Tale of the Tape:
Damaris Lewis:
Age: 30
Height: 5'10
11-7 (11KOs)
Current BBU welterweight champion.
Vs
Bo Krsmanovic:
Age: 29
Height: 5'11
26-21 (26KOs)
Former BBU welterweight champion.

(Garnet Gunners UK vs Pretty Little Punchers)

(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)

Intro:
Second bout tonight sees the current BBU welterweight champion take on the former champion, Damaris Lewis and Bo Krsmanovic go head to head in the Barclay's Center, a home venue for Damaris as the New Yorker will hope the hometown crowd will give her the edge to resuscitate her Diamond Boxing tournament hopes.

Heading into this fifth round of tournament fights, Damaris hasn't done great, only defeating Danielle Herrington in the first set of bouts, since then losing her last three fights to put her just above bottom place in the rankings.

She looks somewhat upbeat as she struts onto the FCBA Network set, sitting in the hot seat facing the camera wearing a black T-shirt with black denim jeans and matching heels, hands on her legs as she stares intensely at the camera.

"So Bo you think you can step into my house and beat me huh? You are heading into the jungle bytch, come fight night thousands of my fans, friends and family are going to be screaming for your blood" says Damaris with a cocky grin, one that she has been lacking lately.

Pointing at the camera with her right index finger, Damaris continues "once I deal with you Bo I will run roughshod through whose left on my dance card, Antje and Bridget better watch out" winking as she stands up, Damaris struts off the same way she came on it.

Bo meanwhile is smiling warmly as she waves to the producers behind the camera, sitting wearing a floral pattern dress with white heels, she pushes her loose hairs behind her ears as she jokes "do I look good for this?" Giggling as clearly she has gotten several thumbs up.

"I can't believe I haven't actually fought you yet Damaris, all mouth I hear from our mutual friends, I always love putting women like that down on their backsides" says Bojana as she giggles again, in a very good mood.

"While the tournament hasn't went the way I wanted, I hoped to be right in that top mix but a third place wouldn't be too bad, so Damaris I am happy to step into your hometown and knock you out" Bojana adds as she finishes by blowing a kiss to the camera, heading off the set with almost a skip to her step.

Fight night, first out through the curtain is Damaris, the crowd roar as their hero has returned, Damaris normally not one to play to the crowd, she is cupping her ears as she walks down the aisle, smiling as this will most likely be the most pro crowd for her.

The New Yorker's coach sits on the middle rope, holding the top up so Damaris can step through them into the ring, Damaris is wearing a white sports bra with a navy blue "NY" badge on her left bra cup, navy blue trunks with white pinstripes, white boots, navy blue gloves, while her hair is tied into a ponytail, Damaris mounts the bottom ropes of her corner, arms at her side as she takes in the loud cheers.

Those turn to boos as Bo comes out, the bubbly woman doesn't seem to let it bother her as she jogs down the aisle with Nia Peeples behind her, banging her bronzed coloured gloves as she looks in the mood for a war.

Climbing into her corner, Bo is stretching as Nia tells her to simply focus on her opponent, not what is going on around her, Bo has a bronzed coloured sports bra, matching trunks and boots to go with her gloves, her hair is in a ponytail too as she bounces on her toes.

Moving to the center of the ring, their eyes are firmly locked onto their opponent, going nose to nose as Damaris is her usual in your face self, telling Bo that her ass is going to leaving the ring on a stretcher, Bo just smiling all the way through Damaris's rant, making the BBU champ scowl as she sees it isn't going to intimidate Bo one bit.

When told to touch gloves, Damaris turns her back quickly on Bo, who shrugs her shoulders as they return to their corners, the chants for Damaris fill the arena, the bell rings to start 10 rounds of welterweight action.

Round 1:
Coming out their corners with determined expressions, it isn't long after the first few punches go flying that they both step in closer, fists flying in a hard fought exchange on the inside, cheeks, arms and bodies getting clipped till they take a step back from the exchange to a roar from the crowd.

