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12 April 2022 Jessica Henwick vs Sarah Butler

Page history last edited by Vassago 1 year, 11 months ago

 

BBU BOUT from YORK HALL

 

Posted by Girls Friday on April 12, 2022, 10:25 pm

 

 

Tale of the Tape:
Jessica Henwick:
Age: 29
Height: 5'6
W/L: debut
Vs
Sarah Butler:
Age: 37
Height; 5'6
W/L: 0-1

(Free Agent vs Free Agent)

(Written by Girls Friday/Results BBU)

Intro:
We are live in the world famous York Hall, tonight sees the debut of the Surrey born actress Jessica Henwick to the world of celebrity boxing, she takes on American Horror actress Sarah Butler, who lost her debut two years ago to Kacey Clarke in seven rounds, can she do better second time around or will Jessica show it's worth the wait for her debut.

The coverage is being streamed over BBU TV, with both fighters asked for a few words before the fight from the reporter Anna Woolhouse, Jessica spoke first to her in the backstage area, wearing a black blouse with blue denim jeans, Jessica looked excited as she spoke to Anna, both shaking hands exchanging peasantries.

"Wow I can't believe I am doing this, I've worked with a few fighters that have done this, I mean of course you know Daisy (Ridley) for example, she has been an elite member of the BBU the past few years, so I had to lace up the gloves at some point right?" Jessica says, Anna nodding to her question with a warm smile.

Jessica is clenching her fists looking ready to throw punches already, she is asked about her opponent, Jessica replies "I know this is a fight she thinks she can win, I saw the footage of course during training of her debut, she looked pretty good; so I am not taking her for granted, fact she came here to fight and didn't force me to go to America already earned my respect, let's see how I do first before I get the trash talk out" laughing to herself, she tells Anna she has to go, with both hugging this time as Anna clearly enjoyed speaking to the bubbly rookie.

Anna meanwhile found Sarah in her locker room, sitting wearing a white vest, black denim shorts and sandals, she waves in Anna with a smile, telling her "to think it's two years since I fought, guess my debut rattled a few people not to challenge me to fight" Anna nodding in agreement at that.

She then changes the subject, telling Anna "I'll give Jessica credit that she called me up herself when our agents were setting this up, to see if I wanted this fight and if there were any things I wanted for it, all I said was to kick her ass and we both laughed, she seems sweet but I am sure she has some fire inside or else I will bulldoze her, simple as that" Sarah's coach comes in and tells Anna she needs to leave so Sarah can get ready, Sarah fist bumps Anna as the interviewer wishes her good luck.

Fighting time, first through the curtain comes Jessica wearing a red sports bra with gold trim on, red trunks with a golden dragon pattern running around them front to back, red gloves and shoes, hair braided as she jogs down the aisle with her coach smiling as she goes, Jessica climbs into the ring giving a nod to the fans, bouncing on her toes as her coach massages her shoulders to keep her loose.

Sarah now comes through the curtain as her coach follows, a white sports bra with red trim, matching trunks and shoes, red gloves, her hair in a ponytail makes up her attire, she has a more stern look to her opponent as she walks down the aisle, stepping through the ropes she tapes her cheeks to psyche herself up.

The referee waves both fighters to them at the center of the ring, while maybe there's a little friendliness outside the ring between them, right now they are intensely staring their opponent down, Jessica's demeanor changing to a harder look, they do respectfully touch gloves with a nod, then jog back to their corners, where final pieces of advice is given, then the bell rings to start 10 rounds of bantamweight action.

Round 1:
"Ding!" There's a bit of a tentative start as both circle, looking for openings behind their jabs, caution on both sides as Sarah doesn't know what Jessica brings to the table, while Jessica the rookie tries to feel her way into competitive boxing, so the opening minute isn't the most exciting you'll see this year.

Sarah realising that Jessica isn't going to force the issue, hammers in a jab to the body, followed by a straight into her face, welcome to the world of real fights Jessica as her head gets knocked back, she ends up back towards the ropes, being forced to come out her shell more as Butler goes to work, thudding in some nice body shots to open up Henwick to straight punches through her guard.

Jessica starts to miss as she gets a little wild trying to match Sarah's intensity, instead being picked off as Sarah lands a double jab square into her face, crowding the Brit into a neutral corner, banging away to her body with short hooks till she is held onto, Sarah heard mockingly asking "that all you got?" As Jessica hisses at her, broken up by the referee, the bell rings soon enough with Sarah jogging to her corner looking confident, Jessica gives her a hard look before being told off for being too passive by her coach.

Round 2:
Trading more stiffer shots now as Jessica comes out her shell more, the younger woman showing some nice upper body movement to dodge and counter, Sarah nodding her respect to her but promptly slams in a straight to her chest before a left cross to Jessica's cheek to turn her head.

Sarah again gets hold of the center of the ring, looking the more loose of the fighters as Jessica still looks tense, allowing Sarah to outwork her in the exchanges, especially as she closes the distance to pump in combos through Henwick's guard, giving her a bloody bottom lip from a right cross to get her fans excited as they see the claret.

Jessica starts to come back into it with less then a minute to go, leaning out the way of a right cross to land a straight back into the face of Sarah, a left hook then smacks the American on her cheek, that seems to fire them up as they touch heads together and pound away to each others body, hisses and groans heard as they test each other out till the round ends, needing to be pushed apart, they turn to their corners looking determined alright to win this one, though Sarah is making the early headway so far in this one.

