the Lloyd guard and rips a belting hook on the tummy that folds her opponent into an uppercut blast on the jaw moments later... AND CHER GOES CRASHING DOWN ON HER KNEES as she gets dropped in a split second here! No more jeers for Surrey blonde who shouts back at her bandmates as Cher is desperate to beat the count... she gathers herself up at seven but looks stunned and now it's more misery for her as Mollie connects with a number of crisp hooks that rattle her ponytail around while she gets backed into the neutral corner where King simply destroys her high guard and leaves her gasping in pain come the bell.

Round 4:
Cher is furious rather than physically hurt and she refuses to take it easy as Mollie finds more success over the middle. Both girls engage in a wild punchfest that leaves them scowling for extra boost but it's Cher who lands the better shots as she scythes the blonde across the mouth and wobbles her backwards. She follows through on the jaw and makes Mollie gurgle in pain before a crunching hook lands on her nose and SENDS HER CRASHING DOWN FLAT ON HER BACK!!! Gypsy woman is BACK and Mollie aches the knockdown out in extremely loud fashion here... she's lucky not to suffer a nasal fracture according to Charlie Webster in the booth but she's up at seven and gives the bubbling brunette a long death stare. We clash in the center of the ring quickly afterwards but Mollie's redemption attack bounces off the high guard and has Lloyd dropping scuba bombs onto her ribcage again which glues the blonde to the spot... another wild uppercut double finds her chin in the dying seconds and Mollie stumbles back to her corner with eyes closed while Cher threatens to punch her after the bell outright!

Round 5:
Mollie's recovery is slow and Cher pounces on the opportunity with a proper Gypsy wrath that destroys the blonde's guard seconds into the fifth... The Cher Lloyd elite hype is back with a vengence as she snaps the blonde ponytail back & forth while King tries to smack her with single punches that are woefully ineffective... Cher gets vocal as she shuts the fellow singer's eyes again and carves a nasty gash over the right eye before Mollie half-spins to the side and gets SMOKED with a vicious cross on the nose... Oi, Mollie! BLONDE GIRL DOWN!!! She slides onto all fours with a loud whimper and it's pure silence over in the Saturdays corner as well as neither Frankie nor Vanessa can believe what's going on here! Mollie tries to get up but stumbles forward and literally crawls forward at the referee's feet when the count passes her by! Huge KO5 Cher Lloyd!!!

AFTER: How about that?!! Cher rolls back some elite magic to smack a very tough opponent into a smoking pile of garbage! Mollie is still woozy after those nasty shots she took on the nose but here come Vanessa & Frankie ready to spoil the Gypsy party! Cher shouts at the kneeling foe: "Lick my boots, you filthy c###!" but then notices Frankie rollin' into her range and she NAILS her with a right cross just so the petite girl trips back over Mollie and takes out Vanessa with her as well! Oi, boy! The revenge mission is complete! Cher takes them all out tonight to finally snap that losing streak! 

Will it be enough to attract interest from the former X Factor mentor Cheryl Cole though? Probably not at this moment since the likes of Zara Holland & Diana Korkunova are making similar noise elsewhere in the league: "But I'm money! I'm the box office smash hit!", Cher argues her championship case to Charlie Webster alas the BBU TV reporter is not the person who sanctions these bouts after all... 

Cheryl on twitter: "Howay, pet! Gimme some Lace first!" #ChampSpeaks #GeordiePower

Final result: Cher Lloyd def. Mollie King KO5.