Both women are throwing with mean intentions behind their punches, feet planted as they sling in punches that for the most part smack a glove or forearm in the opening minute, they are just off on their timing as they box at midrange around the middle of the ring.

Finally Bo is the one to take the lead after parrying aside a straight, she steps in with one of her own into the abs of Damaris, then a left cross slams into the jaw of the hometown girl to boos, made worse as Bo takes the center of the ring by pressing Lewis back with several good clean shots put together into Damaris's face.

While Damaris is landing several clean punches into the face of Bo, she is getting outworked by the Serbian stunner, who pounds in a one-two combo square into her face, making Damaris cover up as her back touches the ropes, Krsmanovic opening up on her with punches hammering the guard of the black woman up till the bell rings.

A deathly stare from Damaris aimed at Bo as the crowd didn't enjoy that round, the Pretty Little Punchers corner aren't interested in pleasing the crowd tonight, they are just wanting the win as they are all business.

Round 2:
Spurred on not to give her fans another back round, Damaris is firing more punches in volume now, catching her opponent out with a double jab followed by a straight through her mitts to her face.

Driving Bo around the outside of the ring, Damaris has moved up as gear as the crowd cheer her, several cross punched do catch her across her beautiful face to stop her steamrolling Krsmanovic, she is the one dictating the action though.

Again Damaris lands a hard jab through the guard of Bo, landing two cross punches afterwards as she presses her rival powerhouse to the ropes, where Bo has to try to soak up the pressure on her arms now, forcing Lewis to go swinging to the body.

Pushing back Damaris with less then a minute to go, Bo fires back with a jab/straight up top, then before Damaris can get set she uses her left shoulder to bump the American back to resounding boos and jeers, Damaris forced to fight back off the ropes across the ring again.

When the round ends Damaris shoves Bo in frustration, the crowd cheer her even as the referee is trying to calm things down between the fighters, Damaris told that she won that round, no need to lose her temper over a mistake.

Round 3:
Coming out their corners hyped up, both are landing some mean punches through their opponent's gloves to faces, one seems to be pushing back the other before the momentum swings around as some sweat flies off them.

Bo dips her head as she gets in close to Damaris, slamming in several hooks to the body, Damaris trying to match her but doesn't seem able to at this range, Bo pressing back Damaris as she digs her feet into the canvas to press the local hero back.

Needing to give Bo a two handed push to her chest to get away from the ropes, Damaris drills in a double jab to the cheeks of Krsmanovic, stepping more around her as she looks to land her big right.

That just misses when she uncorks it too early, Bo moves her head out the way in time as she lands a counter uppercut to the body, then a left hook to the ribs of Lewis, getting a groan from Damaris as she is being driven back into a corner by Bo.

Who keeps her pressed in there up till the bell rings, the crowd has lost a little of it's luster as Bo seems to be getting on top of things, Damaris being told not to worry about what's going on around her, just focus on the fight in front of her.

Round 4:
This bout really is a back and forth affair as Damaris comes out with renewed fire, slamming in a right across the face of Bo after a stiff jab into her lips, Damaris starting brilliantly as Bo is knocked to the ropes.

Soaking up some damage on her forearms, Bo is taking more heat around her guard, pounding punches digging into her ribs and the side of her head, the crowd finding their voice again as they watch Bo need to clinch up, Damaris even getting cheered for pressing Bojana's back over the top rope, which is a no-no to the referee.

Allowed to work again, Bo comes back at Damaris with two punches square into the toned abs of the black woman, getting clipped across the top of her head with a left/right cross combo as Lewis stands her ground, fists flying on the inside as they trade in tight, barks and groans echoing out from the fighters.

Less then a minute to go as both are marked up with some puffiness forming on their cheeks, Damaris nudges back Bo with her left arm, then rifles in two rights square into the lips of Krsmanovic, causing blood to run from her bottom lip as it gets cut open.