Round 3:
Back out comes the "Matrix Resurrection" star needing to get her foot on the gas pedal, she starts to show more of what she wants to bring to the table, counter punching Sarah nicely as the American tries to close her down in the opening thirty seconds, Sarah does land a good body shot but gets a left hook to the side of her head in reply.

Pushing apart as they stare hard through the gloves, Jessica stabs in a double jab to the top of Sarah's head, with Sarah missing with a left cross, an uppercut landing flush to knock Butler back onto her heels, sending Sarah reeling onto the ropes as Jessica closes in on her, banging away to her body now, paying her back for her earlier punishment she took.

Pushing off Henwick to create space, Sarah gets off the ropes as they trade more hard shots, Jessica getting too overly aggressive, missing with a left cross, eating a straight into her bloody lip, a left cross again smacking across her face, Butler pressing Henwick to the ropes, finishing the round strongly as the bell soon rings, jogging to their corners with both fighters coaches wiping both fighters down, the Butler camp looking happier even as Henwick is showing her teeth now in this fight.

Round 4:
Sarah looks to get back on top of Jessica, landing some nice crisp punches around the chest of her opponent, she takes several punches back into her face as Jessica tries to stand her ground more, they box around the center of the ring, looking to control the action but struggling to break through early on.

A straight misses from Butler, earning her a right cross to the side of her head, Jessica pressing her back towards the ropes as she now starts to land more punches through the guard of her opponent, knocking back her head before opening a cut on the bridge of Sarah's nose with a right cross.

Holding onto Jessica to slow her down, Sarah pushes off Jessica when they are split up, both slamming stiff punches through the others mitts to faces, sweat starting to come off their brows, barking out in effort to smack each other backwards, the round ends with a cheer from the crowd as both fighters give each other a extra hard stare, marks over their cheeks now as they sit down on their stools to be cleaned up.

Round 5:
Landing more combos as they are opening up even more, while Jessica has taken the fight to Sarah these past two rounds, Sarah slips a jab to hammer in one on the lips of the Brit, forcing back her opponent as she hammers in two right cross punches to turn Jessica's head, soon enough Henwick has to hold onto Butler as her back touches the ropes, referee needed to break them up to fight on.

Back at it they go with Jessica this time making an overly keen Sarah miss with a right, instead an uppercut lands on the stomach of Sarah to make her grit her mouthpiece, an overhand left then slams into her jaw, allowing Jessica now to open up on her, driving her into a neutral corner as both are giving their all to win this.

Pushing off Jessica, Sarah tries to come back at her with less then a minute to go, another missed straight by Sarah though leaves her open, a left hook on the jaw IS FOLLOWED BY AN UPPERCUT THAT LANDS FLUSH, DOWN GOES BUTLER TO HER RIGHT KNEE!

Jessica has a look of almost "oh my god!" As she jogs to the neutral corner, looking to her coach and nodding that she has to keep her focus, 1...2....3....4... That uppercut rattled Sarah judging by her blinking to clear her vision, 5...6...7.. Grabbing the ropes behind her, 8... She drags herself to her feet, fists raised as she turns back to the referee, who gives her the all clear to fight on, luckily for her the bell rings before Jessica can land a meaningful punch, Sarah's corner working to help her recover as she shakes her head to clear it.

Round 6:
Out comes Jessica like a little dynamo, getting right into Sarah's face, the American struggling to defend herself as her guard is wide open, punches knocking her head back as she stumbles to the ropes, A RIGHT HOOK ON HER CHIN CAUSES SARAH TO TUMBLE DOWN TO HER RIGHT SIDE!

"Woo!" Jessica let's out before she jogs to the neutral corner, she can't help smile as she looks at Sarah, 1...2...3...4... Who shakes her head as she rolls to her front, getting to all fours, 5...6...7... Sarah can't seem to find the strength to push herself further up, 8...9...10 ended up counted out on all fours!

Winner Jessica Henwick KO Round 6

After:
Raising her arms in the air, Jessica smiling as she looks around at the crowd, who cheer for her as she now gets a taste of winning, her coach smiling as they give her a thumbs up, Jessica jogging over to hug and thank them for the training to be able to do this.

Sarah on the other hand needs helped up to her feet and to her stool, blinking as she tries to clear her head of cobwebs, second time she has looked good through a fight but come out the worst, this time having less to complain about then her debut defeat, still this was a good chance to get off the mark.

Once both fighters gloves are off, Jessica heads over to Sarah's corner, checking on her and giving her a hug as she thanks her for the fight, Sarah showing class by not pulling at Jessica's hair for beating her, tells her that she is good, with Jessica beaming at the praise, patting Sarah on her shoulder as she tells her she will win someday in this ring.

Sarah is helped out the ring by her coach, who wants to fully make sure she is OK in the back, Sarah still a little wobbly as she uses her coach as a crutch to get to the back, another defeat but still time it seems for her to break her duck or even be a good first opponent for fighters looking to test themselves.

Meanwhile Jessica is stopped by the referee on the way back to her corner, reminder that they need to lift her arm, Henwick lost in the buzz of winning, nearly forgetting the whole protocol of this pro boxing world, getting her left hand raised in the air as she blows a kiss to the crowds with her right, grimacing a little as she remembers her bottom lip is sore from the cut.

After posing for the cameras with the peace sign on her right hand as her left is on her hip, Jessica steps out the ring with her coach beside her, too early to gauge how good she is but Jessica certainly seems to enjoy this sport judging by how excited she is, though the more she fights the more she'll need to get serious as the tough tests come her way.

 

 

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