Damaris pushing the pace up a notch as she starts to rifle more punches clean into the face of Bo, at the end of the round Damaris marches back to her corner thumping her chest to the delight of the crowd.

Round 5:
Damaris definitely looks to have the bit between her teeth, driving in more punches to those cut lips to make Bojana wince, she is taking the center of the ring, throwing in more combos as her name is echoing around the arena.

Going more on the defensive as she looks for an angle to strike back, Krsmanovic isn't looking comfortable doing that, needing to fire in single punches to keep Damaris running right through her, her forearms are reddening up from the repeated hard shots they are taking.

An uppercut to the body soon opens up Bo to more pounding punches up top, head being knocked around as Lewis is starting to have her way with Bo, pressing her into a corner till Bo is able to hang onto Damaris to get the referee to break them up.

The assault doesn't look like it will let up, Damaris continuing to walk down Bo, getting a few clipping digs around her eyes for doing so but continuing the action really well, this is arguably the best performance from Damaris throughout this tournament.

Late in the round Damaris goes for a big left hook that Bo leans out the way of, a counter right cross slams across the eye of Lewis to make her cry out, was it a lucky shot? Bo doesn't care as she rifles two more punches around the same area.

When the bell rings Damaris touches around the left eye as there is definitely some swelling around it, her corner team needing to work on it as they can sense victory is there for her to grab, Bo meanwhile sits with a swollen left cheek of her own, blood dripping from her bottom lip onto her breasts, both are hurting from this hard hitting clash.

Round 6:
Both come out swinging as they look to really hurt each other, most of their early punches miss as they are not setting them up well enough, things settle down a little when they do go back to basics behind their ramrod like jabs.

One of which smacks Damaris around that swollen eye again, a straight follows to make Damaris cry out as it is starting to give her trouble, missing with more punches as her vision is impaired, Bo taking advantage by beating Damaris around her face after dodging punches.

Half way through the round and Bo seems to be making her move, jamming her jab under that left eye, it opens Damaris's guard up as Bo steps in close, AN UPPERCUT CATCHES DAMARIS FLUSH ON THE CHIN, DOWN ONTO HER BACK SHE GOES AS HER GUMSHIELD GOES FLYING!

What a brutal punch! The crowd are mostly silent in shock, 1...2...3....4... The referee seems to be giving the hometown girl a slowish count, 5...6...7... She isn't really stirring though as she lays back with her eyes closed, 8...9...10 it's over for Damaris!

Winner Bo Krsmanovic KO Round 6

After:
What a way to win this fight, Bo can't help but jump up and down with a beaming smile, even as some boo the normally popular fighter, this was a massive victory for her as her run back to the top continues.

Quickly the ringside doctor is in the ring, Damaris slowly stirs awake with her left eye half shut with the swelling, she fights back tears as this is by far her worst defeat, losing in front of her fans, friends and family, this will be her toughest test to overcome.

Sitting up with help off her coach to applause, Damaris gets her gloves taken off as the doctor does some tests, they tell Lewis's coaching staff they want to do more tests in the back to make sure she is fully OK after such a devastating knockout.

The crowd make sure to tell Damaris they love her as she is helped out the ring, she looks lost in her own thoughts as they take her to the back, head down staring at the floor, wondering what has went wrong in her FCBA career.

Bo on the other hand is getting washed down by Nia, who tells her "you did brilliant there girl, kept the outside noise out of your head, that was a champions performance" making Bo thank her for the kind words, they embrace as Nia looks proud of her.

Heading to the center of the ring, there's a respectful round of applause for Bojana, even as the crowd would have of course preferred their fighter had won, instead it is Bo who is moving forwards in her career on the right foot.

As she leaves the ring with her coach, Bo was written off by a few pundits before the tournament started, now she could be one of the real success stories if she can keep this run going, a bronze medal place could be ahead for Krsmanovic.